08-07-2011

HBO Central Europe appoints Peter Koltai as Vice President of Business Development

    HBO Central Europe appoints Peter Koltai as Vice President of Business Development

    Budapest July 8 2011
    HBO Central Europe has appointed Peter Koltai as Vice President of Business Development, he joined the company on July 4th 2011.

    Based in the Budapest offices, and reporting to Linda Jensen, CEO of HBO Central Europe, he will be overseeing the roll out of HBO GO and assisting the company in its assessment of new business.

    The founder of Basewalk Kft, Mr. Koltai was previously Director of the TV Business Unit at Origo Zrt and Director of Multimedia with T-Online Hungary, following employment at Raiffeisen Bank and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Budapest.
    Linda Jensen, CEO of HBO Central Europe, said.

    “At a time when the opportunities for expanding our business have never been greater, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Koltai to HBO Central Europe.”


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    About HBO Central Europe

    Home Box Office, America’s leading premium television network, provides basic and premium pay television entertainment channels for cable TV, Direct-to-Home and MMDS platforms. HBO Central Europe - owned by Home Box Office Inc. - currently provides basic and premium channels to 14 countries in the region, including: Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia.
    HBO CE offers five high quality movie channels (HBO, HBO2, HBO Comedy, Cinemax and Cinemax2) and a digital package (HBO HD, HBO2 HD, HBO Comedy HD, Cinemax HD, Cinemax2 HD, broadcasting HBO and Cinemax programming in high definition, HBO ON DEMAND, HBO's subscription video on demand service and HBO GO, HBO’s broadband SVOD service) with unique programming line-ups that offer broad audience appeal.
    The headquarters of HBO Central Europe is in Budapest, Hungary.
    http://www.hbo-centraleurope.com/