Piotr Gaber is a research analyst in the Kagan media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.Full Bio
Piotr Gaber is a research analyst in the Kagan media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the company's Eastern Europe pay TV and broadband internet coverage, focusing on operator strategies, business models, programming economics and emerging TV everywhere/over-the-top initiatives.
He joined S&P Global in 2011, and his work experience includes market research and business development in media space.
Piotr has a master’s degree in management and marketing from Krakow University of Economics.Minimize
Eastern Europe multichannel markets begin to shrink
The multichannel subscriber base is witnessing a decline across six Eastern European markets, marking a trend of market saturation in the region. Despite this, revenue dynamics remain stable as operators focus on increasing ARPU and enhancing services. Major players in the region are shifting their strategies from organic growth to improving offerings and increasing ARPU to dri...
Fiber penetration has been increasing at a varied pace across Eastern Europe, with significant differences in development across the region. Fiber currently is the dominant broadband platform in most of the 13 markets in this study. Lithuania, Romania, Latvia and Russia have the highest fiber penetration of residential broadband subscribers in the region at more than 68% foreca...
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.'s HBO Max is taking the lead in Eastern Europe, surpassing competitors including Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Video in terms of availability through local operators. This is due to strategic partnerships with regional operators, as evidenced by a survey of 53 service providers in 15 Eastern European countries. Of these providers, 28 offer...
