Telekom announced at the end of last year a radical decision for his clients from Romania, but she came after discussions that failed, and unfortunately even now things don't seem to be approaching a happy ending.
Telekom announced at the end of last year that it will removes from its program grid all those belonging to the Discovery group, including Eurosport, which seems to be the most important of all for customers.
Since then, Telekom has taken several positions in relation to those from Discovery, asking them to be more flexible in negotiations so that all the TV stations removed from the program grid return as soon as possible for customers.
Today, Telekom has an answer given by those from Discovery, who attack them saying that they do not have a "fair-play" approach in the negotiations they are carrying out to bring back for customers all the programs that have been removed.
Telekom is accused by Discovery of discriminating against its channels in relation to the others it offers for customers in Romania, and that an agreement should be based on "fair play" on the part of the German-owned group.
"We apologize to viewers for having to witness this discussion - this was not our intention. We believe in freedom of choice, as long as there is fair play. If Telekom Romania would include ALL the TV channels in the portfolio in packages for viewers to choose from, then the submitted proposal would make sense. But the current proposal discriminates against us by isolating our channels but maintaining the same package structure and costs for other TV channels. We don't think it's a fair approach to us or our fans, so we can't accept it. We remain open to fair-play negotiations with Telekom, carried out in good faith."
Until now, Telekom has positioned itself as the company that wants the best for its customers and that cannot offer all the channels because Discovery has some requirements that would not be reasonable, but as usual, the reality is different, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.
