US video streaming service Netflix will start operations in Russia imminently, along with other countries, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported yesterday, citing industry and media sources. At first, Netflix will work with traditional television providers and Smart TV — which was confirmed by a Russian representative of LG. According to TNS Global, the Russian Smart TV audience reaches 6.9 million users …
YouTube has released a list of the music videos that were most popular in Russia in 2015. At over 41 million views, a song by Ukrainian band “Vremya i Steklo“is number one, far ahead of all its competitors. Following Vremya i Steklo in the ranking were the following videos: Polina Gagarina’s Eurovision song “A Million Voices“ (number 2 …
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Over the past few weeks Ivi.ru, a major Russian online video streaming platform, has made its web, Smart TV and mobile services available in 11 countries of the former Soviet Union, including Ukraine, said its general manager Oleg Tumanov to Russian business daily Vedomosti. The move is following agreements with content right owners. In these countries, …
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Last week Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant, launched an online video streaming offer on KinoPoisk (in Russian: “Cinema Search”), the movie and TV recommendation service it acquired two years ago. Inspired by US platform IMDb, KinoPoisk was initially an online database containing 100 million movie descriptions and ratings with associated trailers and user commentaries. …
Yandex backpedals on new version of movie platform after user fury Read More
This past Friday Buran Venture Capital announced that it has invested $3.5 million in ivi.ru, a major online video streaming platform operating in Russia and neighboring Russian-speaking countries. The details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The capital injection will allow ivi.ru to “further development its video platform and strengthen its position on the mobile and …
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Yesterday Israeli startup Anyclip Media, which has developed a content marketing platform for distributing premium branded video, announced it has completed a $21 million funding round. Leading participants included new investors Ervington Investments, a company owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Limelight Networks (LLNW), a global digital content delivery company. Current shareholders Jerusalem Venture Partners and …
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