Digital content & Related technologies

Russia blacklists, blocks GitHub over pages that refer to suicide

March 1, 2016

Developers in Russia are putting up their feet today — that is, after they have finished stomping around in frustration for a little while. It’s emerged that Russia’s regulator RosComNadzor has blocked GitHub after the popular software and coding collaboration platform was found to be hosting content related to suicide — specifically, see this file that details 32 ways to kill yourself. The “block” …

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Russia to block piracy websites permanently after one copyright violation

March 1, 2016

Starting next May, websites guilty of more than one copyright violation will be permanently blocked in the country. The move comes as part of a new anti-piracy bill signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, ramping up what many critics see as an already draconian set of copyright protection rules. Once a website is blocked by a court decision, it cannot be unblocked, according to the …

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Rambler & Co seeks startups in its shift to becoming an Internet tech firm

March 1, 2016

Rambler & Co, a major Russian tech media group, is seeking to move away from its present status as a media company towards Internet technologies. As reported by Russian daily Vedomosti, the company is creating two startup accelerators to achieve this goal. Speaking at an event hosted by the $200 million government-backed startup fund FRII …

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St. Petersburg libraries creating an ‘alternative Wikipedia’ about Russia

November 24, 2014

The Presidential Library and National Library of Russia, both located in St. Petersburg, are working on a project that aims to become the Russian answer to Wikipedia. According to the Presidential Library’s chief spokesman Valentin Sidorin, the creators will not be writing an e-encyclopedia from scratch; they will merely systematize, digitize, and grant open access …

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New video advertising service launched with VC support

April 15, 2015

Launched earlier this month, programmatic advertising service ViHub makes it possible to target views by audience and user interest, monitor the coverage and overall hit rate for all sites and resources, filter out negative content from pages and simultaneously protect traffic from bots. According to Ilya Mikin, general director of ViHub, the rapid growth of …

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Russian firm Okko outshines iTunes to dominate dynamic local paid VOD market

November 17, 2014

A local player is leading the Russian paid video-on-demand (VOD) market, having recorded dynamic growth throughout 2014. Okko (formerly Play) offers a smart TV digital service that has taken a commanding lead in the paid segment, recording revenue twice the size of direct competitor iTunes in H1 2014, according to the latest research by J’son …

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Mail.ru Group acquires OpenStreetMap-powered Maps.me

November 13, 2014

Today LSE-listed Russian Internet group Mail.ru Group announced it has acquired popular mapping app Maps.me. With its Android, iOS and BlackBerry apps, Belarus-based Maps.me allow users to download detailed maps for any location around the world and use them even when offline. The service pulls data provided by OpenStreetMap, the open-source, project dedicated to create a crowdsourced, highly detailed world …

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Mail.ru Group in talks with Western rights holders to legalize content available on its social networks

November 6, 2014

Mail.Ru Group has begun another round of talks with Western rights holders about legalizing the music available via its resources – including Russia’s largest social network VKontakte (VK.com), – reports business daily Vedomosti, citing the company’s employees. The LSE-listed Internet group is being assisted in the negotiations to legalize the music on all its social networks …

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Social alarm clock Wakie secured $1 million from Leta Capital and Titanium Investments

October 23, 2014

Leta Capital, the venture arm of Russian IT security solution provider Leta Group, and Titanium Investments, an international venture fund with Russian connections, have invested $1 million in Wakie, the developer of a social alarm clock. The deal, which was closed in August, has just been revealed by Russian tech blog Firrma.ru, which refers to an …

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Can Spotify and new local services drive Russian music fans to the right side of the law?

October 13, 2014

With a decades-long history of being one of the countries where online music has been mostly pirated, Russia is now seeing the emergence of music services that offer users a legal way to stream tracks. Spotify is on its way to the country, and local services are gearing up towards acquiring a bigger audience with new features and tailor-made offers …

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Gazprom-Media to acquire new Russian Internet assets

October 13, 2014

Gazprom-Media, a leading media holding affiliated with gas giant Gazprom, is about to acquire an 82.7% stake in WebMediaGroup, the owner of several Internet and e-commerce sites in Russia. The planned acquisition was appoved last week by the Federal Antimonopoly Service, reported the e-commerce online portal Oborot.ru. The details of the transaction are unknown, but …

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Yandex introduces personal recommendations to its music streaming service

November 19, 2014

Yandex has re-launched Yandex.Music, its music streaming service. The newly revamped service now offers a system of personal recommendations for Yandex.Music users to discover new songs and artists every day. Yandex.Music recommendations are based on users’ personal preferences, music that their friends on VK.com or Facebook listen to, as well as the latest new hits, …

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