Digital content & Related technologies

Regulator fails to ban site offering satirical pro-gay “textbook for kids”

January 28, 2014

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, has judged it impossible at this stage to block access to Looo.ch, a website that offers a bilingual “Illustrated Textbook on Homosexuality for Kids” – a satire on homophobia in Russia and Ukraine. “If a boy with a boy is OK, then …

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Leading social networks Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki introduce free legal video offer

January 21, 2014

A legal, ad-funded movie offer is now available on Vkontakte (VK.com), Russia’s leading social network, reported news agency RIA Novosti last week. Star Media, a major Russian producer and distributor, is among the first copyright holders to have worked with Vkontakte to make its movies available on the network. In 2013, after years of laisser-faire, …

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Tvigle becomes first online broadcaster on PS3 in Russia

January 21, 2014

Moscow – Tvigle has launched its app for Sony PlayStation 3, bringing Russia’s biggest library of free-to-view licenced video content to more than 1.2 million PS3 consoles in Europe’s largest online video market. PS3 owners can watch the whole Tvigle library of more than 20,000 films and TV shows, including global hits such as “The Walking …

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Anti-piracy law is good, tech makes it better

December 16, 2013

When I moved to Russia, I was astonished by the pervasiveness of Internet piracy. Movies, music, software, books — everything was at my fingertips, free of charge and in the language of my choice. When my Russian friends learned that I pay for a Netflix account, they burst out laughing. Why, they asked, would I pay for something that is available for free? During my time in Russia, …

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Operators’ strategies, app trends and innovative mobile payments discussed in St. Petersburg by industry players from 19 countries

December 13, 2013

The 10th edition of the yearly Mobile VAS & Apps Conference – probably the largest event on these topics in Eastern Europe – was held in St. Petersburg in late November in partnership with East-West Digital News. The conference was attended by over 500 participants from 19 countries, most of them CEOs, senior managers, and employees of …

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i-Free releases Hero Voicer, pioneering voice-changing software

December 6, 2013

St. Petersburg, Russia – i-Free has announced the release of a new product: Hero Voicer, a voice-changing PC program that also adds background sounds and special effects. With its contemporary design and neat interface, Hero Voicer can be quickly adjusted to work with any software, from online games to voice chat-rooms. Hero Voicer, i-Free’s latest addition …

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Mail.ru Group “invades America”

November 22, 2013

Earlier this week the Mail.Ru Group, a top Russian Internet group listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced the US launch of My.com, which is developing English language communication and entertainment applications. By installing its subsidiary in the heart of Silicon Valley, the group is following in the footsteps of Russian tech giants such as …

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New venture fund 101 Startup invests in news aggregator Anews.ru and entertainment portal Fishki.net

November 19, 2013

101StartUp, a Russian Internet fund launched recently, has invested $1.2 million in Fishki.net, a user-generated comedic content website, in exchange for a 25% stake. The news was reported last week by Venture-News.ru based on an interview with Mikhail Gurevich, one of the fund’s managers and an existing Fishki shareholder. The site will use investor money to …

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Mobile app enables Russian Christians to pray, request funerals, donate to the Church

November 19, 2014

In an attempt to marry thousand-year-old Orthodoxy and 21st century mobile tech, a Russian entrepreneur launched last week the first-ever application enabling the order of Christian prayers from iOS and Android powered mobile gadgets. With the new app developed by InfoShell, a St. Petersburg based IT solution provider, an Orthodox believer will be able to …

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Vkontakte.ru fights off copyright claims

November 18, 2013

VKontakte.ru, Russia’s leading social network also known as VK.com, has recently won two cases brought against them for infringing the copyright of certain songs featured on their website. Experts are struggling to agree on whether or not the social network will be invulnerable to such claims in the future. Nikitin Digital Media Content lost a lawsuit …

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