The Russian IPTV service Beeline TV has added 16 new channels, 11 of which are in HD, to its offer. As a result, the service now provides over 200 channels, of which 33 are in HD. The new channels are initially being made available in Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as the Moscow and …
Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom saw its total pay-TV subscriber base increase by 11% year-on-year in the third quarter to 6.4 million. Of these, 1.2 million were interactive TV subscribers. The telco passed a total of 33.4 million households, of which 15.7 million (47%) were via FTTx technology, while its total broadband subscriber base grew …
Russia’s MTS and Channel One have joined forces with Disney to create an interactive TV service aimed at children. According to MTS, it is integrated into the series ‘After School’ and combines the capabilities of mobile internet and TV.
Russia now expects to undertake the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting gradually between 2014-17. At the same time, it may postpone the transition from DVB-T to DVB-T2. The news was given by Viktor Pinchuk, the deputy DG of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS), in a statement published on the company’s website.
Shopping platform ShoppingPlus, a copycat of Germany’s KaufDA and a competitor of Lokata.ru on the Russian market, is experimenting with connected TV, having made its service available to users of LG’s Smart TV. Just like Lokata.ru, ShoppingPlus shows the products currently sold in stores and their prices, as well as special offers. It also lists …
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St. Petersburg – Samsung Electronics, a world leader in digital technology and digital convergence, has released Phereo 3D Photo, an application for Samsung Smart TV sets and Blu-Ray players. Developed by Phereo, an i-Free Group company and Samsung Electronics partner, the new app is for viewing stereo photos in 3D on TV screen. Phereo 3D Photo …
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Russian DTH provider Tricolor last week announced plans to serve 1.2 million HD pack subscribers by the end of 2012 and 7 million by 2015. Industry experts have expressed doubts about these goals, as the company has attracted a mere 25,000 subscribers since its offer launch last April – a figure that includes 20,000 subscribers …
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MTS, a major Russian mobile operator, has made digital TV available in 150 cities across Russia. It is expected that, due to the new digital platforms, the number of TV channels including HD will grow by more than 60%, and diverse interactive services will be launched. At the moment, MTS Digital TV platform provides 118 …
The Russian research and production company General Satellite Corporation is expanding its pay-TV activities outside the country. According to Kommersant, the company, which is believed to have ownership links with the leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV, has entered into a 51/49 joint venture with the Royal Group of Companies (RGC) to launch what will be …
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The Russian pre-pay DTH platform Platforma HD and its sister service Platforma DV ceased broadcasting on July 1. The company’s website gives no explanation as to why the closure took place. ComNews.ru reported that Platforma HD’s subscriber base has been transferred to leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV. The latter’s audience, which amounts to some 10 million …
The Russian DTH Platform NTV-Plus is definitely interested in multiscreen and at some point will merge all its services into one system, according to Lev Petukhov, head of web projects development and maintenance department. Speaking in a panel entitled Delivering Advanced Services: HD, 3D, VOD and DVR, he added that the company is still quite …
Russia’s largest telecoms are launching a new multiscreen service later this year, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported last week. The project is expected to enable users to access their favorite TV channels from a TV set, a desktop PC or a mobile gadget. The leader in this race for broader markets is Rostelecom, which …
