Pay-TV penetration in Russia will almost double from 40% this year to 73% at the end of 2016, said Pavel Basov, the general director of the country’s leading DTH platform Tricolor TV. Speaking at Intercom 2011, a major industry event, Basov added that, by the end of 2016, cable and IPTV would account for 48% …
The Russian mobile operator MegaFon has revived an OTT TV project that had previously been frozen earlier this year. The news was given by Denis Nochevnov, the company’s director of new technologies and services, and quoted by AKTR and Digit.ru. Work on the OTT project, which also involved the software company Netris, began in 2010 …
Paris, December 1st, 2011 – GlobeCast announces today the expansion of its satellite capacity overRussia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with a new Ku-band platform on the Yamal-201 satellite. Offering significant opportunities to penetrate the cable market throughout the CIS, GlobeCast’s capacity provides full coverage of this area to regional and international channels.
The Russian IPTV platform Beeline TV, which is owned by leading mobile operator Vimpelcom, now has over 500,000 subscribers. Launched in Moscow in May 2009 and currently present in 34 large Russian cities, its take up has grown five-fold in less than a year. Beeline TV has proved to be a driver for the company’s …
The Russian DTH platform Continent TV is making a major push into HD, giving subscribers the opportunity to watch 10 channels in the format free of charge for a year. According to the platform, it will broadcast the channels in test mode next month and in January, during which time they will be available to …
The Walt Disney Company and Russian media company YUTV Holding have signed an agreement to establish a national channel in Russia using the Disney brand. As part of the deal, Disney will acquire a 49% stake in the channel 7, owned by YUTV, which will then be rebranded as Disney Channel. The latter will be …
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced today it has acquired TVT, a leading provider of cable TV and fixed broadband services in the republic of Tatarstan. The purchase price amounted to $162.9 million, in addition to $17.1 million in net debt assumed by MTS. “The acquisition allows MTS to strengthen its leadership position in …
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Russia’s longest established DTH platform NTV-Plus is to start offering reception equipment free of charge to some of its subscribers in order to increase take-up of the service. According to Russian business daily Vedomosti, as part of a three-month offer starting in November, new customers who opt for pay-per-view channels will have the cost of purchasing …
The Russian cable operator National Telecommunications (NTK) is expected to announce today the formation of a new media company that will develop TV channels. According to Russian business daily Kommersant, it will be made up of two daughter companies named Novyi Vybor (New Choice) and Artmedia Group and initially include seven channels in its portfolio.
Cisco Russia General Manager Pavel Betsis announced last week that his company will start producing IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) as early as next month in an assembly plant belonging to Jabil Circuit, a US-based global provider of electronics manufacturing services. The assembly How To Get Over A Breakup Make Him Want Ou Back plant is …
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Russia has decided to opt for the DVB-T2 standard for its digital terrestrial services and will now set up pilots in eight cities. Several local reports say the decision was made last week by a government commission chaired by Igor Shuvalov, the deputy PM.
Digital radio- and tele-broadcasting have been launched in the North Caucasus for the first time, TASS-Telecom reported last week. The launch ceremony took place in Vladikavkaz in the Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alanya and was attended by Igor Shchegolev, the Minister of Communications and Mass Media.
