Digital TV

SES and Intelsat satellites repositioned to better cover Russian territory

September 22, 2011

Global satellite operator SES and Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership last week to provide additional satellite capacity to serve the Russian market. Under the agreement, SES has repositioned its ASTRA 1F satellite from 51 degrees East to 55 degrees East, reported Telesputnik, a Russian publication covering …

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VimpelCom to drop DVB-H project due to regulatory complications

September 21, 2011

VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator and international telecom company, intends to abandon its project for the creation of a mobile digital television system on the DVB-H standard, Vedomosti reported last week. Among the main obstacles to developing the business have been regulatory complications – including licensing issues as well as equipment use authorizations – …

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Satellite loss in the skies and inefficiencies on the ground expose the difficulty of digital TV deployment

August 31, 2011

The loss of the Express-AM4 communication satellite earlier this month has exposed the substantial difficulties facing the deployment of the DVB-T broadcasting network in Russia. Made by EADS Astrium, Express-AM4 satellite was equipped with transponders operating in C-, Ku-, Ka- and L-bands. These transponders were designed to provide DVB-T broadcasting and broadband Internet coverage across the …

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Svyaznoy to launch IPTV offer by the end of the year

August 17, 2011

Mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy is preparing to launch an IPTV offer by the end of the year, ComNews.ru, a Russian business news site covering telecom and IT issues, reported earlier this month. Svyaznoy intends to buy console decoders from a leading vendor and operate its over-the-top broadcasting project independently from any existing IPTV operators. Other …

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SmartLabs secures Russian IPTV contract

July 29, 2011

London – SmartLabs, a leading Russian provider of digital TV solutions, has started to deploy a large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service providers in all Russian Federation regions. Within the project, all separate IPTV platforms currently running in the regions will be replaced by the unified one based on a number of SmartLab products.

Yota launches VOD service accessible from TV sets

July 26, 2011

Russia’s leading WiMax provider Scartel, working under the Yota brand, announced last week the launch of Yota Play, an video on demand (VOD) service accessible from Samsung and LG TV sets, Samsung’s blu-ray players and home entertainment systems, as well as from regular computers with an Internet connection.

MTS launches mobile TV across Russia

July 20, 2011

London – MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has launched a commercial mobile TV service covering the entire country. Known simply as Mobile TV or MTS TV, it offers viewers eight Russian federal channels and over 100 channels from 17 countries and in 26 languages.

Rostelecom invests heavily in broadband Internet in Central Russia

July 18, 2011

Two investment proposals filed with the Russian government by national telecom operator Rostelecom have received support from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russian daily Vedomosti reported. The proposals aim to modernize Rostelecom’s networks in Russia’s Central Federal District by 2013 in order to provide all the District’s 7 million households with landline and wireless Internet, telecom …

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Panasonic, Philips and Samsung to embed MTS content service into their TV sets

July 14, 2011

Leading Russian mobile operator MTS recently signed cooperation agreements with several major producers of TV sets, including Panasonic, Philips and Samsung, to deliver content from Omlet.ru, an MTS subsidiary, to their TV sets. The news was reported last week by Russian newspaper RBC Daily from unnamed sources.

Pay TV market leader Tricolor TV aims to reach 10 million subscribers

June 15, 2011

The client base of Tricolor TV, Russia’s leading satellite TV provider, rose by 10% between January and April 2011, reaching 8 million subscribers with 85% purchasing TV packages., The company expects to increase its subscriber base to 10 million households by the end of 2011, announced Tricolor TV General manager Vyacheslav Mordachev last week.

MegaFon aims to become “universal telecom operator,” acquires NetByNet

June 15, 2011

Leading Russian mobile operator MegaFon announced on June 10 that it has acquired NetByNet, a fixed broadband Internet, digital TV and IP telephony operator. The value of this transaction is approximately $270 million with the final amount depending on financial performance of the company in 2011, MegaFon explained.

VimpelCom affirms itself on HDTV market

June 2, 2011

VimpelCom brand Beeline TV has made available six additional high definition television channels in its programming package for Moscow subscribers. VimpelCom is a leading Russian and international telecoms group.

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