The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), a state-owned satellite communications operator, and Eutelsat, the leading European satellite operator, announced last week their plans to jointly launch a new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite to 36° East in 2015.
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, together with Russian Radio Broadcasting Network (RRBN) signed a cooperation agreement to organize the terrestrial transmission of digital content to the RRBN transmitters across the country, thus enabling the broadcasting of eight federal TV channels (Channel One, Channel Two Russia, Russia-24, Channel 5 – St. Petersburg, Sport, Russia-K, NTV, and …
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Digital TV broadcasting has been launched in Sakhalin region in testing mode, regional officials report. The digital TV stations have been installed in 12 out of 19 municipal districts in the region. In the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and some other municipalities test broadcasting is delayed due to technical difficulties in equipment installation.
Sistema Mass-Media (SMM), part of financial corporation Sistema, announced it would resume the project of creating a mobile digital television system in DVB-H standard in Moscow, reported Vedomosti, a Russian business daily. Digital Television and Radio Broadcasting (DTB), a wholly owned subsidiary of SMM specializing in automobile digital TV, will take up the project in …
Telecom company TTK-Nizhny Novgorod (TTK-NN) has received a license on provision of cable TV services in Nizhny Novgorod region, the company reports. Under the license agreement, the company is to start providing services before March 2013. The license expires on March 23, 2016.
VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced yesterday that they will soon offer Internet Protocol TV on Microsoft’s popular Xbox 360 gaming device in the 23 Russian cities where VimpelCom currently offers IPTV, reports Russian business daily Vedomosti. VimpelCom’s standard set-top box for IPTV costs roughly 7,990 rubles ($292), only about 2,000 rubles ($73) less than an …
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Russia’s largest operator of satellite television, Tricolor TV, announced its commercial launch of asymmetrical satellite Internet access, Vedomosti reported.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, intends to purchase Bashkortostan’s telecom operator Ufanet, Russian business daily Kommersant reports. In the fall of 2010 Megafon wanted to buy Ufanet but in the last moment changed decision because of the price of $170-$180 million.
The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media is considering switching digital multiplex broadcasting (TV channel packages) over to the DVB-T2 standard, the Russian press reported. The move would free up frequencies for additional content, possibly for use by regional channels.
Ogoniok, a Russian weekly owned by Kommersant, reported plans to create an international Russian-language TV channel. The project will be managed by Valery Komissarov, a former member of the Russian Duma, who claims to have a background in entertainment television and who announced to the press last month that investors had been found for the project.
More than 120 Russian broadcasters and content distributors represented Russia at MIPTV, a key industry event for the European content market that took place in Cannes, France, from March 31 to April 4. This year, the show has hosted more than 11,500 participants from 107 countries.
First Satellite Company, Russia’s leading distributor and retailer of digital TV equipment, announced last week that it has been acquired by Dutch fund Enterprise Emerging Markets Fund B.V.
