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.
Launched just one month ago, Yandex.Garderob – a special section of Yandex’s e-commerce marketplace that aggregates offers from online fashion retailers – claims it has reached a daily audience of 70,000 to 75,000 users. Considering these figures a success, Yandex intends to launch similar aggregators for other product categories such as jewelry and other lifestyle-related …
Six months after its launch, the IPO Board platform has attracted no fewer than 90 non-listed startups, enabling them to trade their shares electronically through private placements. An initiative of the Moscow stock exchange, IPO Board – also known in Russian as RII-board – has enjoyed the support of RVC and Rusnano, two state-owned organizations …
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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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Bright Capital, the international venture investment arm of Russian billionaire Mikhail Abyzov, has invested “from $3.5 million to $4 million” in exchange for a minority stake in Fotoshkola.net, RBC Daily reported earlier this week, citing unnamed sources in the venture industry. When contacted by East-West Digital News, however, Bright Capital declined to confirm the figure …
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MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, has announced plans to bring special, radio-enabled wrist straps to the Russian market by the end of this year. The electronic bracelets will help users obtain unaided health checkups and obtain professional medical advice remotely. This telemedicine-supporting device, called ‘Opeka,’ has been designed by a private-public partnership …
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Apple has tapped into solutions offered by Yandex, Russia’s Internet search giant, for the latest update of its iOS 6 mobile platform, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing an unidentified source with knowledge of the matter. “Apple’s Russian map coverage is far from ideal, and therefore the company is drawing on Yandex technology,” …
Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian Internet search giant, intends to lauch its own browser later this year or in early 2013, the Russian business daily Vedomosti learned yesterday from industry sources. In addition to the standard web version, the Yandex browser would be made available for mobile devices under iOS and Android operating systems. The browser …
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Earlier this week, Mail.ru Group, a leading Russian Internet group listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced its acquisition of the Ukrainian webmail service ‘Mail.ua.’ Prior to the sale, the webmail service belonged to Internet Invest Group, Ukraine’s largest web hosting service provider. The price of the transaction was not disclosed, but Internetua.com, a Ukrainian …
Runa Capital, a Moscow-based international venture fund, has invested $5 million in the educational startup at an undisclosed valuation. Dnevnik.ru was established in 2007 as a free, nationwide school network. The site currently serves 21,000 Russian and Ukrainian schools, attracting over 4 million pupils, parents, teachers, and school administrators – up 1 million in the …
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A Comscore report on Internet usage in Europe released yesterday has ranked Mail.ru and Yandex Pochta respectively 4th and 5th web-based mail services in Europe. In June, the reports says, 276.5 million people in Europe accessed webmail services via their computer, equalling to a 69.5% reach among the Internet audience above 15 years of age. The …
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Users of Russia’s leading social network, Vkontakte.ru (also known as VK.com), can now list a person of the same sex as their partner under the rubric “family situation.” The move – a personal decision by site founder Pavel Durov – is particularly notable in a country that formally decriminalized homosexuality only in 1993, and where …
