Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has accused the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) of violating antitrust laws.
Vegetarian channel for Russia
A new Russian channel dedicated to vegetarianism will make its debut on July 25.
Chinese target major Russian CDN
ChinaNetCenter is set to pay R430.5 million (€6.94 million) for a 70% stake in Russia’s CDNvideo.
RFE/RL launch Russian TV news channel Current Time
WATCH VIDEO. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, in cooperation with the Voice of America, are launching a Russian language news network, Current Time, or Nastoyashchee Vremya, in Russian.
Legal breakthrough for Russian OTT
SPB TV, the national Advertising Alliance (NRA) and Channel One have begun to test a solution that allows Russian OTT services to broadcast live TV channels legally on the internet.
Tricolor TV on a roll
Tricolor TV confirmed its position as Russia’s leading pay-TV operator in 2016, ending the year with 12.14 million subscribers.
Irdeto highlights Russian piracy; deepens MTS cooperation
87% of Russian consumers don’t know that producing or sharing pirated video is illegal.
NTV-Plus to offer national UHD
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus will begin broadcasting three Ultra HD channels nationally from this spring.
DTH partners with OTT in Russia
The Russian DTH platform operator Orion Express has entered into a partnertship with the OTT platform ivi.
New Russian content alliance emerges
Russia’s CTC Media, National Media Group (NMG) and YUTV plan to team up in order to jointly buy content from Hollywood majors.