Russia’s MTS will take subscribers of the now closed DTH platform Raduga TV up until the end of March 2015.
Quoted by ComNews, Anatoly Sosnovsky, a board member at Raduga Holdings, added that MTS would provide Raduga TV subscribers with all terrestrial channels they were previously offered, along with a further free 25 channels.
What will happen after March 31 still remains to be decided. MTS’ actions do not amount to a takeover of Raduga TV.
Furthermore, Sosnovsky said that MTS’ offer was the best one that had been received by Raduga TV.
An agreement between the two parties was signed shortly after the closure of MTG-backed Raduga TV earlier this month.
MTS has also recently launched its own DTH platform.
