The DTH platform Orion Express was the fastest growing pay-TV service in Russia in the first nine months of this year.
Research published by Telecom Daily show that it ended the third quarter with 2,748,000 subscribers, or 6.5% more than at the end of 2014.
It was closely followed by the market leader Tricolor TV, its 11,600,000 subscribers total being 6.4% higher than at the end of 2014.
Rostelecom grew its subscriber base by 3.6% to 8,270,000, ER Telecom by 2.7% to 2,690,000 and MTS by 2.4% to 2,825,000 over the same period.
The research notes that DTH still remains the most popular method of receiving pay-TV services in Russia.
The total number of pay-TV subscribers in the country stood at 39.1 million as of the end of Q3, up from 36.9 million in the corresponding period in 2014.
