The Ukrainian-Russian group Star Media has entered the market for the protection of online content from piracy.
According to Kommersant, it has developed a system for removing links with illegal content and signed the first contract with a third party partner, the Prior group of companies.
It adds that Star Media is one of the largest producers of TV series in Russia, with over 6,000 hours of content in its library.
Meanwhile, Prior is a film and TV production company and also distributes content and TV and DVDs.
Star Media expects to secure a third of the market of pre-trial protection of film content from piracy.
The largest companies in the anti-piracy sector are Group-IB and WebKontrtol.