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New thematic channels for Russia

May 24, 2023 10.58 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Orion group of companies has announced the debut of two thematic channels serving Russia and the CIS countries.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Tagged With: CIS, Meriot, NIK, NVV, Orion, Russia Edited: 24 May 2023 10:58

Thema Rus to represent Mezzo channels

October 4, 2021 08.05 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The distribution of the linear TV channels Mezzo and Mezzo Live HD and their non-linear assets in Russia is from October 1 being handled by Thema Rus.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Tagged With: CIS, Mezzo, Russia, Thema Rus Edited: 8 October 2021 10:58

Viasat World inks ViacomCBS licensing deal

September 16, 2020 08.32 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Viasat World has signed a new two-year licensing agreement with ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group. As a result, the amount of upcoming content on the Viasat TV channels and ViP Play […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: CIS, Russia, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, Viasat World Edited: 16 September 2020 08:32

NTV-Plus signals OTT expansion

April 29, 2020 09.26 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The online TV service operated by the Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus has been made available in the CIS countries.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, DTH, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: CIS, NTV-Plus, NTV-Plus TV, Russia Edited: 29 April 2020 09:26

IP based technologies to increase in CIS and Baltics

September 13, 2019 13.26 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

IP based technologies are expected to see their subscriber shares gradually increase, according to Dataxis.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Baltics, CIS, Datxis Edited: 13 September 2019 13:28

VR firsts for VOD service Megogo & RT

December 21, 2015 09.00 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The on demand service Megogo has launched its own virtual reality application.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms Tagged With: CIS, Megogo, RT, Russia Edited: 21 December 2015 12:59

Euronews looks to CIS

June 13, 2013 11.11 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Euronews has appointed Walid Arfush to the new position of development manager for the CIS region.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Tagged With: CIS, Euronews Edited: 13 June 2013 11:11

RRsat expands in Russia and CIS

April 9, 2013 10.35 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

RRsat has launched a new solution that enables major international broadcasters to reach cable and DTH services in Russia and the CIS.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: CIS, RRSat, Russia Edited: 9 April 2013 10:35

Viacom appoints Toncheva in Moscow

February 20, 2013 10.14 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has named Petia Toncheva as senior licensing manager for Russia and CIS.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, People Tagged With: CIS, Nickelodeon, NVCP, Russia, Viacom Edited: 20 February 2013 10:36

Russia gets more grip on broadcasters

February 18, 2013 10.17 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

The Russian government has widened its grip on broadcasting, according to a new report on digital switchover focusing on Russia and the CIS countries published by the European Audiovisual Observatory.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Tagged With: Albania, APEK, Austria, CIS, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digi TV, European Audiovisual Observatory, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia Edited: 18 February 2013 11:27

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