The Moscow-based cable operator Akado Telekom will in the near future enter Russia’s OTT market with a full interactive digital TV platform.
Tricolor TV still on a roll
Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor TV gained 312,300 additional HDTV customers in the first quarter.
IPTV grows in Russia
Rostelecom is to undertake a large-scale modernisation of its Interactive TV platform, launched only three years ago.
New TV service for Crimea
The Russian government plans to spend R177 million (€3.3 million) on the creation of a new TV channel aimed at the Tatar population living in Crimea.
Russian TV ad market stabilises
Russia’s TV ad revenues in the first quarter were 22% lower in the same period last year, according to the heads of Vi and Gazprom-Media, the two biggest sales houses.
Orion Express bucks the trend
The Russian DTH platform Orion Express ended the first quarter with 2,655,000 subscribers.
CTC Media launches free movie streaming
The Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched complimentary movie streaming services on its online properties, which include ctc.ru, domashniy.ru, peretz.ru and videomore.ru.
Channel One debts rocket
Russia’s leading broadcaster Channel One finds itself in an increasingly difficult financial position, with the money it owes to producers more than tripling between 2012 and last year.
Tricolor TV gives piracy update
Russia’s leading DTH platform Tricolor TV has issued a report of its anti-piracy activities in 2014.
New movie channel for Russia
Russia’s leading broadcaster First Channel has added a movie channel to its ‘Digital TV Family’ thematic portfolio.