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MTS
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TV loses subs but boosts ARPU for MTS fixed line business
Russian service provider MTS said its modernization of networks outside Moscow with the rollout of…
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MTS TV chief quits
Russian service provider MTS’s director of fixed-line business and TV Dmitry Bagdasaryan has left the…
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MTS loses pay TV subscribers but Russian market expands
Russian service provider MTS lost 12% of its pay TV subscribers last year, potentially knocking…
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Tricolor TV in running for new capacity at 75° East
Russian DTH leader Tricolor TV has reportedly applied for licences to operate transponders on Asia…
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MTS confirms Ericsson will build new hybrid TV platform
MTS has confirmed that it has contracted Ericsson to supply its hybrid TV platform combining…
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MTS taps Ericsson’s hybrid platform for widescale TV rollout
Russian service provider MTS is tapping Ericsson’s hybrid TV platform to build out a combined…
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Russian operators and broadcasters team to create new industry body
Russian pay TV operators and other media companies have teamed up to create a broad-based…
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MTS extends chief executive’s contract
Russian service provider MTS has extended the contract of current president Andrey Dubovskov for a…
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Russia’s MTS makes digital gains, following analogue switch-off
Russian service provider MTS has rolled out digital television to almost 150 cities across the…
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Tricolor makes new management appointments
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has made a series of new management appointments. Former…
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MTS strategy chief leaves for Sistema
Russian service provider MTS’s vice-president for strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development, Michael Hecker,…
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MGTS looks to commercial market for TV service
Moscow city network operator MGTS is to provide an IPTV service for commercial customers, according…
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Russia’s Sistema buys additional US$60m MTS shares
Russian conglomerate Sistema has bought an additional US$60 million (€43.9 million) shares in telco MTS. …
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MTS names new Volga region chief
Russian service provider MTS has named Mikhail Chernyshev as director of Volga region branch. Chernyshev…
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MTS adds LifeNews to TV offering
Russian service provider MTS has begun test broadcasting news channel LifeNews HD on its pay…
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MTS to begin FTTB rollout in Belarus
MTS Belarus, a joint venture between the Russian telecom giant and Belarusian government-owned Beltelecom, is…
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MTS sees small pay TV decline as it restates acquisition sub bases
Russian service provider MTS saw its pay TV base fall slightly in the second quarter,…
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MTS pay TV figures slip
Russian multi-play service provider MTS reported a 1.8% decline in pay TV subscribers quarter-over-quarter in Q1…
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MTG launches Viasat premium package on Russia’s MTS
Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is to launch a Viasat Premium HD package on Russian…
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MTS network spend increases
Russian service provider MTS accounted for US$2.90 billion (€2.23 billion) of parent company Sistema’s expenditure…
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MTS says it will fight Tele2 sale
Russian multi-play service provider MTS has said it will fight the acquisition of mobile telco…
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MTS pay TV figures dip
Russian service provider MTS saw its number of pay TV subscribers dip in Q4, though…
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MGTS offers TV via powerline for fibre homes
Moscow network operator MGTS is turning to powerline to deliver IPTV services within apartments. MGTS…
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MTS increases HD offering
Russian service provider MTS is to increase the number of HD channels it offer to…
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MTS to provide TV services to third-party operators
Russian service provider MTS plans to enter the business-to-business market for TV services and develop…
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MTS looking to pay TV opportunities in other CIS countries
Russian service provider MTS is looking to develop fixed line and pay TV businesses in…
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MTS, Stream-TV see pay TV growth
Russian service provider MTS has seen a year-on-year growth of 200,000 subscribers in its pay…
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MTS sees pay TV growth
Sistema-backed Russian service provider MTS had 2.9 million pay TV subscribers at the end of…
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MTS launches digital cable in new cities
Russian service provider MTS has launched digital cable services in 10 cities in central Russia….
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MTS plans to shut analogue, launch hybrid services
Russian service provider MTS plans to shut down its analogue tier within the next 18…