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Russia
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Russia’s Okko to stream 4K movies to LG smart TVs
Russian streaming video-on-demand service Okko – formerly known as Play – is to make its…
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CTC evaluating Russian media law threat
CTC Media and its part stakeholder Modern Times Group have each said they are evaluating…
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GS Group launches new hybrid receiver for Russia
Russian technology provider GS Group has launched the first of a new hybrid set-top boxes,…
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Russian legislators call for 20% ceiling on foreign media ownership
Russian legislators have called for a ceiling of 20% to be imposed on foreign ownership…
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Teo adds Dozhd to line-up
Lithuanian service provider Teo has added independent Russian channel Dozhd to its programming line-up as…
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Sistema boss Evtushenkov faces money laundering charges
Vladimir Evtushenkov, the chairman and majority owner of Russian energy to media conglomerate Sistema has…
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ER-Telecom’s Gusev takes charge in St Petersburg
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has named Sergei Gusev as head of its combined activities in…
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Russian TV content worth RUB44.3 billion last year
The market value of ready-to-air TV content across Russia’s seven main networks was equivalent to…
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Akado adds HD sports channels
Russian service provider Akado has added two new sports channels to its programming line-up. The…
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Raduga TV chief quits as interior ministry begins investigation
The CEO of troubled Russian pay TV operator Raduga TV has resigned following the launch…
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NTV+’s Sport Plus on Akado
Russian service provider Akado has added NTV+ channel Sport Plus to its Antenna Akado service…
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1+1 accuses Russia of sabotaging new Ukrainian channel
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster 1+1 has accused Russia of attempting to discredit its fledgling international news…
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Akado adds two channels
Russian service provider Akado has added channels Zoo TV and CBS Drama to its programming…
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Dom.ru TV passes half million milestone
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, passed the milestone of 500,000…
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Sony hires ex-Disney exec as Russia chief
Sony Pictures Television has hired a former Disney Russia producer to run its production business…
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SVoD services set to storm Europe
One in five European homes will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2020, with Western…
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Rostelecom sees strong TV growth
Russian telecom operator Rostelecom reached 2.4 million IPTV subscribers at the end of June, up…
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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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VimpelCom hires CTC Media exec as legal affairs chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates as Beeline, has hired former CTC Media executive Anton…
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Satellite internet subscribers in Russia pass 5,000
More than 5,000 Russians now access subscribe to Ka-band satellite internet access, with a “mass…
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Akado names legal affairs chief
Russian cable operator Akado has named Yevgenia Shteglova as director of legal affairs. Shteglova will…
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Russia seeks to mitigate effects of ad ban on local channels
Russian free-to-air channels that are advertising supported could be given must-carry status on regional cable…
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Akado deploys cardless CA via CI+
Russian cable operator Akado has begun deploying cardless conditional access from Verimatrix using CI+ modules….
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New OTT hybrid platform for Russia
Russian retail and banking group Trellas has launched a new hybrid OTT TV service, TVzor,…
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VimpelCom makes mobile viewing more reliable
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand, has introduced adaptive streaming or…
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CTC Media boosted by Russian digital multiplex delay
The full launch delay of Russia’s second digital TV multiplex from 2015 to 2019 will…
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Beeline adds Amedia Premium HD
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand, has launched local producer and…
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Channels seek alternatives as ABS 2 suffers outage
Russian channels including the pay TV bouquet of Raduga TV have suffered disruption following a…
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Russian pay TV growth tailing off
The number of Russians subscribing to pay TV increased by approximately half a million, taking…
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Lattelecom replaces Russian channels
Latvian telco Lattelecom is adding new channels to its Russian language TV line-up, replacing existing…