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Russia
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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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Eurosport 2 extends reach in CIS
Eurosport has extended the reach of its Eurosport 2 channel to all 11 CIS countries…
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‘Russian Hulu’ raises US$40 million of funding
Russian online video service Ivi.ru has raised another US$40 million (€31 million) round of funding…
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Russian set-top market continues strong growth
Set-top boxes sold in Russia amounted to 3.95 million last year and will likely reach…
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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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Rostelecom grows TV base and revenues
Russian telco and cable operator Rostelecom grew its TV subscriber base to 6.2 million at…
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Trace Sports makes Russian expansion
French broadcaster Trace is ramping up its activity in Russia with the appointment of a…
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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…
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ER-Telecom launches new bundled offerings
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched new bundled offerings,…
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Discovery’s TLC orders international formats across CEE
Discovery is to increase its programming spend for its lifestyle channel TLC in Russia and…
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ER-Telecom’s Dom.ru expands to new cities
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has launched its Dom.ru TV service five new cities – Lipetsk,…
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Russian Muslim channel launches
Al RTV, a channel aimed at Russia’s Muslim population, has launched, coinciding with the Eid…
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Russian public broadcast project stumbles over frequency
A dispute has brewed up in Russia over the possible allocation of frequencies held by…
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Tricolor TV denies dumping charge
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV has denied charges of dumping levied by rival operators….
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Tricolor and IPTV boost Russian pay TV growth
The Russian pay TV market is expected to grow to 37.6 million households by 2016,…
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Russian operators struggle with new child protection requirements
Russian service providers have held meetings with the country’s communications regulator over plans to impose…
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Akado names new operations director
Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Vladimir Alaev as its new operations director, replacing Yuri…
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VimpelCom grows broadband base
Russian service provider VimpelCom had 2.885 million fixed broadband customers at the end of June,…
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Change at the top for MGTS
Moscow network operator MGTS, which is majority owned by telco MTS, has named Andrei Ershov…
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Tricolor’s president Mordachev steps down
Vyacheslav Mordachev, the president of Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV, has left the company….
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Russia’s Kosmos TV to shut down service after 20 years
Russia’s oldest pay TV service Kosmos TV, which broadcasts in the Moscow region is to…
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Tricolor sets goal of global number two in pay TV
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV believes it can reach 17 million subscribers by 2014,…
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VimpelCom launches mini-packages and à la carte
Russian service provider VimpelCom has revamped its system for packaging digital TV channels. On top…
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CTC Media retargets channel
Russian broadcast group CTC Media is revamping its target demographics for two of its main…
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Rostelecom acquires Chita service provider
Russian service provider Rostelecom has acquired alternative telelcom provider Chita OnLine for a reported US$4.3…
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Akado adds Da Vinci
Russian cable operator Akado has added educational channel Da Vinci to its line-up. Business operations…
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Tricolor adds three
Russian pay TV provider Tricolor TV has added three channels to its line-up. The mass-market…
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VimpelCom names Moscow technology chief
Russian quad-play service provider VimpelCom has named Sergey Bauman as technology director for its Moscow…
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Management changes for Rostelecom’s National Cable Networks
Rostelecom-owned Moscow-based cable operator National Cable Networks’ new CEO Dmitri Bragin has named four new…
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France 24 strikes deal with Tricolor
French international news channel France 24 has struck a distribution deal with Russian pay TV…