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Beeline passes IPTV milestone

Russian IPTV service Beeline TV, the brand name of VimpelCom, has passed the milestone of…

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Russia moves ahead with DVB-T2 migration

Russia is moving ahead with the deployment of a DVB-T2-based digital-terrestrial TV infrastructure following a…

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TTC to launch TV services next year

Russian telecom operator TransTeleCom (TTC) is to launch TV services in various cities and towns…

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Man TV no longer on NTV Plus

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has withdrawn male interest channel Man TV from its…

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Eastern Europe TV revenues will near US$10 billion by 2016

Eastern European pay TV revenues will increase from US$7.5 billion (€5.6 billion) in 2010 to…

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MTS grows pay TV base

Russian quad-play service provider MTS has grown its domestic pay TV subscriber base by 4%…

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VimpelCom launches internet in 100th city

Russian quad-play operator VimpelCom has extended its Beeline fixed internet service to its 100th city…

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Omlet.ru movies on-demand available via Philips Smart TV

Russian service provider MTS has made its Omlet.ru portal available on Philips Smart TVs, Blu-ray…

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ER Telecom expands internet TV services

Russian service provider ER Telecom has launched its internet TV platform in the cities of…

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Tricolor claims nine million subs

Russian satellite operator Tricolor’s subscriber base has passed the nine million mark. The operator said…

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Viasat takes on CTC distribution


Viasat has inked a deal with Russian broadcaster CTC and will handle the distribution of…

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Disney to launch free-to-air in Russia

Disney is to begin broadcasting a free-to-air channel in Russia next year in partnership with…

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NTV Plus offers enhanced 3D football

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has teamed up with Panasonic and UEFA to offer…

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Akado names commercial chief

Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Sergey Nazarov as vice-president responsible for commercial services and…

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Rostelecom signs strategic partnership with Sagemcom

Russian service provider Rostelecom has signed an agreement with France-based decoder provider Sagemcom to cooperate…

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Akado acquires Leningrad operator

Russian service provider Akado has acquired Leningrad region cable operator Sertolovskoe Televidenie, according to local…

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MTS acquires Tatarstan cable TV leader

Russian service provider MTS has acquired 100% of the capital of Tatarstan cable TV leader…

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STS Media launches Domashny portal

Russian broadcaster STS Media is launching an online portal for its female skewing channel Domashny….

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ER-Telecom doubles digital channels

Russian service provider ER-Telecom has doubled the number of digital channels it offers to TV…

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NTV Plus adds Nick HD

Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has added Nickelodeon HD and Russian channel RTD to…

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Beeline launches TV social networking

Vimpelcom-owned IPTV operator Beeline TV has launched a social network option that enables users to…

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STS Media to offer on-demand content on VimpelCom IPTV

Russian free-to-air broadcaster STS Media’s content is to be offered on-demand on a paid-for basis…

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MTS to invest in Nizhny Novgorod

Russian service provider MTS has signed a deal with local authorities in the city of…

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ER-Telecom targets TV growth

Russian service provider ER-Telecom plans to connect 1.7 million TV and over 250,000 telephony users…

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Akado to complete EuroDOCSIS migration by end of year

Moscow-based cable operator Akado has said it will complete the migration of its access network…

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Fox to deliver The Walking Dead on free VOD service in Russia

Fox International Channels (FIC) has signed a deal to provide the second series of its…

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VimpelCom launches new packages

Russian service provider VimpelCom has launched two new dual-play TV and internet packages under its…

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Sistema abandons Kosmos TV purchase, may sell MTS

Russian conglomerate Sistema has abandoned plans to acquire a 50% stake in pay TV operator…

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Akado shareholders confirm Koresh as president

The shareholders of Russian service provider Akado have confirmed that former Comstar-UTS executive Viktor Koresh…

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MTS sees pay TV base flatline

Quad-play service provider MTS has seen its Russian pay TV subscriber base fall slightly year-on-year,…