Digital TV News: Corbina

Corbina Telecom Partners With Microsoft to Deliver Connected TV on the Microsoft Mediaroom Platform
May 29, 2008 – VimpelCom (NYSE:VIP) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will deliver new connected TV experiences to consumers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through Corbina TV, powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform.
News categories: Microsoft, VimpelCom, Corbina, Steve Ballmer, Jean-Pierre Vandromme, Dmitry Malov, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia

Towards Digital Television in the Federation of Russia
Mar 27, 2008 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on the development of digital television in Russia. The report analyses the current situation and perspectives on the various platforms (satellite, cable, terrestrial, mobile and ADSL).
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Groteck, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Golden Telecom reports a 53% year-on-year increase in revenues and 207% increase in net income
Nov 8, 2007 – Golden Telecom launched IPTV service in trial mode using the infrastructure of Corbina. The IPTV technology is based on a Microsoft platform and allows greater flexibility and interactivity enabling Video-on-Demand ("VoD"), Pay-per-View and other value added services.
News categories: Golden Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Russia, Smart Home, Subscribers

Golden Telecom raises its full year 2007 forecast
Aug 9, 2007 – "Corbina Telecom launched IPTV services which bring additional media distribution capabilities to Golden Telecom and with it the opportunity for fast growth in this target market. In June, we began testing Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial (DVB-T) equipment in Moscow. We plan to make digital TV available to all of Moscow households."
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers, Terrestrial