Russia Digital TV News

1 million subscribers for Russia's Orion Express
Dec 13, 2012 – Russian satellite TV operator Orion Express has announced that on the 12th of December 2012 its number of subscribers was 1,002,012, passing the one million mark for the first time.
News categories: Orion Express, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Tricolor TV HD subscribers reach 500,000 in Russia
Nov 22, 2012 – Russian satellite TV operator Tricolor TV has announced that it already has more than 500,000 subscribers to the 'FullHD' HDTV service that it launched 4 months ago.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

CTC Media and National Media Group to Create Joint Video Portal
Nov 7, 2012 – Russia's CTC Media (Nasdaq:CTCM) and National Media Group (NMG) have announced an agreement to create a joint online video resource on the base of the Videomore portal, which was launched by CTC Media in December 2010.
News categories: CTC Media, National Media Group, Digital TV, Russia, Streaming

RSCC and Eutelsat Partner on Roadmap for Satellite in Russia
Nov 1, 2012 – RSCC (the Russian Satellite Communication Company) and Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) have announced an agreement whereby Eutelsat will lease capacity for broadcasting and IP services on two RSCC satellites to be launched in 2013 and 2015.
News categories: Eutelsat, RSCC, Content Distribution, Russia, Satellite

ALi Partners with MNITI to Propose Reference DVB-T2 STB for Russia
Oct 22, 2012 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced that ALi and MNITI have agreed to join forces on introducing a reference set-top-box solution to assist Russian STB manufacturers in the deployment of digital terrestrial television adopting the DVB-T2 standard.
News categories: ALi Corp, MNITI, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

15 million new IPTV subscribers added globally over the past year
Oct 16, 2012 – According to the latest figures published by the Broadband Forum, and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, globally 15.9 million IPTV subscribers were added over the last 12 months, and 3.57 million over the last quarter.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, USA

Dune HD HDMI STB on show at TV Connect EurAsia 2012
Oct 10, 2012 – The Dune HD Connect, the world's smallest Full HD set top box, is a compact stick format device that plugs into a subscriber's TV HDMI socket and streams content through its built-in Wi-Fi via a home internet connection.
News categories: Dune HD, Russia, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Russia's STB market to reach 5.15 million units in 2012
Aug 30, 2012 – According to a report from J'son & Partners, the number of set-top boxes sold in Russia in 2011 was 3.95 million up from 3.45 million in 2010. The market research company expects this number will grow significantly in 2012 to reach 5.15 million units.
News categories: J'son & Partners, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Provides Multi-Screen Security for TVzavr Video-on-Demand
Aug 30, 2012 – Verimatrix has announced that Russia's TVzavr is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand (VoD) service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Internet TV.
News categories: Verimatrix, TVzavr, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Russia, Streaming