Russia Digital TV News

Europe's New Member States continue to dominate the FTTH Rankings
Oct 26, 2010 – The number of fibre-to-the-home subscribers in Europe, including Russia, has increased by 22% over the past six months, thanks to the booming broadband market in the Eastern part of Europe, according to the latest figures from the FTTH Council Europe.
News categories: FTTH Council Europe, BBWF, Broadband, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fibre, Finland, France, IPTV, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Streaming, Sweden

Telekarta satellite TV launched in Russia
Sep 17, 2010 – Another satellite television service, called Telekarta, has launched in Russia. The service is on Intelsat 15 (85.15°E) and consists of 18 channels. Conditional access is provided by Conax and the broadcast format is DVB-S with MPEG-2 compression.
News categories: Telekarta, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

Satellite TV reception in Europe, North Africa and Middle-East shows continued strong take-up
Sep 15, 2010 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has announced the key highlights of its two-yearly survey of television reception by satellite and cable homes.
News categories: Eutelsat, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK

Russia's PAKT Selects NDS Videoguard Express to Bring Digital Cable TV to St Petersburg
Sep 9, 2010 – NDS has announced that PAKT, a cable Pay TV provider in St Petersburg, Russia, has selected NDS VideoGuard Express™ to protect and power its digital cable service.
News categories: NDS Group, PAKT, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box

PMT and Digisoft to deliver Terrestrial and Personalized TV across Russia
Sep 8, 2010 – Digisoft.tv has announced that Personal Media Technology (PMT) has extended its relationship with Digisoft to provide its DigiHost Service Delivery Platform for the delivery of terrestrial TV channels to TV viewers in Russia.
News categories: Digisoft.tv, OViVO, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Intelsat 15 Expands Orion Express TV Platform Offering
Sep 7, 2010 – Intelsat has announced that Orion Express, a major satellite television provider in Russia, is now offering expanded direct-to-home (DTH) programming via capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15).
News categories: Intelsat, Orion Express, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Russia, Satellite

CityHomeNet Chooses Irdeto to Drive Transition from Analogue to Digital TV Services
Sep 6, 2010 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that CityHomeNet is using Irdeto's Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect its Direct to Home (DTH) Satellite services in Russia. The solution has been implemented within NMSK, a service subsidiary of CityHomeNet.
News categories: Irdeto, CityHomeNet, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

Russia's Continent TV offers STB from Topfield
Sep 3, 2010 – Continent TV in Russia has announced a new satellite set-top box (STB) from Topfield (CSD-03/IR). The standard definition box is pre-programmed for reception of Continent TV and Eastern Express with conditional access from Irdeto built-in.
News categories: Continent TV, Topfield, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Philips, Sharp and Loewe aim to create common platform for connected TVs
Sep 3, 2010 – Philips, creator of Net TV - a portal for online content applications on Philips TVs - is cooperating with Sharp and Loewe to define a common internet platform for connected TVs and other internet-enabled electronic devices across Europe and Russia.
News categories: Philips, Sharp, Loewe, Europe, HbbTV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Russia, Smart TV, Streaming