Russia Digital TV News

Comstar Broadband Internet Subscriber Base Almost Doubles to 695,000 in Moscow
Jan 16, 2008 – The number of pay-TV subscribers increased by 36,100 year on year to 119,400 subscribers in Moscow by the end of 2007.
News categories: Comstar, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers

Tricolor expands to Siberia
Nov 29, 2007 – The Russian MPEG-4-delivered DTH platform Tricolor TV has announced that it will extend its coverage to Siberia from December 10 this year.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

Comstar Financial Results For The Third Quarter And First Nine Months Of 2007
Nov 29, 2007 – Comstar-Direct is the largest broadband service provider in Moscow, and has 452,600 residential subscribers, including 106,000 double-play (broadband Internet + IPTV) customers.
News categories: Comstar, Financial Results, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Thomson provides end to end mobile solution to number one mobile Russian operator Sistema Mass Media
Nov 12, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) will provide DVB-H broadcast technology to Sistema Mass Media (SMM), a branch of Russia's AFK Sistema which is set to launch a mobile multimedia service.
News categories: Thomson, Sistema Mass Media (SMM), Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Russia

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

ARC Acquires Alarity Corporation; Establishes Multimedia Development Center in St. Petersburg, Russia
Sep 24, 2007 – ARC International (LSE:ARK) has announced that it has acquired Alarity Corporation. Alarity is a privately held U.S. multimedia company that has a renowned team of close to 40 personnel based in St. Petersburg, Russia specializing in codec software, firmware, and advanced multimedia architectures.
News categories: ARC International, Digital TV, MandA, Russia, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

BitBand's Technology Powers Synterra's Advanced IPTV Services in Russia
Sep 9, 2007 – BitBand has announced that it has been selected to supply its IPTV Video Delivery Solution to the Russian alternative telecommunication operator Synterra.
News categories: BitBand, Synterra, BCC, IBCShow, IPTV, Russia

Irdeto, Amino and Anevia to Provide Innovative DVB over IP Solution to Pay TV Operators Worldwide
Sep 7, 2007 – Irdeto together with Amino and Anevia have announced a joint IPTV solution that enables Telcos to provide existing DVB services to their customers via their IP networks.
News categories: Irdeto, Amino, Anevia, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Thomson Announces Several Major Orders at IBC 2007
Sep 6, 2007 – The leading Russian Pay-TV Operator, NTV-Plus, choose Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) for the rollout of a new High Definition (HD) TV set-top box. The HD set-top box will support the launch of Russia's first high-definition TV service by NTV-Plus this year.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box