Digital TV News: Rostelecom

SmartLabs completes Rostelecom IPTV STB integration
Mar 16, 2012 – SmartLabs has announced a successful completion of integration of SmartLabs' SmartTUBE SDP Service Delivery Platform with STBs of multiple vendors selected by Rostelecom for its unified interactive TV service offered across Russia.
News categories: SmartLabs, Rostelecom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Russia releases DVB-T2 receiver specification
Feb 2, 2012 – The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network has released minimum technical requirements for DVB-T/T2 set-top boxes, TVs and CAM modules. Broadcasting could begin as early as March this year.
News categories: Rostelecom, Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Russia, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Pay TV now in more than half of Russian households
Dec 27, 2011 – According to iKS-Consulting, the number of pay TV subscribers in Russia at the end of 2011 is to reach 26 million, a growth rate of 21%, giving a household penetration of greater than 50%.
News categories: iKS-Consulting, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Russia's STB market to be flat at 2.5 million units in 2012
Dec 5, 2011 – According to a report from J'son & Partners commissioned by the European Audiovisual Observatory, the number of set-top boxes shipped this year in Russia will be 2.5 million, with no growth expected in 2012.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, J'son & Partners, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Rostelecom and Sagemcom to jointly produce digital TV devices
Oct 25, 2011 – Russian telecom operator OJSC Rostelecom (MICEX:RTKM, RTS:RTKM) and Sagemcom have announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly produce consumer devices for broadband and digital television, for sale under the Rostelecom brand name.
News categories: Rostelecom, Sagemcom, Gateway, IPTV, Russia, Set Top Box

SmartLabs equips Rostelecom-Ural with set-top boxes
Jun 17, 2011 – SmartLabs has announced that it has supplied the Urals subsidiary of Rostelecom with its SML-292 set-top boxes. Rostelecom-Ural provides IPTV services in the Urals Federal District and Perm regions under the 'Utel.TV' brand.
News categories: SmartLabs, Rostelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Set Top Box

Netris End-to-End OTT Solution Protected by SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE System
Oct 21, 2009 – SecureMedia and Netris have announced the latest addition to the IPSoft™ Interactive Digital TV family that provides an end-to-end cutting-edge solution for secured multimedia delivery over Internet.
News categories: SecureMedia, Netris, Content Protection, DRM, Streaming, Video Exchange

Tvingo Telecom to launch IPTV with Netris
Sep 7, 2009 – Netris and Tvingo Telecom have announced that they have launched IPTV based on Nteris' IPSoft iVision IPTV Middleware. Netris is providing support and development of Tvingo Digital in Vladikavkaz, in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
News categories: Netris, Tvingo Telecom, Digital TV, IBC2023, IPTV, Middleware, Russia

Rosmedia Launches Distributive IPTV Service Protected by SecureMedia
Mar 25, 2009 – SecureMedia has announced that Rosmedia, a leading IPTV operator based in St. Petersburg, Russia, has successfully launched their new IPTV service protected by SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM technology.
News categories: SecureMedia, Netris, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Video Exchange