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Russia
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Parrot Analytics: Amazon Prime Video’s Invincible climbs to the top in Russia
Despite being unavailable in Russia, TV series from leading streaming services Amazon Prime Video, Netflix…
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Russian analogue broadcasters set for reprieve
Russia’s State Commission for Radio Frequencies (GKRCH) is set to allow local broadcasters to extend…
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Russia’s Russkiy Mir TV targets 155k homes in occupied Ukraine
Russkiy Mir, the satellite TV service set up at the end of last year to…
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Veon commits to invest US$600m in Ukraine’s Kyivstar
Amsterdam-listed telco holding company Veon has said it will invest US$600 million in Kyivstar, its…
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Russian streamers to merge
Russia’s National Media Group and telco Rostelecom are to merge their streaming services more.tv and…
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Parrot Analytics: Ted Lasso heads top 10 in Russia
Apple TV+ Ted Lasso continues its reign topping Parrot Analytics’ originals in-demand chart in Russia…
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Russia’s MTS sees streaming video subs jump by over half
Despite (or because of) the impact of sanctions on Russia as the war in Ukraine…
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Russia approves VimpelCom sale on condition
The Russian government commission on foreign investment has approved the sale of VimpelCom to Russian…
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Parrot Analytics: Netflix shows still topping Russian in-demand list
The official non-availability of Netflix in Russia does not seem to have dented the popularity…
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Eutelsat agrees to drop Russian channels after watchdog rules
Eutelsat has agreed to stop broadcasting three Russian channels after regulator Arcom responded to a…
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Conseil d’État forces watchdog to look again at Eutelsat’s Russian business
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’État, has rejected media regulator Arcom’s contention that it is…
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Veon sells Russian operation to management
Netherlands-based holding company Veon has sold its Russian operation VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline…
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Pressure builds on Eutelsat over carriage of Russian services
Pressure is building on Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat from multiple directions over its continued carriage…
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Veon to sell Russia’s Beeline
Dutch-based telecom holding company Veon has said that it is conducting a competitive sales process…
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Russia to introduce restrictions on pay TV content
Deputies from Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in the Russian Duma have introduced a draft…
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US imposes sanctions on National Media Group chair Kabaeva
The US, along with the EU and UK, has imposed sanctions on the chair of…
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Parrot Analytics: US streamer originals still most in-demand in Russia
Original drama series from Netflix and other global streamers continue to be in demand in…
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English Premier League officially suspends Russian broadcast deal
The English Premier League has confirmed that it will not honour its upcoming rights deal…
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Netflix co-CEO added to Russian blacklist
Netflix Co-CEO Reed Hastings has been named on Russia’s blacklist. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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English Premier League mulls future of Russian broadcast deal
The English Premier League is yet to decide whether to back out of its upcoming…
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Russia kicks CBC out of Moscow
Russia is forcing the Moscow bureau of Canadian national broadcaster CBC to close, the country’s…
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US imposes sanctions on trio of Russian broadcasters
US lawmakers have moved to ban Kremlin-backed broadcasters in the country. As part of wide…
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EU moves to ban three unnamed Russian-owned news broadcasters
The European Union is set to ban three Russian state-owned news channels as part of…
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More international broadcasters suspend operations in Russia
Discovery, NHK and TV5Monde have become the latest media group to suspend its operations in…
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Baltic streamer TV3 to rebroadcast Ukrainian news channel
Baltic streaming and pay TV outfit TV3 Group has begun rebroadcasting Ukrainian JV news channel…
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Tricolor updates on subs base and unveils voice functionality plan
Russian pay TV provider Tricolor has provided an update on its 2021 performance, stating that…
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ER-Telecom and Rostec take majority control of Moscow operator Akado
Russian telco ER-Telecom and state investment outfit Rostec have jointly acquired a 75% -1 stake…
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G-Core Labs launches new CIS PoPs
CDN technology specialist G-Core Labs has launched three new points of CDN presence in CIS…
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Russian government brands TV Rain as ‘foreign agent’
The Russian justice ministry has classified network TV Rain (Dozhd) as a ‘foreign agent’. On…
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Amediateka gets HBO Max shows exclusively in Russia and CIS
Russian streamer Amediateka has struck an exclusive deal that allows it to offer all series…