Monthly Archives: September 2018
New Russian Channels on Astra Satellite
In September 2018 , ten Russian language channels were added to Astra 1 satellite. Peretz, Domashniy, Ren TV, R1, 5 Kanal, NTV Mir, TV Center Int, STS Int, TV 8 Russia and TV Rus. Astra is the main European satellite for German, French, Spanish and others.
A dish combining English, German French, Italian Spanish and others ( Dutch, Swiss, Austrian, Czech, Slovak) can be custom made for you.
Moscow hits back at tv Pirates
Along with European broadcasters, piracy is a big issue costing them millions in lost revenue, that has to support, making of new programme materials and all the infrastructure broadcasters use. Finally they seem to be getting serious about stopping them.
Gazprom-Media steps up piracy fight
Last Analogue Channels Closing 2019
No change over Europe by satellite, but inside Russia the terrestrial transmitters are all ready to go Digital, the last analogue channels will be closed in Jan 2019. These actually only now serve 10% of the population.
The latecomers to digital will be purchasing their new digital set top boxes, typically costing under 10 Euro. There is no doubt there will be a last minute rush to buy the digital equipment.
Strangely regional broadcasters have been left to their own schedules and will continue with analogue as long as they want to.