In Chechnya there will be OTT

In Chechnya there will be OTT
The Chechen universal operator "Vainakh Telecom" prepares for a conclusion to the market of service of digital television of OTT


The Chechen universal operator "Vainakh Telecom" prepares for a conclusion to the market of service of digital television of OTT. About it it is told in materials of the company. Will be able to be connected to service of a bonenta of the operator both by means of a special reviser for the TV, and by means of any ON.

According to the president "the Vainakh the Telecom" Belala Demelkhanova, over development of new service the company conducts active work together with the Petersburg firm "VSS". "Information on the specification and a platform is prepared, we select the additional equipment for reception of a signal from the satellite", – he declared.

According to Demelkhanov, subscribers "the Vainakh the Telecom" will have an opportunity to watch more than 120 popular channels which are picked up by means of survey which was conducted as among the existing and potential subscribers. "We held negotiations with RTPTs, in the person of the director Sergey Eremenko, there is an arrangement that the package of channels will include also local channels. By our calculations the interactive television will already function in the republic at the end of the current year", – the top manager declared.

It is known that the OTT platform will provide to subscribers "the Vainakh the Telecom" functions of the postponed viewing of video, access to game opportunities. "The VTK company has strong competitors and to attract subscribers, we are interested in improvement of quality of the represented services and increase in their quantity. For this reason we the first in the republic introduce interactive television", – Belal Demelkhanov concluded.

About possible emergence of package offers too yet it is not reported. In total at "the Vainakh the Telecom" about 30 thousand subscribers are connected to the broadband Internet on optics, 30 thousand more receive a signal through Wi-Fi. So to connect OTT will be able not only the subscribers connected to a fiber-optic network. About the possible cost of service yet it is not reported. Let's add that for subscribers of broadband Internet access "the Vainakh the Telecom" offers one tariff: a bezlimitka at a speed up to 10 Mbps over 995 rubles a month.

Let's remind also that in March, 2014 in Chechnya started two multiplexes of digital radio TV. New multiplexes will allow in high quality to look television channels to inhabitants of mountainous areas. Besides, there was a possibility of regional connections in programs of the first multiplex. Now as a part of a package of the all-Russian channels the State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company "Vainakh" will be able to broadcast the transmissions.

As for the market of paid television in the republic, this market actively develops, for example, including due to satellite services. In Chechnya the operator "TV Tricolour" actively increases subscriber base.



TelecomDaily
 No. of 20.05.14