CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES Opens Up DTT Market in Eastern Europe and Deploys TELEMEDIUM's Enriched TV Platform in Russia.Business/Technology Editors AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2002 Premium and Thematic Channels offered to St. Petersburg Residents on Platform Secured by MEDIAGUARD CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES, a leading provider of interactive TV software solutions, today announced the launch of Russia's first digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or platform in St. Petersburg. CJSC CJSC closed joint stock company CJSC Criminal Justice Statistics Center TELEMEDIUM, a subsidiary of Telecominvest, one of Russia's leading telecommunications operators, has chosen the highly flexible and scalable MEDIAGUARD conditional access system A conditional access system (CAS) is a system by which electronic transmission of digital media, especially satellite television signals through cable, is limited to subscribed clients. This is called conditional access. to secure its content delivery for the specific needs of its terrestrial broadcast service -- the first in the Russian federation Russian Federation: see Russia. . St. Petersburg residents who receive the TELEMEDIUM service have access to an enhanced Pay-TV offering of premium and thematic channels including movies, entertainment and news. Six different channels are offered by the Russian operator including CNBC Europe CNBC Europe is a business and financial news channel broadcast in Europe. It is the European version of CNBC. It is operated by NBC Universal, and headquartered in London. and Euronews for a complete overview of regional and global news, The National Geographic channel
"The deployment of our new customer, CSJC CSJC Conrad Schafren Jazz Collection Telemedium, in St. Petersburg marks CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES' entry into Eastern Europe, an area of the world which holds much promise for digital television in the near future. The high level of television viewing and the quality of the TV operators are clear indicators that this will soon be one of the leading regions for market growth in digital television," said Thierry Maupetit, Vice President, Sales CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES. "The launch of our new digital terrestrial platform with the support of CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES bears witness to our trust in their solutions and expertise. The MEDIAGUARD conditional access system proves to be a very reliable tool for content delivery and in that regard, addresses our particular needs on the Russian digital TV market," said Dimitri Volobouev, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CJSC TELEMEDIUM. ABOUT CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES is a leading international provider of interactive TV software solutions offering a range of flexible open standard solutions to broadcasters and digital operators around the world. CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES powers more than 14 million set-top boxes which are deployed on every continent on cable, satellite and digital terrestrial networks. Over 30 digital operators and broadcasters have already deployed its interactive TV middleware MEDIAHIGHWAY and the conditional access system MEDIAGUARD, including CANALSATELLITE in France, SUREWEST in the United States, Astro Measat and ZeeTV in Asia, to deliver true interactive applications to subscribers via interactive applications. For more information: http://www.canalplus-technologies.com About CJSC TELEMEDIUM CJSC TELEMEDUM was founded in 1998 to develop the iTV market and multimedia in St. Petersburg. The Russian company has a license to broadcast in this area and now considers providing a Pay-TV service. It is a subsidiary of Telecominvest which is one of the biggest telecommunications companies in Russia. |
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