Which operator will Rainbow TV subscribers switch to? Satellite operator Raduga TV closed due to a conflict with the authorities

What is needed for the transition?

To make the transition, you will need to reconfigure your satellite dish to a new satellite of Telekarta, Continent - Intelsat 15 (85.2°E), or Express AM5 (140.0°E). Search for channels on your receiver, activate the card and watch up to 100 channels on the Standard package for only 1,200 rubles. per year, or up to 200 channels on the Unlimited package. Including up to 20 HD**. Up to 40 channels free***. For fans of local news, the channel packages also include the popular Novosibirsk channel 49.

And now in a little more detail: If the card and its subsequent activation on site does not cause any difficulties, then minor difficulties may arise with reconfiguring the satellite dish and receiver.

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As can be seen from the numbers and pictures the difference in the position of the plate is only 10 degrees in the horizontal plane. We move on to the important stage - rotating the antenna. If you need to set up the antenna from scratch, then perhaps this one will help you. So, carefully loosen the nuts securing the rotation of our antenna; you don’t need to loosen it too much, just so that the antenna can rotate.

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Keep the antenna, but change the converter on it to a linear one. Be sure to redirect the antenna to the MTS satellite. Install a set-top box or cam module from MTS on your TV. If the antenna has a diameter of 0.55 m, change the antenna; MTS requires a minimum of 0.6 m.

From NTV Plus to MTS

From Telecard to MTS

If your previous operator is Telekarta (Continent, Orion-Express), then you can leave the entire antenna as before, along with the converter, since it is also suitable for receiving the MTS signal. Just connect the MTS set-top box/cam module to your TV, point the antenna at the desired satellite and enjoy watching.

From Raduga TV to MTS

Since the end of December 2014, the satellite operator RADUGA TV has stopped broadcasting.

The platform’s channels were broadcast from the ABS satellite (75° east longitude) - the same position also operates satellite television MTS, therefore, in order to continue watching satellite TV, former Rainbow subscribers do not need a complete replacement and reconfiguration of equipment - it is enough to purchase only an MTS set-top box/cam module. There is no need to change or configure the antenna and converter in a new way.

The fourth largest satellite operator, Raduga TV, will stop broadcasting on December 5. Over the past year, the company has not been able to obtain a license from Roskomnadzor. Now Raduga TV is looking for a partner to transfer its subscriber base of 450 thousand subscribers.

Dalgeocom LLC (Raduga TV brand) will stop operating on December 5, 2014, reported the Swedish media holding MTG (owns 50% of the operator). “The decision was made due to the constant uncertainty and opacity of the licensing status and requirements for Raduga TV,” said Irina Gofman, General Director of MTG in Russia and the CIS. "Behind Last year MTG made every effort to obtain a license, which was never granted. Therefore, we have no choice but to stop working,” explains MTG, which wrote off 147 million crowns (at that time about 790 million rubles) for these investments in 2013. Roskomnadzor representative Vadim Ampelonsky noted that the question of cessation of activities "Radugi TV" is controlled only by the shareholders of this company.

Raduga-TV, through Luxembourg-based Raduga Holdings S.A., is owned equally by MTG and Continental Multimedia. Raduga TV is one of the four largest satellite operators in Russia, behind Tricolor TV, Orion Express and NTV+. The company's subscriber base in the third quarter of 2014 amounted to more than 450 thousand subscribers, iKS-Consulting reported. According to kartoteka.ru, the revenue of Dalgeocom LLC in 2013 amounted to 563.1 million rubles, and the net loss was 9 million rubles.

TV channels have already begun to collect debts from Raduga TV: on November 28, a claim for 7.6 million rubles was registered. from the Russian representative offices of Viasat channels, which are also owned by MTG, to Raduga TV. “The channels are trying to recover the advance payment made to the operator,” MTG representative Per Lorenz told Kommersant.

Rainbow TV's problems began in July 2013. Roskomnadzor then found out that the operator was distributing 95 TV channels via a satellite network without a license. Raduga TV had a television broadcasting license since 2009, but due to changes in legislation in 2011, a new license was required to continue operating - for satellite broadcasting. In November 2013, the regulator filed a complaint with the Ministry of Internal Affairs about “illegal business” at Dalgeocom LLC. In July, Roskomnadzor summed up the results of the competition for a satellite broadcasting license, which was won by a company close to MTS; Dalgeocom did not participate in the auction. And in September, the police, following a complaint from Roskomnadzor, opened a criminal case.

In recent months, Raduga TV shareholders have been trying to sell the company and have been negotiating with Rostelecom and MTS. In October, MTS received approval for the purchase of 100% of Dalgeocom LLC from the Federal Antimonopoly Service, but abandoned the deal. “We evaluated it and decided that there was nothing for us to buy there,” MTS President Andrei Dubovskov told Kommersant. Now Rainbow TV is making efforts to transfer subscribers to another satellite operator, MTG reported. There are no agreements yet, said Anatoly Sosnovsky, member of the board of directors of Continental Multimedia. Transferring the base to any other operator is complicated by the need to purchase new equipment for subscribers, explained Kommersant's interlocutor at one of the satellite operators. The departure of a major player from the market will provoke a redistribution of the provider’s subscriber base, warns iKS-Consulting analyst Ekaterina Makarevich.

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12/02/2014, Tue, 15:12, Moscow time , Text: Sergey Popsulin

The satellite operator Dalgeocom (trademark Raduga TV) will cease operations on December 5, 2014. This is stated in a statement from the operator’s co-owner, the Swedish holding MTG. Previously, MTG had already written off the value of the holding's 50% stake in the operator in the amount of SEK 147 million (about RUB 800 million).

Over the past year, Dalgeocom has been experiencing problems with the authorities. A year ago, Roskomnadzor was operating without the required license and filed a statement with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to initiate a criminal case on the grounds of illegal business. The case was initiated in the summer of 2014. The department also asked TV channels not to cooperate with the operator.

In 2011, changes were made to Russian legislation obliging satellite operators to obtain licenses. Since we are talking about a limited radio frequency resource, such licenses must be issued on a competitive basis. Large operators were able to solve licensing problems, but small players were not.

Roskomnadzor, while requiring Dalgeocom to have a license, simultaneously refused to issue it to the operator. Dalgeocom tried to solve the problem by obtaining a universal broadcast license for its own TV channels, but this was also refused.

After this, negotiations began on the sale of Dalgeocom with DTV, a subsidiary of AFK Sistema, which just received a license for satellite broadcasting in the summer. The FAS even approved the corresponding petition; the transaction was planned to be carried out in the interests of the MTS operator owned by AFK Sistema. But in the end, MTS decided to develop the satellite project independently.

The decision to close Raduga TV was difficult, admits MTG Vice President Irina Gofman. According to her, the company was actively working to resolve the licensing problem, but a solution to the situation was never found. Now Dalgeokom is negotiating with other satellite operators about transferring its subscriber base to them.

The number of Dalgeocom subscribers was less than 500 thousand. According to this indicator, Dalgeocom was the last four satellite operators: Tricolor TV, Orion-Express and NTV-Plus. Previously, another satellite operator, Rikor-TV (trademark Active-TV), found itself in a similar situation. Roskomnadzor punished the operator for working without a license and at the same time refused to obtain one. As a result, Rikor-TV also stopped broadcasting, and its subscribers were transferred to Orion-Express.