Why did Discovery on the tricolor disappear? Tricolor TV stops broadcasting Discovery channels
Largest Russian operator digital television "Tricolor TV" began broadcasting some of the most popular TV channels in the Discovery Networks portfolio in high definition format. TV channels Eurosport HD, Discovery Channel HD and TLC HD are available to Tricolor TV subscribers in the operator’s main package - “Unified”*.
Eurosport is a leading sports multimedia platform, offering content from over 120 sports and sporting events from around the world. Eurosport boasts the widest range of programs covering the 7 pillars of modern sport - tennis, cycling, football, winter sports, summer Olympic sports, motorsports, motorsports and snooker. Eurosport broadcasts are commentated by world-class experts, and both the leading athletes of our time and the champions of tomorrow constantly appear on camera. Eurosport is ahead of all paid sports channels in the “all 18+” category in terms of TV viewing share. Until August 9 inclusive, the Eurosport TV channel will broadcast the 16th World Cup. aquatic species sport - the largest international competition that takes place in Kazan. From August 22 to September 13, cycling fans will be able to fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the famous Vuelta cycling race, watching the best cyclists around the world, when athletes will compete over a distance of more than 3,300 km. From 22 to 30 August, Eurosport will cover the World Athletics Championships. All preliminary competitions and finals will be shown live; spectators will be treated to detailed review events within the framework of the hour-long thematic program “Athletics. World Championship. Best of the day."
Discovery Channel is the founder of the educational and entertainment genre on television, the No. 1 TV channel among paid channels in Russia, the male audience is 20-49 in terms of TV viewing share. Discovery Channel immerses you in a world of stories from experts, pioneers and explorers that inspire, excite the imagination and provide food for thought. In August, the channel’s viewers will enjoy the famous “Shark Week”, as well as the tenth anniversary season of the hit show “MythBusters”. This season, Adam and Jamie will test myths inspired by the cult series “The Simpsons”, the iconic saga “Star Wars” and the legendary films about Indiana Jones. In September, famous actor Idris Elba will challenge all four elements and set a land speed record in the new Discovery Channel project “Idris Elba: No Brakes.” The premiere of "Treasure Quest: Snake Island" will take viewers to the southeast of Brazil along with a team of desperate Incan treasure hunters. Later this year, Discovery Channel will premiere exclusively on television the eco-thriller Race to Extinction, a new documentary from director Louis Sayhoyos, the director of The Cove, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2010.
TLC is the No. 1 women's paid lifestyle channel in Russia in terms of TV viewing share and monthly reach. TLC entertains through content that is bold and unexpected, vibrant and eye-catching. It draws you into watching - so that it is impossible to tear yourself away. TLC is opening doors and new horizons by showing real scenes from real life, which truly captivate and charge with positive emotions thanks to inspiring characters and their fascinating stories. In August, viewers can expect the premiere of the “Runway 30+” program, which will talk about how to become a successful model if you are in your early thirties, and the new season of the TLC channel’s hit show, Emmy Award winner, “Life is not easy for short people!” » about the difficult but fascinating life of the Rolloff family. In September, the premieres of programs filmed in Russia will take place: “Real Adoption” and the continuation of the project “IVF in Russia: Expecting a Child,” which will tell you how to find family happiness by becoming happy parents. The new television season on TLC promises to be truly delicious with celebrity chef Buddy Valastro and the premiere episodes of his show “The Pastry King.” This time Buddy and his team will face a difficult test - a hand-painted matryoshka cake!
To watch new TV channels, the operator's subscribers need to update the list of TV channels in the receiver interface. The total subscriber base of Tricolor TV at the end of the second quarter of 2015 amounted to 11.415 million Russian households.
Mikhail Goryachev, director of content at Tricolor TV: “We included these three TV channels in our network, which are certainly popular in their segment, due to numerous requests from our subscribers, while the cost of the main package “United” remained the same. I would like to note that these TV channels broadcast in high definition. Never before have Russian TV viewers had such an abundance of high-quality HD channels at an affordable price.”
Grigory Lavrov, senior director of Discovery Networks channels in North-Eastern Europe: “We are very pleased that Tricolor TV subscribers have access to high-quality, entertaining and exciting content from our TV channels. Now Tricolor TV subscribers will not miss the most iconic sporting events thanks to Eurosport, the most high-profile premieres of the Discovery Channel and will discover the fascinating world of TLC, and HD quality will make the viewing experience even brighter.”
* Discovery Channel HD and TLC HD are available to the operator's subscribers living in the Eutelsat 36A/36B coverage area and using receiving equipment with HDTV support; Eurosport HD is available to the operator's subscribers living in the coverage area of Eutelsat 36A/36B and Express-AT1 and using receiving equipment with HDTV support.
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The largest pay television operator, Tricolor TV, will stop broadcasting Discovery family channels, including TLC and Eurosport, from December 1. The partners were unable to agree on the commercial terms of cooperation.
The parties worked on a revenue sharing model: the operator, receiving subscription fee from subscribers, shared it with the Media Alliance. “Tricolor TV” put forward “unacceptable conditions,” the operator’s proposal “puts it in a privileged position in relation to the entire market,” Media Alliance CEO Grigory Lavrov told Kommersant. Viewers connecting to digital television, they pay, first of all, for content, choosing an operator based on the list of channels, he argues.
The channel was removed from the Tricolor network due to the expiration of the contract with the rights holder, a representative of the operator said. According to him, the main package includes analogues with educational content.
The Discovery Group includes the educational and entertainment channel Discovery Channel, the wildlife channel Animal Planet, the women's entertainment channel TLC and Eurosport. In Russia, they are managed by Media Alliance, a joint venture of the National Media Group (NMG) and Discovery Communications. Until 2015, the latter owned Russian versions its entire channels, but the law restricting foreigners in Russian media forced it to cede 80% of its business to NMG. Media Alliance also manages the Turner group's channels (Cartoon Network, Boomerang and CNN), but they are distributed under a separate contract.
In addition to subscriptions, Discovery also makes money from advertising. Its volume on cable and satellite TV channels for the first three quarters of this year, the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia estimated at 2.45 billion rubles - 64% more than a year earlier. Discovery is one of the big players in this segment. According to TNS Russia, in January-October it ranked eighth in terms of audience among almost three hundred niche channels with a share of 0.37% (the share of viewers from all Russians over four years old with the TV turned on).
NTV-Plus CEO Mikhail Demin calls Discovery a “system-forming player.” MTS does not comment on its relationship with Discovery. At the same time, disputes between pay TV operators and content producers arise almost every year. The situation worsened in the fall of 2014, when a sharp rise in the exchange rate of the currency in which many contracts were denominated led to widespread price revisions. As a result, for example, Akado turned off Viasat channels and resumed broadcasting only last August.
Broadcasters also have questions about Tricolor. This is the largest operator in Russia satellite television, its subscriber base at the end of 2015 amounted to 11.8 million subscribers, which is approximately a third of the pay TV market, iKS-Consulting calculated. Last September, Tricolor began notifying subscribers about the “suspension of broadcasting” of popular thematic channels VGTRK, including “Russian Novel”, “My Planet”, “Science 2.0” and others, “in connection with negotiations with the copyright holder to extend cooperation.” On its website, the operator reported that it was ready to provide “ quality replacement", including through the expansion of film content on its own production channels. A top manager at VGTRK then, in a conversation with Kommersant, expressed bewilderment: the state-owned company did not discuss the termination of the contract and “did not understand what the problem was.” However, a week later, a representative of Tricolor said that “extension of the contract is a normal situation”; the parties settled it.
EUROSPORT 1 HD is leaving the project FIPS code: 393963, followed by several other good TV channels.
EUROSPORT 1 HD leaves the NSK project
EUROSPORT 1 HD is a channel that is of interest to many sports fans. In the operator's project FIPS Code: 393963 (the brand belongs to NAO "NSK"), this undoubtedly top TV channel has been working for the last few days!
In order to confirm this, we will show a dialogue with an employee of the operator FIPS Code: 393963 (since the brand belongs to NJSC "NSK", which means with an employee of the Non-Public Joint Stock Company"National Satellite Company", the same one located in St. Petersburg.
For convenience, we will write from two persons, Transit and the operator (technical support specialist for subscribers “FIPS code: 393963”)
Transit - Good day. I have a question regarding broadcasting.
Operator - Hello, my name is ******, specialist technical support subscribers "FIPS code: 393963". Please specify where the set of equipment for viewing satellite television “FIPS Code: 393963” that you are currently using is installed: at home, in your place of permanent residence; at the dacha; on the territory of the establishment (cafe, gym, hotel, etc.)?
Transit - at home
Operator - How can I help you?
Transit - Is it true that Eurosport will not work soon?
Operator - on November 30, 2016, during the day, broadcasting of the TV channels “Discovery Channel HD”, “TLC HD”, “EUROSPORT 1 HD” in the project “FIPS Code: 393963” (European part and Siberia) will be suspended due to the expiration of the contract with the copyright holder.
Transit - What will happen in return?
Transit - Why then is there no information on the website about Eurosport?
Operator - Since this channel will leave the composition only on November 30, 2016, therefore news feed not updated yet.
Transit - The contract says differently.
Operator - Availability of a TV channel as part of operator packages is primarily determined by its demand among subscribers. The decision on which TV channel will be included or excluded from the package is made based on the results of negotiations between the operator and the rights holder based on a combination of factors. Information about all changes in the composition of packages appears in a timely manner on the official website and Infochannel “FIPS Code: 393963”. "FIPS code: 393963 » is constantly negotiating with new TV channels to include them in packages, but until all work is completed and agreements are reached, information about such negotiations is not published.
“FIPS Code: 393963” is constantly negotiating with new TV channels about including them in packages, but until all work is completed and agreements are reached information about such negotiations is not advertised. After signing contracts with channels, information immediately appears on the Info Channel “FIPS Code: 393963”, as well as on the website. Please stay tuned for more news.
Here you go! Operator policy and low quality the services provided do their job. The price of operator services FIPS code: 393963 is becoming more expensive, and good programs leaving the platform. Today “Discovery Channel HD”, “TLC HD”, “EUROSPORT 1 HD” are gone, and tomorrow? Look at our articles about what to expect from an operator, everything is fully revealed!