Russia postponed the start of broadcasting of 20 obligatory Russian TV channels on the Web

Although the law providing for free broadcasting on the Runet 20 came into effect today, organized online broadcasting has not been launched. Russian regulator Roskomnadzor failed to appoint a dedicated streaming provider.

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Now the provision of the corresponding services has been postponed until March 2022, although, according to experts and market participants, the legal regulations themselves do not affect the availability of television content on the Internet.

20 channels should already be shown through the player selected by the regulator, but the corresponding service has not yet been defined … The law signed by the president provides for the availability of the player on audiovisual service platforms like ivi, Kinopoisk, Okko, Tricolor, MegaFon, MTS, etc.

Although the law was supported by television holdings relying on advertising revenues from online shows, tensions between the companies did not allow the appointment of a single operator, the selection of software has not yet been announced, and the current by-laws have not entered into force either.

“We are awaiting clarifications from the authorized government agency, we do not plan to change anything before that” , – said the representative of ivi. Some sites selectively show compulsory channels in accordance with private agreements. later in the fall, but the detailed orders of Roskomnadzor were not approved by the beginning of September and are still awaiting the conclusion of the Ministry of Economy. Byrdin believes that the actual entry into force of the orders of Roskomnadzor will take place no earlier than March 1 2022.

There is also no reliable information on how in practice the process will be regulated without an approved by-law base. According to Byrdin, the absence of TV channels on well-known sites will least of all affect users, since there is no shortage of TV sources on the Internet. According to his forecasts, in addition to the decision of Vitrina TV LLC (created by the National Media Group, co-owners are Channel One, VGTRK and Gazprom-Media), five to ten alternative players will be available on the market in the future.

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