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On October 2013 Rostelecom has announced the results of its latest tender for set-top boxes. The requirement was for two types of boxes: ‘Interactive TV Standard’ and ‘Interactive TV Standard Plus’. [[SmartLabs]] will provide 47 thousand Standard Plus STBs, with the remaining 609 thousand Standard boxes being provided by SmartLabs (304,500), Promzakaz (182,700) and Promsvyaz (121,800).<ref>[http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=23160 Rostelecom orders 656,000 IPTV set-top boxes]</ref>
On March 2013 it was announced that total Pay TV subscriber base increased 12% year-on-year to 6.6 million subscribers. Out of the total subscriber base, the number of interactive TV subscribers more than doubled to 1.4 million, with the penetration of optical networks reaching 34%. Rostelecom’s share of the Interactive TV market was 49% at this period.<ref>[http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=22497 Rostelecom doubles IPTV subscribers in 2012 to 1.4 million]</ref> The company is working with content providers to offer exclusive high-quality content to attract users. In 2013 it already agreed to provide programming from Stockholm-based Modern Times Group AB (MTGB)’s Viasat and local Gazprom-Media.
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