The IISL (the International Institute of Space Law) has “suspended” the participation of Russia and which includes Russian students participating in the IISL’s activities. The IISL said it regrets having to make this decision because it affects civil society and students in particular and means that students must pay the price for geopolitical struggles far […]
Netflix and TikTok have halted their services in Russia. Netflix, which has already suspended all production and acquisition activity in the country, said in a statement: “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia”. Netflix is believed to have around 1 million subscribers in Russia. Netflix was joined […]
Ukraina24 – the news channel of independent Ukraine in war – with English voice-over is available for operators globally on Redge Media Video Delivery Platform. The move follows the initiative of TV3 Group Baltics and overcomes the geographical limits of the original distribution. The live feed of Ukraina24 with English translation has been enabled technically […]
The invasion of Ukraine has led to a significant rise in numbers of people turning to Channel 4 News’ social media channels and its evening bulletins. Editor of Channel 4 News Esme Wren said: “This is Channel 4 at its very best. Our journalists are on the front line reporting the reality of what’s happening […]
RT America, the US version of Russian-backed news channel RT, is to close its US studios and lay off most of its staff. Its bureaus in New York, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles are affected. Misha Solodovnikov, the general manager of T&R Productions, the company that produces RT America, told staff in an email that […]
NewsPlayer+, the UK-based global streaming news platform, has announce that United News, a 24/7 all-encompassing news service broadcasting live from Ukraine, is now available on their global streaming news platform as a guest channel. United News has been launched by the biggest media groups in Ukraine, who have united to broadcast one all-encompassing news service […]
WWE has ceased broadcasting in Russia and has also halted the availability of its SVoD platfrom, WWE Network, in the country following the invasion of Ukraine. WWE confirmed the move is a statement saying: “WWE has terminated its partnership with Russian broadcaster Match and shut down WWE Network in Russia effective immediately.” “The move eliminates […]
London-based broadband satellite operator OneWeb has abandoned its planned Russian launch of 36 extra craft for its mega-constellation. The decision was taken at a OneWeb board meeting held in London. The launch should have taken place from Baikonur in a Russian-controlled portion of Kazakhstan on March 4th. But Russian space agency Roscosmos had demanded that […]
Figures from the BBC show that people in Russia are turning to BBC News in their millions for information about the war in Ukraine. The audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website more than tripled its year-to-date weekly average, with a record reach of 10.7 million people in the last week (compared to 3.1 […]
Five people have died after Russia attacked a TV tower in Kyiv, hitting nearby broadcast facilities, late on March 1st. It comes after Russia warned residents that it was preparing to hit targets in the Ukrainian capital. Although the tower itself remains standing, a TV control room and a power substation were hit, and at […]