October 16, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Today in Khanty-Mansiysk the International conference "Digital Russia today and tomorrow" will be opened.

Over 150 representatives of mass media and telecommunications divisions from the Belgorod, Voronezh, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen Oblasts, Yamal and also from the Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kursk, Yekaterinburg came to Ugra. Representatives of federal public authorities, UNESCO, European media-group, National association of TV and radio broadcasters, companies-producers of digital equipment arrived at Ugra as well.

The conference agenda includes the discussion of the draft concept of the Federal target-oriented program "Development of TV and radio broadcasting in the Russian Federation (2007-2015)", experience exchange on the development of digital television in other countries and Russian regions, presentation of the digital television development program in Ugra, acquaintance with the latest technical innovations in this sphere.

Governor, Chairman of the Okrug Government Alexander Filipenko is going to participate in the conference.

October 16, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The student of the Khanty-Mansiysk boxing school Maxim Koptyakov won the silver prize at the World Students’ Boxing Championships in the weigh category of under 69 kg. The President of the Russia’s Students Boxing Federation Nurulla Sattarov informed about that.

In his letter for the Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko the President of the Federation wrote:

"I am confident that the students’ boxing of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug will make many other steps on the way to leadership in Russia and in the world. I would like to believe that the best from our youth are students, brought up in the spirit of sports competition will successfully work for the benefit of our Motherland’s prosperity".

October 16, 2006

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The fact of the transfer of Ugra television to the digital format of broadcasting marks the revolutionary step in the system of the mass communications.

"The fact of the transfer of Ugra television to the digital format of broadcasting marks the revolutionary step in the system of the mass communications", - said Governor, Chairman of the Okrug Government Alexander Filipenko at the International conference "Digital Russia today and tomorrow" in Khanty-Mansiysk. "For the first time in Russia we apply in practice the most advanced technologies of scientists and designers from many countries in this sphere".

One year ago it was signed the Agreement on Intentions between the Government of the Autonomous Okrug, Ministry of Culture and mass communications, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation and National Association of TV and radio broadcasters. To implement this agreement and program "Development of the DVB digital television broadcasting system in the Russian Federation" it was developed the Regional program to transfer the existing network of television and radio broadcasting signals distribution to the digital format. The expected term of the program implementation is three years. The existing network of coverage of TV, RV, TF "Ugoria" will be completely reconstructed while this time.

As a result, it will increase the amount of "social" free high-quality TV programs for the Okrug population and will provide them with an opportunity of watching them at federal highways. The All-Russia channels "The First channel", "Russia+Region-Tyumen+Ugra", "NTV", "Culture", "Sports", state regional TV channel "Ugra", military and patriotic channel "Zvezda" and children’s channel "Detski" are expected to be broadcast in all the populated localities free of charge.

Besides, the population will be offered a range of various paid TV channels.

In experts’ opinion, the program implementation will make it possible to reduce expenses for electric energy by twice, to save the frequency resource, to reduce the expenses for servicing the network "Ugoria" and guarantees high-quality services in the sphere of television, radio and telephony to the population.

"The implementation of the target-oriented program of the satellite network reconstruction", - said Alexander Filipenko, - Will serve the basis for creating the developing recouping branch of the market economy in the Autonomous Okrug, which will perform commercial and also social goals what is very important".

Governor of Ugra also said that such a rapid development of digital television in the Autonomous Okrug and some other constituent entities of the Russian Federation today faces the objective necessity of forming the legislation on the federal level which would regulate this process. First of all, laws about television and licensing this kind of activity are needed.