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SPB TV is a company developing technological solutions for OTT, TV, IP TV, and mobile TV.
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | SPB Software |
| Founded | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
| Headquarters |
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Switzerland
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Key people | Kirill Filippov (CEO) |
| Products | OTT TV, IP TV and mobile TV solutions[buzzword] |
Number of employees | 50-200 |
One of the major venture of SPB TV is an OTT TV platform for broadcasting TV and video content worldwide, pretended technologies for in-stream adds replacement, and a set-top box for personalised viewing on a home screen. The company was founded in 2007. Its R&D headquarters is in St. Petersburg and it is a Skolkovo resident.[1] SPB TV solutions[buzzword] are integrated by mobile operators and media companies.[2]
In 2006, a group of Russian IT specialists developed a mobile TV media platform. The result of their activities made it possible to launch the SPB TV mobile television service in 2007. Since then, SPB TV has existed as an independent company that is engaged in the creation and development of its own technologies in the field of online broadcasting. The CEO of the company is Kirill Filippov. From the start, SPB TV video service was available worldwide. In 2016 a separate service SPB TV Russia[3] was initiated. It is available only in the territory of the Russian Federation. With its appearance, the international version of SPB TV became known as SPB TV World.[4] The head office is located in Zug (Switzerland) and the research and development center is based in St. Petersburg (Russia). The SPB TV group of companies includes Skolkovo resident Pitersoftwarehaus.[5]
Since 2013 the company has been a member of the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia (ACAR)[6] and IAB Russia. In 2014, the company joined RUSSOFT[7] and RAEC.[8]
Since 2013, SPB TV has been broadcasting Chinese content. Channels of Xinhua News Agency,[30] CNC World Chinese and CNC English TV, were launched first. In 2015, Dragon TV International was added to the app. At the same time, a contract was signed between SPB TV and the CNTV Internet television (a subsidiary of the CCTV teleholding) for broadcasting of CCTV-4 (Chinese International), CCTV-9 Documentary, CCTV News, CCTV Français, CCTV Español, CCTV Russian and CCTV Arabian.
Localized versions of the children's animated series Luntik, Nick the Inventor and Magic Kitchen were licensed for broadcast[31] in China with participation of SPB TV.
On December 16, 2020, in Beijing, SPB TV was awarded[32] the Golden Ribbon Special Contribution Award at the Belt and Road Media Community Forum. Belt and Road Media Community recognized the most active organizations that have provided assistance and support to partners in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic with this award.