Our benefits and advantages
Competitor comparison table
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| Russian Services | Webtelek.com | etvnet.com | Telemax-tv.de Tvrus.tv
Rozetka.tv (all-the same service provided by Bestrussiantv.com) | Vitex.co.uk or other company offering Russian TV via satellite
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Free Internet TV |
| Watch on normal TV without PC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Watch on PC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Satellite dish | Not required | Not required | Not required | Not required | Required | Not required |
| Pay monthly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | n/a |
| Pay annually | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | n/a |
| Picture quality and stability of service
| Excellent (resolution:768x576) +
3 HD Movie channels (720p) | Average | Average | Average (resolution:576x432) and there is no information about picture resolution openly published by these providers
| Excellent | Poor |
| Number of channels in Russian | more that 100 | around 70 | 30+ | 70+
| 11 | many |
| Premium channels included |
2 football, 2 sport, 3 adult channels + 6 premium movie channels in DVD quality + 3 HD movie channels
| 1 sport, 2 football, 1 adult | No |
1 sports, 2 football
| No | No |
| Purchase from |
UK company, full contact details provided | Online business, no address or phone provided | Company with contacts in Canada | Company with contacts in Germany | UK company, no address provided | n/a |
| Price |
From £14.68 per month for unlimited viewing + premium movies + fully comprehensive video archive
| From $14.95 per month | $39.95 per month for unlimited viewing |
€19.50 per month for base pack+movies + extra €12.00 for video archive
| £160.00 per year | Free |
| TV Box you buy | From £154.00 | n/a | n/a |
€199.00 | varied | n/a |
| TV Box wireless connectivity | Yes | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a |
| Installation and activation fees | No | n/a | n/a | No |
From £200 for few basic channels and up to £800 for a comprehensive pack
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* This comparison was correct at the time of market research. You may wish to check current terms with providers shown.
** Update of 09/06/2010: New Russian TV provider Vidachok.tv (not listed in the table above) offers a Russian TV channels pack for USD17.95 a month with quality of video stream of 800Kb/s only. There are no contact or company details published on their website apart from online contact form.
