ТHE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF "ROSTELECOM" IN ARMENIA PRESENTED DEVELOPMENTS OF CABLE TV ON THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Hayk Faramazyan, "Rostelecom" CEO in Armenia, made a speech at “Days of Caucasian Cable Television 2017” international conference on the “Cable TV and paid TV in the competitive market”.

Cable television development prospects, the speeding up OTT and IPTV technologies, trends in TV transmission and watching via high-speed cloud technologies were discussed during the presentation.

He spoke on transformation of traditional telecommunication services in internet broadcasting, which on its side creates the necessity for extra investments from operators, which will make its possible to expand broadcasting capacity.

Faramazyan said that users prefer Catch-up and Video Services technologies, which doesn’t restrict them in terms of time and ensure content to them at anytime.

He also said that for successful development in the future convergent services with the present media resources will become necessary.

"Days of Caucasian Cable Television 2017" is an annual event and the first conference was held in 2004.

The event is organized by the Association of Cable Television Companies of Armenia, the Association of Cable Television Companies of Russia and the Union of Cable Television of Georgia.

President of Cable TV Association of Armenia Ararat Arushanyan and Deputy Minister of Transportation, communications and information of Armenia Boris Demirkhanyan had opening remarks during the event.

More than 70 representatives of 41 companies from many countries had discussions on cable and traditional television development prospects, regulation, accessibility and solutions.