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Tricolor's subscriber base grew by just 0.25% in 2023, reaching 12.314 million users, of which 10.5 million have access to HD content, the company reported on February 13. According to earlier annual reports, this figure has remained virtually unchanged for eight years, since the company announced it had reached the 12 million mark.

In 2023, Tricolor remained the largest satellite broadcaster in Russia, despite the fact that throughout the year, like other operators, it was subjected to electronic attacks from Ukraine. According to a ComNews survey, in 2022 it accounted for more than 70% of the Russian satellite television market.

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The threat peaked in the summer. Since Russia Day (June 12, 2023), subscribers of all four federal direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service providers - Tricolor TV, Orion Express (trademark Telekarta), NTV-Plus and MTS TV - have faced interference and temporary unavailability of content.

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All satellite companies cayman islands whatsapp number database have taken radical measures to protect broadcasting. Tricolor has invested hundreds of millions of rubles in a project to build a new teleport (satellite TV signal lift station) in Siberia, which operates on Russian frequencies via the Express-AT1 satellite at 56 degrees. Tricolor Ultra, as the project is called, was launched in November 2023, covers most of Russia and provides broadcasting with "independence from the geopolitical situation and external threats." It was implemented jointly with Tricolor's strategic partner, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications." In addition, to neutralize the threat, it was necessary to use various tools: increasing power, changing modulation, increasing code redundancy and flexible duplication of channels on non-attackable frequencies," Tricolor's press service told ComNews.

the "neighboring state" of the orbital position of the Express-AT1 satellite that maximally weakens the interference that the operator encountered over the course of a year," company representatives clarify.

The measures taken completely neutralized external interference. The Tricolor press service reported that at present no one can guarantee that the attacks will not resume. "But we are completely prepared for them. At the moment, our technical services do not record interference on satellite broadcasting," the Tricolor press service representatives reported.

The absence of recent electronic attacks on satellite broadcasting is also confirmed by other satellite television operators, whom the ComNews correspondent managed to interview.

"The attacks took place in the spring and early summer of 2023. We have not encountered radio electronic interference for satellite broadcasting in the last six months. Back in the summer of 2023, we learned to cope with them by using combinations of available technical means," the MTS TV press service responded.

Representatives of the Orion group of companies, without going into details, told ComNews that the company has not seen any interference in broadcasting in the last few months.