On June 25 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Deputy Minister of Communication and Mass Media Aleksei Volin, Director General of FGUP “Russian TV and radio broadcasting network” Andrei Romanchenko took part in the second digital TV multiplex was launched in Kazan.

The multiplex includes 9 TV channels: “REN TV”, “Domashny”, “Mir”, “STS”, “Sport”, “Sport plus”, “TNT”, “MUZ-TV”, “Zvezda”.

Tatarstan was the first Russian region to launch the second digital TV multiplex in DVB-T2 format. In comparison with analog broadcasting the digital one enables watching more channels in more sustainable image quality.

Andrei Romanchenko told that launching the second multiplex cost less than the first one since necessary infrastructure had been provided before. He also thanked Tatarstan leadership for continuous support.

Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, said that so many important events happened on the threshold of Universiade. He thanked the Russian Ministry of Communication and Mass Media and FGUP “Russian TV and radio broadcasting network” for their work on developing digital broadcasting.

Russian Deputy Minister of Communication and Mass Media Aleksei Volin called the event a historical one noting that it would promote elimination of “information inequality” among Russian citizens.