Beeline TV

The Beeline TV mobile application is designed for smartphones and tablets. Viewing content - more than 100 TV channels, including, 22 of which, are available in HD quality. A number of different packages are available to subscribers who are not connected to the Home Internet and Beeline TV, including the Ether package of 26 free channels. For home Internet and Beeline TV users, several packages with a different set of channels are available.

2023: Fine of 1 million rubles for showing films with LGBT people

On August 10, 2023, the Savelovsky Court of Moscow fined VimpelCom (Beeline brand) 1 million rubles for demonstrating LGBT content without age marking. The company was found guilty of committing an offense under Part 2 of Art. 6.21.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (dissemination among minors of information demonstrating unconventional sexual relations).

According to TASS, citing a court report, the reason for drawing up the protocol was several films posted on Beeline TV, including Ideal Strangers and The English Barber without the 18 + label.

Savelovsky Court of Moscow fined VimpelCom 1 million rubles

The lawyer VimpelCom"" at the meeting noted that the company did not pursue the goal of "propaganda, calling for gender reassignment and other sexual deviations," reports RIA Novosti"." The company notes that, "realizing the oversight made," it changed the marking to "18 +" even before the protocol was drawn up.

The lawyer also drew attention to the fact that access to the service can only be obtained by subscription, so minors cannot have it. There is also no evidence that children watched this content. The representative of Roskomnadzor replied that adults, showing films to their children, are guided by the specified marking.

On August 10, 2023, the VimpelCom press service reported that the company proposes to simplify penalties for the lack of age-related labeling of cinema. The company believes that fines for this violation should be applied to online cinemas only if it was not eliminated in time. VimpelCom indicated that by August 2023, online cinemas do not have any tools to check content for compliance with new requirements.

The register of such materials has not been created, and the market, in turn, does not have expertise in this highly specialized area. Issuing fines does not help solve the problem, since it does not give online cinemas an effective tool, the company said.[1]"

2019

Launch of OTT-service "Beeline TV" in Uzbekistan with support ivi

On April 23, 2019, information appeared that the operator Beeline Uzbekistan launched the multi-platform OTT service Beeline TV in Uzbekistan. The partner of the project was the online cinema ivi. According to Beeline Uzbekistan, the operator in Uzbekistan has more than 9 million subscribers, most of whom use mobile Internet. In total, in the country, according to the company submitted, there are 20 million Internet users.

Ivi noted that the partner catalog of the online cinema in the Beeline TV package will be available to users. You can pay for the subscription through the operator. The preferential price of a day subscription starts at 499 soums (about 3.7 rubles). Ivi also said that in April it is launching a partnership on another model with AK Uzbectelecom^[2]

Ability to create profiles for multiple users in the same account

In February 2019, VimpelCom (Beeline brand) presented an update to the Beeline TV service. In particular, a profile system has appeared that allows you to create personalized profiles for several users in one account.

2018

Availability in LG and Samsung Smart TVs

On November 29, 2018, VimpelCom"" announced the start of the updated Beeline TV service TVs LG Samsung in and Smart TV.

According to the company, the launch on Smart TV is another step in the development of the Beeline TV product, which as of November 2018 is available to users on devices OS Android and, iOS as well as updated consoles. All subscriber devices will be in a single ecosystem - under one account you can register on all devices.

The product on large screens is presented with a light and modern interface with the same set of channels and films available on other devices. For November 2018, you can register in the application through a mobile phone number, by contract number or by e-mail.

Deferred browsing is another benefit of the product. It allows you to continue viewing the program exactly from the place where you stopped viewing on another device.

Thanks to an end-to-end search of content in the application, you can choose the most convenient option for watching a film: live on the TV channel, in the recording (for November 2018, 3 days after the broadcast where available) or in the film catalog.

As of November 2018, the number of Smart TV devices among users is constantly growing. As of November 2018, the base of such televisions in Russia is about 21 million. The introduction of our TV product on Smart TV is an important step that will allow you to get an additional audience by giving subscribers the opportunity to watch TV channels and films on the big screen of their TV. George Held, Vice President, Digital and New Business Development, VimpelCom PJSC

Version for users of smartphones and tablets running iOS

On September 6, 2018, it became known that PJSC VimpelCom was launching an updated version of the Beeline TV television service for users of smartphones and tablets running iOS.

The presented product is distinguished by a light and modern interface, an air control function, the ability to continue viewing on another device thanks to a single profile, a TV program for 7 days in advance and the ability to watch the recording of broadcasts in 3 days on a number of channels.

Now subscribers of this service will have access to a special subscription from online movie theater ivi 199 rubles per month, as well as three micro-subscriptions for 99 rubles per month: "Children's," "Comedies" and "Militants."

Beeline subscribers will be able to pay for packages of TV channels and subscriptions from a mobile phone account, and make a purchase or rental of films through in-app purchases from a card account linked to Apple ID.

In the near future, the service will be available to owners of Samsung and LG Smart TVs, as well as updated Beeline TV consoles.

For Beeline mobile subscribers, traffic in the application on mobile devices will not be charged. The price of the base package will be only 150 rubles per month, including VAT. In addition, users will be able to connect up to 8 additional channel packages, including cognitive, children's and sports packages costing from 149 rubles per month.

The interface has been updated. Added the possibility of deferred viewing of programs

On May 3, 2018, VimpelCom launched an updated version of the Beeline TV television service. The most important difference between the presented version is the modern interface, with which you can easily find the movie of interest.

The owners will be the first to evaluate the capabilities of the updated service smartphones tablets on the basis (Android versions 4.3 and higher). In the future, the service will be available to owners of Smart TVs and, Samsung LG users smartphones and tablets based on iOS and updated Beeline TV consoles.

The presented version of the product gives users access to more than 200 TV channels, including all main and thematic channels, including 42 HD TV channels. Unlike the previous version, the updated service allows you to rent and make one-time purchases of new films and favorite films in Full HD format from the main Hollywood and Russian studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Central Partnership, "" Volga, "" Bazelevs, "" Paradise. "

It became possible to postpone viewing programs for three days, rewind the air, a TV program for a week in advance, and when changing the device, you can continue viewing from the place where it was previously suspended.

After implementing the service on other platforms, we plan to create a single television ecosystem that unites different user experiences, said Maria Sitkovskaya, Director of Media Business Development at PJSC VimpelCom.

Subscribers of any operator can use the product. Within 14 days, all new users will be given free access to 70 TV channels of the Starter package. For Beeline mobile subscribers, traffic generated in the application on mobile devices will not be charged. The price of the base package will be only 150 rubles per month, including VAT. In addition, users will be able to connect up to 9 additional channel packages, including cognitive, children's and sports packages costing from 149 rubles per month.

VR video will be available in the Beeline TV application

At the beginning of 2018, PJSC VimpelCom was the first among Russian mobile operators to open Beeline mobile subscribers to users of the Beeline TV application (12 +) access to video viewing in the most advanced virtual reality (VR) format. Users will have access to a large library of videos and films with monthly additions and updates, and in the future it will be possible to watch live broadcasts of various events in VR format. The service is launched in conjunction with Prosense, one of the world leaders in the field of virtual reality broadcasts of sports, cultural and business events. Main article > >

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