Gazprom Media refuses Huawie solutions due failures in TNT of Premier after launch

On February 19, 2019 "the TNT of Premier" which allows to watch soap operas of TNT and other entertainment channels of holding on a subscription knew of failure of Gazprom Media from products of Huawei because of mass failures in video service work.

That Gazprom Media decided to refuse the technical Huawei platform the Vedomosti newspaper was told sources, close to holding. According to them, the company will probably not look for the new external contractor and already began to create own software for "TNT of Premier".

Gazprom Media refuses solutions of Huawei because of failures at video service start of "TNT of Premier"

One their interlocutors of the edition says that the issue is already resolved. Transition of online movie theater to the new platform will last until the end of 2019.

The reason of discontent of Gazprom Media with technologies of Huawei sources of Vedomosti call mass technical failure which occurred at start of "TNT of Premier". Many users could not be registered on service or watch video. The holding then recognized that interest in the project underestimated, and the number of the connected users exceeded the forecast in hundreds of times. For the first month of work of online movie theater users more than 3.9 million times watched the series and shows provided by this video service.

The representative of Gazprom Media refused to answer in detail questions of Vedomosti and only noted that the holding has a current contract with Huawei. The Chinese company cooperates with Gazprom Media in an operating mode and will continue to render the maximum assistance to holding, the representative of Huawei said to the newspaper.

According to interlocutors of Vedomosti, by February, 2019 "the TNT of Premier" has about 500 thousand subscribers, and the company could pay Huawei for operating time of service about 50 million rubles.

The Russian online movie theaters, such as Ivi, Okko and Megogo, use own software at the heart of services. "The TNT of Premier" began to work at technologies of Huawei because of limited terms of start of new service, explained in Gazprom Media.^[1]

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