KM online (Kirill and Mefodiy)

Assets

The KM online company owns:

• km.ru portal
• Internet encyclopedia "Kirill and Mefodiy"
• Internet service of Nachalka.info (nachalka.info)
• Hard'n'Soft magazine

History

1998: Start of the Internet portal KM.ru

The KM.RU online project developed by Kirill and Mefodiy company started in 1998 as the help and encyclopedic resource which offered to Internet users the electronic version of encyclopedias of "Kirill and Mefodiy" of (Megabook.ru).

2001: Inclusion of the company in the E-Style group

Since February, 2001 the project develops within the company "KM online", entering into the E-Style group.

2010: Attempt of inclusion in development of national search engine

In 2010 the companies of the KM group together with the developer of OCR systems of ABBYY were mentioned as possible project participants on creation of the national search system. The Deputy Minister of Communications Massukh Ilya Issovich having a long story of cooperation with the R-Style group which becomes "KM online" acted as the lobbyist of the company. In particular, Gazeta.ru wrote in July, 2010 that KM "outlines design" the searcher. In the presentation of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications which was quoted by Gazeta.ru, it was said that costs for this project till 2012 will make 3.3 billion rubles. Approximately the managing partner "Ashmanov and partners" Igor Ashmanov estimated creation of the search system at the same amount. Specialists of ABBYY were attracted in this project as experts, tells a source, close to this company. But since then there are no news about this project, he adds. And the km.ru portal for May, 2012 uses search from Google.

2012: "KM of media" is sold Rtkomm

In May, 2012 it became known that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) agreed Rtkomm to purchase of 74.99% of KM of media company. KM of media — the software developer entering into the KM online group. According to the source, close to KM of media, generally this company creates software for needs "KM online" though it has also third-party projects. Alexey Pigalev^[1] was the CEO of KM of media at the time of the transaction^[1].

The owner Rtkomm — Rostelecom — the only contractor on creation in Russia of the electronic government provided by the federal program "Information Society". Follows from the text of this program that Rostelecom among other things is responsible also for "development of means of information search in different types of content".

The source in Rostelecom did not exclude that "KM of media" can be useful to projects of the electronic government, but paid attention that this company is engaged also in educational projects. And Rostelecom has plans connected with creation of interactive educational TV channel for broadcasting at schools: the operator intends to use the platform for this project and the equipment installed at schools for video broadcast of presidential elections on March 4, 2012 Rostelecom will use OTT technology (Over-the-Top, delivery of video signal on the Internet) for broadcasting in schools of educational transfers, feature films and performances and also special content which production Rostelecom will arrange itself, its president Alexander Provotorov told Vedomosti.

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