Comments on: GazProm Media Completes $15 Million Acquisition RuTube, The YouTube Of Russia

By: ni k

ni k — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:07:26 +0000

When Google will acquire GazProm? – that’s right question)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:22:52 +0000

There’s a press center http://www.gazp...icle22858.shtml

By: November 20, 2008 | next media update

November 20, 2008 | next media update — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:16:04 +0000

[...] GazProm Media Completes $15 Million Acquisition RuTube, The YouTube Of Russia TECHCRUNCH Russia’s media conglomerate, Gazprom Media , is now the proud owner of video-sharing site RuTube . This deal has been in the works since at least June, 2007 and is believed to be in the $15 million range . RuTube is the YouTube of Russia. Or, rather, it wants to be. According to comScore, YouTube is actually the YouTube of Russia. In September, RuTube attracted 2 million unique visitors in Russia, versus 2.9 million Russian uniques for YouTube. RuTibe is seeing some nice growth, though. It has doubled its audience since June. (All caveats about comScore estimates apply here. Their numbers for Russia should be looked at as indicative of the trend rather than as absolutes). Source> [...]

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Vid Biz: CBS, NetfliXbox, Adconion « NewTeeVee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:31 +0000

[...] GazProm Completes RuTube Acquisition; the YouTube of Russia believed to be picked up for $15 million. (TechCrunch) [...]

By: BY Blogger » Blog Archive » Rutube продан, tube.by умирает

BY Blogger » Blog Archive » Rutube продан, tube.by умирает — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:33:53 +0000

[...] сообщает блог Techcrunch, холдинг Газпром-медиа приобрел популярный в России видеосервис RuTube. Называется и [...]

By: SergeiRR

SergeiRR — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:45 +0000

So, whats next? When Gazprom will aquire Google ?:))

By: GazProm Media Buys RuTube For $15 Million | Domain Name News | Domain News | Expired Domains

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:23:34 +0000

[...] is an extract of a press release announcing the acquisition translated into English at TechCrunch and it reads as follows: Gazprom-Media completed the acquisition of video service RuTube. The news [...]

By: WebUrs

WebUrs — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:57:27 +0000

I was just wondering about Gazprom, as well as http://www.gazprom-media.com/ and RuTube.com

Any of these sites have a blog in Russian or English ….. cannot find any. Amazing, here we have Gazprom investing in traditional and new media…. but the social media – blogs in particular – are not being used to communicate.

Can anybody help please with a link to a Gazprom blog or one of its subsidiaries? Thanks

By: Teaser-Trailer.com

Teaser-Trailer.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:49 +0000

It’s working like Youtube:

Videos are taken down upon request from copyright holders (just need to write the notice in Russian for a swift answer). I know this from experience…

Also, there is a real control filtering videos that are too racy or violent (if uploaded they are sooner or later categorized as +16 years old)

I suppose such a control is possible because the video inventory is smaller than youtube’s.

As a recurrent user of Rutube I can but tell that they’re providing with a service of great quality!

Hope that Gazprom – Europe’s money sucker – will back Rutube with more cash for its development.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:28:40 +0000

Typo in second paragraph. RuTibe.

By: Mike @ WannaDevelop.com

Mike @ WannaDevelop.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:21:27 +0000

Why is it a bargain? $15m is no pocket change…

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:01 +0000

How can you say its a bargain if you don’t even know their income stream. Look at the economy. Nobody is speculating.

By: Andrei

Andrei — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:46:47 +0000

I doubt that YouTube would have gotten the same amount today. Still, RuTube’s price is a bargain.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:44:39 +0000

Of course, Gazprom Media is a holding company that’s part of Gazprom, the biggest company in Russia and notoriously scandalous. It’ll be interesting to see if any controls are applied to RuTube.

By: Michel (Flidge)

Michel (Flidge) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:41:06 +0000

So $1.5 Billion is $15 Million in Russia?

Compared to YouTube’s success, the acquisition is a bargain…

Michel
http://www.flidge.com

By: Peter Epstein

Peter Epstein — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:38:35 +0000

Wow it took them a year and a half to complete the acquisition… thats brutal. congrats to them though.

Peter
http://www.thewebwar.com

By: elvirs

elvirs — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:18:07 +0000

let the ‘in Sovien Russa’ comments begin
p.s. congrats to RuTube team…