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ВГТРК владеет 13 неэфирными каналами, которые входят в пакет ЦВТ, хотя бы раз в месяц их смотрит почти 39 млн человек, или более половины российских зрителей. У «Ростелекома» таких каналов пять, их смотрит 21,4 млн человек. Совокупная выручка этих каналов в прошлом году — около 1,4 млрд руб.

По оценке TNS, хотя бы раз в день тематические каналы смотрит 24 млн человек (данные за июль по зрителям старше четырех лет городов с населением более 100 000 человек).

Данных о совокупных доходах неэфирных каналов нет, известен только размер платежей абонентов платного ТВ. По оценке iKS-Consulting, в прошлом году они заплатили операторам 52 млрд руб. На рекламе в прошлом году неэфирные каналы заработали 4 млрд руб., а эфирные — 156,2 млрд руб. (данные Ассоциации коммуникационных агентств России).

If the fabric is placed in light for 24 hours, any dirt, bacteria, or stain--even coffee or red wine--automatically goes away, thanks to a chemical reaction triggered by the light.

So far, preliminary tests have shown that the material is safe. Tests have also shown that the coating is durable

We are currently working toward transfer of the technology to the industry." A self-cleaning sweater might only cost 1% more than usual.

Launched last week, Hanx Writer turns your iPad into an old-fashioned typewriter, offering a pseudo-analog typing experience. The bangs of key presses, hard returns and the chimes that sound when you reach the end of a new line now sit alongside modern conveniences 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hologram USA and its CEO, Alki David, say the hologram infringed on its patented system to project 3D images on stage

Теперь биоинженеры из Тафтского университета (США) сумели в лабораторных условиях искусственно получить действующую ткань, подобную настоящему мозгу

Ткань не только содержит белое и серое вещества, но и способна функционировать в течение более двух месяцев.

В ходе экспериментов биологи подтвердили, что полученная ими ткань обладает свойствами настоящего живого мозга: имеет соответствующий метаболизм и электрическую активность, проводит сигналы и аналогичным образом реагирует на механические травмы

The good news is that the citizens faced with this disaster reaped the benefits of enhanced mass communications and early warning systems -- clearly the power of the Internet being used for social good.

Technology is getting smaller, faster, cheaper and more powerful every day. With this phenomenon, sensors in almost everything become the norm -- in our cars, machinery and infrastructure. This evolution, paired with the power of cloud computing and big data analytics, makes it possible for both humans and inanimate objects to communicate valuable information.

citizens already turn to social media for disaster updates to supplement traditional governmental and agency sources. Taken a step further, imagine an app that enables disaster victims and relief workers to view a shared map and see where all the rescue and aid efforts are situated in real time.

Kindly is his first effort to come up with an alternative solution. With the app, which launched quietly a couple weeks ago, users can share or receive short conversation prompts in categories like "addiction/recovery," "marriage/divorce," "work/business" and "creativity/inspiration." The app then makes use of an algorithm to try and match the person who put out the prompt with another who may serve as a good listener.

Optalysys, a UK technology company, says it’s on-target to demonstrate a novel optical computer, which performs calculations at the speed of light, in January 2015. If all goes to plan, Optalysys says its tech — which is really unlike anything you’ve ever heard of before — can put an exascale supercomputer on your desk by 2020.

Sproutling promises to use wearable, sensor-driven technology to give parents insight into their child's sleeping patterns. It does this with a wearable anklet, a charging dock with a novel UI, and an app

The app uses animations, not hard numbers, to provide an at-a-glance reassurance that your baby is alive and well ("New parents aren't going to know if 130 beats per minute is better than 90, and without the medical context to understand vitals data it's just going to cause more fear and anxiety and needless calls to the doctor,"

This generation of new parents are millennials. "They grew up with a smartphone in their pocket, so they're looking for technology to solve their problems,"

The popularity of wearable health trackers, such as Fitbit, Jawbone UP, and Nike FuelBand, have created a problem

Hardly anyone has developed algorithms that derive actionable insights from the data that your body generates, and the dashboards are separate

Samsung is not planning to release a wearable health monitor to consumers, but expects other developers to build on the reference design shown today.

what if there was a kinder kind of high-rise?

PinkCloud.dk entered renderings that showed horizontal neighborhoods flipped on their sides

FLIP/CITY, green space would connect workplaces, shops, and residences for people of various incomes on a vertical scale.

Google’s project to change transportation by designing cars which can drive themselves is getting less secretive

a trip which will be far less tedious when I can do it while reading, answering email or otherwise being productive.

Sergey Brin has talked about self-driving cars being a reality for “everyday people” within five years–and he said that a year and a half ago, which would suggest he was thinking about 2017

Google Glass just got a whole lot more useful for travel. The connected headset now has official apps for Foursquare, TripIt and OpenTable.

TripIt inserts its trip updates and information in the Google Now cards that already appear on Glass. Your flight status, departure time and gate will all appear on a single card

Open Table has its own command: "Okay Glass, make a reservation...." Once you speak those words, a selection of nearby restaurants will appear, ready for you to scroll through

We can tell a story in 3 minutes. We can tell a story in 6 minutes. But that doesn’t rule out longer-form content -- Netflix is living proof of that