Start (streaming service)

START is a Russian media-services provider and production company headquartered in Moscow, Russia, founded in 2017 by Yellow, Black and White.[1]

Start
Founded2017
FounderYellow, Black and White
HeadquartersMoscow
Productsfilms and television programs
ParentYellow, Black and White
Websitestart.ru

The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming service which offers online streaming of a library of films and television programs, including those produced in-house. It is available worldwide except in Ukraine due to local sanctions.

The service was launched as OTT-platform. It is also a studio which combines the business of production and distribution of Russian-language content across the world.

Owners

The streaming video service Start.ru was created by YBW Group (Yellow, Black and White) with the cooperation of TCT Production Ltd., which has been part of Gazprom Media since 2017.[2]

Orientation

Start was established for Russian speakers around the globe.[3]

Original programming
  • Better than Humans (2017)
  • Hotel Eleon (2017)
  • Shameless (2018)
  • Lapsi (2019)
  • The Gold Diggers (2019)
  • Construction (2019)
  • Offside (2019)
  • Bribe (2019)
  • The Exes (2019)
  • The Storm (2019)
  • 257 reasons to live (2020)
  • Sherlock in Russia (2020)
  • The Good Man (2020)
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References
  1. "Yellow, Black & White". Коммерсантъ – via Kommersant.
  2. ""Газпром-Медиа" назвал стоимость 25% Comedy Club". РБК.
  3. "Российский производитель кино YBW запускает онлайн-кинотеатр". cableman.ru.
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