science

Megogo

Megogo is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Megogo rather than just read about it. In short: Megogo (stylized as MEGOGO, Ukrainian: Мегого) is an international OTT/VOD service based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the largest entertainment service in Eastern Europe with over 55 million users and a catalog of about 200 thousand hours of content: movies and documentaries, cartoons, series, TV programs and shows, sports broadcasts and cultural events, travel-shows, football matches, audiobooks, podcasts etc.

Key takeaways

Megogo belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Megogo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Megogo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Megogo (stylized as MEGOGO, Ukrainian: Мегого) is an international OTT/VOD service based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the largest entertainment service in Eastern Europe with over 55 million users and a catalog of about 200 thousand hours of content: movies and documentaries, cartoons, series, TV programs and shows, sports broadcasts and cultural events, travel-shows, football matches, audiobooks, podcasts etc. It also provides streams of over 4000 local and foreign TV channels. FOX, Universal, Sony, Walt Disney, MGM, Miramax, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Blue Ant Media, Euronews, Discovery Communications, Scripps, Viacom. It is among the exclusive broadcasters of European football leagues La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, etc. In July 2020, MEGOGO started the production of audiobooks, mostly modern Ukrainian literature and soon, in 2021, began to produce exclusive audio series. In January 2021, MEGOGO announced that it had become the exclusive broadcaster of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League matches for the 2021–2024 seasons in Ukraine. Also in 2021, MEGOGO launched its own voice acting studio "MEGOGO Voice" with a focus on Ukrainian language.

History The service launched officially on November 22, 2011, in Kyiv, Ukraine. In March 2012, the number of visitors of the website hit 4.5 million. In April of the same year, the site of online movie theater was adapted for watching videos on iPod, iPhone and iPad devices. In May 2012, MEGOGO opened offices in Belarus and Latvia. In June 2012, free access to MEGOGO was made available in the LG TVs with Smart TV. Also, the embedded video-player was created, which can be placed on any site and social network. In November 2012, MEGOGO apps were launched for Panasonic's Smart Viera TVs and in the Windows Store. At this point the monthly number of users has reached 13 million. In January 2013, the monthly audience hit 17.5 million, and in February it reached 20 million. In the beginning of 2014, MEGOGO has launched the TV section, where the broadcast of linear channels is streamed. In February 2015, the number of monthly unique users reached 32 million, when the service started streaming 4K content. In 2015, MEGOGO launched the Pay TV. In May 2016, it began creating its own content. For example, a 28-episode cartoon series about the Cossacks. At the end of 2015, it was launched virtual reality app for watching movies, which works on some models of mobile devices. In July 2016, appeared the MEGOGO LIVE direction, which was engaged exclusively in live broadcasts of sport and cultural events. In 2018, the project was completely reformatted and was replaced by the youth music channel MEGOGO LIVE. In October 2016, MEGOGO launched the social initiative "Look as you hear", that creates opportunities to view the world's best content for viewers with hearing impairments, adding sign language translation, as well as visual impairments, creating typhlocomments. All inclusive content is collected in a separate section. Also two separate interactive channels "Look as you hear" and "Cinema Sounds" were created. In early 2019, on the platform appeared the sports channel – MEGOGO Football, which broadcasts matches and reviews of European championships: La Liga, Liga 1, Bundesliga, Premier League. In December 2019, the company launched a new lineup, MEGOGO Audio, which offers audiobooks and podcasts. In May 2020, the media service opened the possibility for podcasters to download their own audio files. By now, in 2022, the section has more than 12 000 episodes of podcasts and more than 2000 fairytales for kids. At the end of 2019, the company broadened the range of its activities to become a mediaservice for the whole family. Before MEGOGO has positioned itself as a video service of movies, series, cartoons, shows and TV. Currently the company has launched its own channels, audio content with podcasts and audiobooks, and creates its own content. In 2020, Discovery and MEGOGO announced a partnership. As part of the cooperation, subscribers received access to the content of the Discovery+ online entertainment service. In July 2020, MEGOGO signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. In February 2021, the platform began creating audio series, the first of which tells about the Kureniv tragedy in Kyiv. There are currently 12 audio series available on the service. As of February 2022, MEGOGO is the exclusive broadcaster in Ukraine of such sports events: matches of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League, La Liga, Ligue 1, DFB-Pokal, Copa América and Brazilian Championship A Series, Top Rank fights, K2 Promotions Ukraine, Bellator and much more. In February 2022, MEGOGO removed all Russian-made content and closed access to the service in Russia, suspending any of the Russian Federation. Later, in April 2022, the company launched a new business-unit – MEGOGO Outsourcing. Now MEGOGO can provide its services to external companies in the areas of IT, live broadcasts, production etc. In 2023, Megogo expanded its offer into Poland and Romania, providing popular TV channels through hybrid television.

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Illustrations

Megogo's Logo.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Megogo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Megogo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Megogo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Megogo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Megogo

In research: Megogo appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Megogo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Megogo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2011 establishments in Ukraine, Companies based in Kyiv, Entertainment companies established in 2011, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Megogo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Megogo in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Megogo means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Megogo out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Megogo in simple terms?

Why does Megogo matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Megogo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Megogo.