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Wikipedia / NTV Plus

NTV Plus () is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television provider, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E and from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E. Previously a part of Vladimir Gusinsky's MediaMost holding, now it is the flagship product of NTV Plus B.V. (owned by Gazprom Media) which is based in the Netherlands.

History

  • 1996 - First broadcasts of NTV-Plus appeared on September 1, 1996

  • 1997 - Since early in the year the channels were broadcast in encoded form.

  • 1998 - On November 22 NTV-Plus started satellite TV broadcasting.

  • 1999 - In February NTV-Plus switched from an analogue to digital broadcasting system allowing the expansion of the number of channels from five to fifty. In December NTV-Plus started re-broadcasting digital channels in two languages.

  • 2000 - On May 25 another Eutelsat-W4 satellite was put into orbit allowing the expansion of the broadcasting area.

  • 2005 - Beginning of Dolby Digital 5.1 broadcasting

  • 2006 - Broadcasting begins in Ukraine territory

  • 2007 - Broadcasting in HDTV started

  • 2010 - Broadcasting in 3D TV started. By cooperation with Panasonic, "NTV plus 3D" channel was launched.

  • 2017 - Broadcasting in 4K/UHD started

  • 2022 - The Denis Diderot Committee, a European group of professional and academics researchers and professionals ask sanctions against NTV Plus for having cancelled various international news channels from its line-up.

Channels

Variety, entertainment

Sports

News

International

Movies

Music

Kids

Documentary

Pay-per-view

  • Kinoreys 1

  • Kinoreys 2

HD

4K/UHD

Ukraine only

Adult

Radio

Defunct

*AB Moteurs .*AMC (Russia) (Replaced by Hollywood)

High-definition television (HDTV)

Starting from 2007, NTV Plus offers high-definition television (HDTV) programming. The following channels are offered: HD Kino (cinema), HD Sport (sports), HD Life (nature & travel), Eurosport HD, Discovery HD, MTV/NickelodeonHD, NationalGeographicHD (nature).

The content is either produced by NTV Plus itself or received from foreign partners. The programming is delivered in 1080i25 format using H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec with 10Mbit/s data rate. NTV Plus has contracted with France's Thomson to manufacture the receivers that accept signal encoded in MPEG-4.

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