NTV Plus () is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television provider, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0ðE and from Bonum 1 at 56.0ðE. 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
- Muzika Pervogo
- Telekanal La Minor
- TNT Music (SD)
- MTV Global (SD)
- Club MTV (SD)
- MTV Hits (SD)
- MTV 80s (SD)
- MTV 90s (SD)
- MTV 00s (SD)
- Bridge TV
- Bridge TV Russkij Hit
- Bridge TV Classic
- Bridge TV Hits
- Bridge TV Deluxe
- Bridge TV Shlyager
- Bridge TV Fresh
- Bridge TV Rock
- Bridge TV Ethno
- Europa Plus TV
- Muz-TV
- Music Now
- 9X0
- 9XM
- B4U Music
- M Tune
Kids
Documentary
Pay-per-view
HD
4K/UHD
Ukraine only
Adult
Radio
Defunct
.*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/Nickelodeon HD, National Geographic HD (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 10 Mbit/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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