NTV Plus
NTV Plus НТВ Плюс | |
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Launched | September 1, 1996 |
Owned by | Gazprom Media |
Country | Russia |
Website |
NTV Plus NTV Plus Ukraine |
NTV Plus (Russian: НТВ Плюс) is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, 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 media empire (Media Most holding), now it is included in the Gazprom Media holding.
Milestones
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
Channels
Sport
- NTV Plus Sport
- NTV Plus Sport+
- NTV Plus Tennis
- NTV Plus Football 1
- Our Football
- NTV Plus Football 2
- NTV Plus Basketball
- NTV Plus Football 3
- NTV Plus Sport Tsentr (coming soon)
- NTV Plus Sport Ural (coming soon)
- NTV Plus Sport Sibir (coming soon)
- NTV Plus Sport Dalniy Vostok (coming soon)
- Eurosport
- Eurosport 2
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Telekanal Russian Extreme
- Boyets
- Russia 2
- KHL-TV
- Viasat Sport
- Sport 1
- Sport
- Boytsovskiy klub
News
- Russia 24
- RBC-TV
- Euronews
- Russia Today
- Rusiya Al-Yaum
- RT Español
- BBC World News
- Bloomberg Television
- Perviy Meteo (MeteoTV)
- Mir 24
- France 24
- Moscow 24
- LifeNews
Movies
- NTV Plus Premiera
- NTV Plus KinoHit
- NTV Plus Kinoklub
- NTV Plus Kino+
- NTV Plus Nashe Kino
- NTV Plus Nashe Novoe Kino
- NTV Plus Kino Soyuz
- Teleklub
- Dom Kino
- Komedia Telekanal
- Telekanal India
- Mnogo TV
- CBS Drama
- E!
- MGM Channel
- Universal Channel (Russia)
- Fox
- Fox Life
- TV1000
- TV1000 Russkoe Kino
- TV1000 Action
- Russkij Illusion
- Illusion +
- Eurokino
- TV XXI
- AMEDIA 1
- AMEDIA 2
- AMEDIA Premium
Music
- Muzika Pervogo
- Telekanal La Minor
- VH1 Europe
- VH1 Classic (Europe)
- MTV Hits
- MTV Dance
- MTV Rocks
- MCM Top
- Mezzo TV
- Bridge TV
- RuSong TV
- Europa Plus TV
- Muz-TV
Kids
- Karusel
- Detski Mir
- Nickelodeon (Russia)
- Disney Channel (Russia)
- Cartoon Network (Europe)
- JimJam (Russia)
- TiJi
- Gulli
- Nick Jr. (Russia)
Documentary
- Discovery Channel (Russia)
- TLC (Russia)
- Discovery Science (Europe/ME)
- Discovery World (Europe)
- Investigation Discovery (Europe)
- Animal Planet (Europe)
- National Geographic Channel (Russia)
- Nat Geo Wild (UK)
- Auto Plus
- Interesnoe TV
- 365 Dnei TV
- 24 Dok
- Kto Est' Kto
- Vremya
- Soversheno Sekretno
- Domashnie zhivotnye
- Ocean-TV
- Russian Travel Guide
- My Planet
- Nauka 2.0
- Istoriya
- Outdoor Channel
- Viasat Explore
- Viasat History
- Viasat Nature
- Da Vinci Learning
- RT Documentary
- Ohota i Rybalka
- Prosveschenie
- Perviy Obrazovatelniy
- Travel Channel
- History
Variety
- Perviy Kanal
- Russia 1
- NTV
- Petersburg - Channel 5
- Russia K
- OTR
- TV Centr
- STS
- TNT
- REN TV
- Telekanal Domashny
- TV3
- Peretz
- Friday!
- U
- 2×2
- Telekanal Zvezda
- TNV Planeta
- TV5MONDE Europe
- CBS Reality
- TDK
- CCTV 4
- Psychologia21
- Spas
- Mir
- Kukhnia TV
- NTV Plus Infokanal
- CCTV News
- Nostalgia
- STV
- TNT-Comedy
- Kuban 24 Orbita
- CCTV Russian
- Telecafe
- Lider TV
- Armenia TV
- MTV Russia
- Paramount Comedy (Russia)
- 8 Kanal
- STS Love
- Mama
Pay-Per-View
- Kinoreys 1
- Kinoreys 2
HD
- HD Sport
- Eurosport HD
- Discovery HD
- Animal Planet HD
- TLC HD
- HD Kino
- HD Life
- MTV Live HD
- Nat Geo Wild HD
- Mezzo Live HD
- NTV Plus 3D
- NTV Plus Football 1
- NTV Plus Football 2
- NTV Plus Football 3
- Our Football
- Nickelodeon HD
- Sport 1 HD
- Perviy Kanal HD
- Russia HD
- Travel Channel HD
- History HD
- AMEDIA Premium HD
Ukraine Only
- Perviy Kanal Ukraina
- RTR Planeta
- NTN
- NTV Mir
Adult
- Hustler TV
- Ruskaja Noch
- Playboy TV
- Egoist TV
- Nu Art TV
Radio
- Echo of Moscow
- Relax FM
- Detskoe Radio
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 Geographics HD (nature), Mezzo Live HD (classical and jazz music).[1]
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.[2]
References
External links
- Official Site (Russian)
- NTV Plus Ukraine (Russian)
- Channel and transponder list