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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 & 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.
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Milestones
1996 - First broadcasts of NTV-Plus Company appeared on September 1, 1996
1997 - Since early in the year the channels were broadcast in the encoded form.
1998 - On November 22 NTV-Plus Company started satellite TV broadcasting.
1999 - In February NTV-Plus Company switched from the analog broadcast system to the digital one making it possible to expand the number of its channels from five to fifty. In December NTV-Plus Company started re-broadcasting digital channels in two languages.
2000 - On May 25 one more Eutelsat-W4 satellite was put into orbit allowing to expand the broadcasting area.
2005 - Beginning of Dolby Digital 5.1 broadcasting
2006 - Broadcasting over Ukraine territory
2007 - Broadcasting in HDTV
Channels
Sport
- NTV Plus Sport
- NTV Plus Sport+
- NTV Plus Sport Online
- NTV Plus Tennis
- NTV Plus Football
- NTV Plus Our Football
- NTV Plus Classic Sport
- Eurosport
- Eurosport 2
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Telekanal Russian Extreme
- Boyets
- NBA TV
- RTR Sport
- KHL-TV
News
- Vesti
- RBC-TV
- Euronews
- Russia Today
- Rusiya Al-Yaum
- BBC World News
- CNN International
- Bloomberg Television
- Perviy Meteo (MeteoTV)
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
- Zone Romantica
- Hallmark Channel Russia & Middle East
- TCM (Europe) (11 - 8 Moscow Time)
- MGM Channel
- Universal Channel (Russia)
- Sci Fi Channel (Russia)
- AXN Sci Fi (Russia)
Music
- MTV Russia
- Muz TV
- Music Box TV
- Music Box RU
- Muzika Pervogo
- Telekanal La Minor
- VH1 (Russia)
- VH1 Classic (Europe)
- MTV Dance
- MTV Two
- MCM Top
- Mezzo TV
- RU TV
Kids
- Telenyanya
- Bibigon
- Detski Mir
- Nickelodeon (Russia)
- Jetix (Russia)
- Jetix Play
- Cartoon Network (Europe) (8 - 11 Moscow Time)
- JimJam (Russia)
- Gulli
- Tiji
Documentary
- Discovery Channel (Russia)
- Discovery Travel & Living (Russia)
- Discovery Science (Europe/ME)
- Discovery World (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
- Zakon TV
- Gameland TV
Variety
- Perviy Kanal
- Telekanal Rossija
- NTV
- Petersburg - Channel 5
- Kultura Telekanal
- TV Centr
- STS
- TNT (Russia)
- Ren TV
- Telekanal Domashny
- Telekanal Zvezda
- 3 Kanal Moskovia
- TV5MONDE EUROPE
- Zone Reality
- TDK
- CCTV 4
- NST – Nastoyascheye Smeshnoye Telekanal
- Spas
- Mir
- Park Razvlicenii
- Kukhnia TV
- NTV Plus Infokanal
- CCTV 9
- Nostalgia
- Fashion TV Russia & Eastern Europe
- Bulvar TV
- Comedy TV
Pay-Per-View
- Kinoreys 1
- Kinoreys 2
- Kinoreys 3
HD
- HD Sport
- Eurosport HD
- Discovery HD
- HD Kino
- HD Life
- MTVNHD
Ukraine Only
- Perviy Kanal Ukraiinia
- RTR Planeta
- NTN
- ICTV
- NTV Mir
Adult
- Blue Hustler
- Ruskaja Noch
Radio
- Echo of Moscow
- Relax FM
- Detskoe Radio
High-definition television (HDTV)
Starting from 2007, NTV Plus offers high-definition television (HDTV) programming. The initial package consists of five channels: HD Kino (cinema), HD Sport (sports), HD Life (nature & travel), Eurosport HD and Discovery HD.
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.[1]
References
External links
- Official Site (Russian)
- NTV Plus Ukraine (Russian)
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