NTV Plus
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| Launched | September 1, 1996 |
| Owned by | Gazprom Media |
| Country |  Russia |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Website | http://www.ntvplus.ru/ |
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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[edit] 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
[edit] Channels
[edit] Cinema
- India TV
- Hallmark Channel (Russia & Middle East)
- HD Kino
- KinoHit
- Kinoklub
- Kino Soyuz
- Komedia TV
- MGM Channel
- Mnogo TV
- Nashe Kino
- Nashe Novoe Kino
- Premiera
- Teleklub
- TCM (Europe)
- Zone Romantica
[edit] Kids
- Cartoon Network
- Detski Mir
- Jetix
- Jetix Play
- Nickelodeon
- Telenyanya
[edit] Documentary
- 24 Dok
- 365 Days TV
- Animal Planet (Europe)
- Discovery Channel (Russia)
- Discovery Civilisation
- Discovery Science
- Discovery Travel & Living (Europe)
- National Geographic Channel (Russia)
- National Geographic Wild (UK)
- Zone Reality
[edit] Music
- MCM Top
- Mezzo
- MTV Base
- MTV Russia
- Music Box TV
- Muz TV
- VH1 Classic
- VH1 Russia
- La Minor
[edit] News
- BBC World
- Bloomberg TV (UK)
- CCTV 4
- CCTV 9
- CNN International
- EuroNews
- RBC TV
- Russia Today TV
- TV5 MONDE (Europe)
- Vesti 24
[edit] Sport
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Russkij Extreme
- NBA TV
- NTV Plus Sport
- NTV Plus Sport HD
- NTV Plus Futbol
- NTV Plus Tennis
- NTV Plus Nash Futbol
- NTV Plus Sport Klassika
- NTV Plus Sport Soyuz
- NTV Plus Sport On-Line
- Eurosport
- RTR-Sport
[edit] Federal
[edit] Lifestyle
- HD Life
- Fashion TV (Russia & Eastern Europe)
- World Fashion Channel (Russia)
[edit] Other
- Nostalgia
- NST
- Rambler Teleset
- Spas
- TDK
[edit] Adult
- Hustler TV (Europe)
- Russkaja Noch
- The Night Channel
[edit] Ukraine Only
[edit] High-definition television (HDTV)
Starting from 2007, NTV Plus offers high-definition television (HDTV) programming. The initial package consists of three channels: HD Kino (cinema), HD Sport (sports) and HD Life (nature & travel).
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]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site (Russian)
