NTV Plus

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.

NTV Plus
НТВ Плюс
LaunchedSeptember 1, 1996
Owned byGazprom Media
Picture format16:9 (SDTV)
CountryRussia
HeadquartersMoscow
WebsiteNTV Plus
NTV Plus Ukraine
Previous NTV logo
NTV-Plus on CSTB-2009 exhibition, February, Moscow, Crocus Expo.

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 started

2017 - Broadcasting in 4K/UHD started

Channels

Variety, entertainment

Sports
  • Match TV (SD/HD)
  • Match Nash Sport
  • Match Arena (SD/HD)
  • Match Game
  • Match Igra (SD/HD)
  • Match Planeta
  • Match Futbol 1
  • Match Futbol 2
  • Match Futbol 3
  • Match TV Horse World
  • Our Football
  • NTV Plus Sport Tsentr
  • NTV Plus Sport Urals
  • NTV Plus Sport Sibir
  • NTV Plus Sport Dalniy Vostok
  • Eurosport 1 (SD/HD)
  • Eurosport 2 (HD)
  • Extreme Sports Channel (SD)
  • Telekanal Russian Extreme
  • Boyets
  • KHL-TV (SD/HD)
  • Viasat Sport
  • Boytsovskiy klub
  • TEN 1
  • TEN 2
  • TEN 3
  • TEN 4
  • TEN 2 HD
  • TEN Action

News
  • Mir 24 (SD)
  • Moskva 24 (SD)
  • Russia 24 (SD)
  • RBC TV (SD)
  • Perviy Meteo (SD)
  • Russia Today
  • Rusiya Al-Yaum
  • RT Español

International

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
  • Fox (SD/HD)
  • Fox Life (SD)
  • Paramount Channel Russia (SD)
  • Paramount Comedy (SD)
  • TV1000
  • TV1000 Russkoe Kino
  • TV1000 Action
  • Russkij Illusion
  • Illusion +
  • Eurokino
  • TV XXI (SD)
  • AMEDIA 1
  • AMEDIA 2
  • AMEDIA Premium
  • Movies OK
  • STAR Movies Action
  • SONY PIX
  • Movies Now

Music
  • Muzika Pervogo
  • Telekanal La Minor
  • TNT Music (SD)
  • MTV Russia (SD)
  • MTV Dance (SD)
  • MTV Hits (SD)
  • MTV Rocks (SD)
  • VH1 Europe (SD)
  • VH1 Classic Europe (SD)
  • MCM Top (SD)
  • Mezzo TV (SD/HD)
  • Bridge TV
  • RuSong TV
  • Europa Plus TV
  • Muz-TV
  • Music Now
  • 9X0
  • 9XM
  • B4U Music
  • M Tune

Kids
  • Boomerang (SD)
  • Cartoon Network (SD)
  • Detski Mir (SD)
  • Detskiy (SD)
  • Disney Channel (SD)
  • Duck TV (SD)
  • Gulli Girl (SD)
  • JimJam (SD)
  • Karusel (SD)
  • Mult (SD)
  • Nickelodeon (HD/SD)
  • Nick Jr. (SD)
  • Telekanal O! (SD)
  • TiJi (SD)
  • Tlum (HD)

Documentary

Pay-Per-View
  • Kinoreys 1
  • Kinoreys 2

HD
  • HD Sport
  • 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
  • Nash Futbol
  • Nickelodeon HD
  • Perviy Kanal HD
  • Russia HD
  • Travel Channel HD
  • History HD
  • AMEDIA Premium HD

4K/UHD

Ukraine Only
  • Perviy Kanal Ukraina
  • RTR Planeta
  • NTN
  • NTV Mir
  • Star plus

Adult

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
  1. "NTV Plus HD channel lineup (in Russian)".
  2. "HDTV — right here and right now (in Russian)".
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