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NTV Plus

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Not to be confused with NTV Plus, the Nepali TV channel.

NTV Plus (Russian: НТВ Плюс) is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television provider, 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 MediaMost holding, now it is the flagship product of NTV Plus B.V. (owned by Gazprom Media) which is based in the Netherlands.

NTV Plus
НТВ Плюс
CountryRussia
HeadquartersMoscow
Programming
Picture format16:9 (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNTV Plus B.V.
History
LaunchedSeptember 1, 1996
Links
Websitewww.ntvplus.ru
www.ntvt.com.ua (Ukraine)
Previous NTV logo
NTV-Plus on CSTB-2009 exhibition, February, Moscow, Crocus Expo.

History

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  • 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. [1][2]

Channels

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Variety, entertainment

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Sports

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News

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International

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Movies

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Music

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  • 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

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Documentary

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Pay-per-view

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  • Kinoreys 1
  • Kinoreys 2

HD

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4K/UHD

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Ukraine only

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Adult

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Radio

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Defunct

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*AB Moteurs

.*AMC (Russia) (Replaced by Hollywood)

High-definition television (HDTV)

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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).[3]

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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Calls for sanctions on Russian pay-TV Satellite platforms Trikolor and NTV+, Broadband TV News 5 April 2022
  2. ^ Report and petition of the Denis Diderot Committee https://histv3.wixsite.com/denisdiderot
  3. ^ "NTV Plus HD channel lineup (in Russian)".
  4. ^ "HDTV — right here and right now (in Russian)".
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