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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.

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History

  • 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]
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Variety, entertainment

Sports

News

International

Movies

Music

  • 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

Documentary

Pay-per-view

  • Kinoreys 1
  • Kinoreys 2

HD

4K/UHD

Ukraine only

Adult

Radio

Defunct

*AB Moteurs

.*AMC (Russia) (Replaced by Hollywood)

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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 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]

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