N (Poland)

For other uses of "n", see N (disambiguation).

n [ɛn] was a Polish DTH platform. It was launched on October 12, 2006 and owned by ITI Neovision. On December 31, 2011 the company had reached 929,000 subscribers.^[2] On March 21, 2013, n merged with Cyfra+ to form nc+.

n

Company type	Private
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	October 12, 2006
Defunct	March 21, 2013[1]
Fate	Merged with Cyfra+
Successor	nc+
Headquarters	Warsaw, Poland
Key people	Markus Tellenbach
Products	Direct-broadcast satellite
Parent	ITI Neovision
Website	n.pl

History

In May 2006, the ITI Group announced the opening of a "new generation" subscription television platform for the autumn of 2006, with TVN and Onet acting as key strategic partners in the upcoming project.^[3]

N was unveiled to the public in September 2006, aiming for an October 12 launch date.^[4]

Channels

At closing time, N had 99 encrypted channels (6 in foreign languages), 23 free-to-air channels in Polish, 34 HDTV channels, and 3 3D channels.

In-house channels

Throughout its history, N also had its own in-house channels:

• Wojna i Pokój (War and Peace): The channel broadcast movies from the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia, with either Polish voice-over or original Russian audio. Converted to HD in 2012, after which the channel timeshared with Sundance Channel. Shut down in 2013 because of the merger.
• O.TV: Channel run by Jerzy Owsiak, broadcasts started in 2007 and ended in 2009. It later ran as a block on ZigZap until 2010.
• nTALK: Channel focusing on American and Polish talk shows. Started in 2007 and ended in 2009.^[5][6]
• nSPORT: Sports channel. Later integrated into the NC+ offer in 2013 and rebranded in 2014.

VOD

• VOD collections
  • PictureBox – Universal Studios movies
  • nSeriale – CBS Television Studios, NBCUniversal, Buena Vista International, 20th Century Fox Television and TVN's TV series
  • nPremium VOD – movies presented on nFilm HD channels
  • funVOD – set of erotic movies
  • VOD Disney – Disney's series
• Premiery VOD – Warner Bros., Miramax Films, Lions Gate Entertainment, SPI International, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Universal Studios and New Line Cinema movies; unlike VOD collections, every movie in "Premiery VOD" is paid separately
• nVOD net
  • TVN Player
  • HBO on Demand
  • National Geographic Channel
  • BabyTV

Set-top boxes

As for 2012 n offers four set-top boxes to their subscribers. Most notably, it is the only DTH platform in Poland that doesn't provide CI modules to use with generic DVB-S2 receivers.

Name	HD	EPG	VOD	PVR	Internet access	Internet Radio	Games	Multiroom
nbox HDTV (ADB 5800S)	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y (Secondary/Slave)
nbox HDTV recorder (ADB 5800SX)	Y	Y	Y (HDD only)	Y 250 GB* (80 GB for records) (*170 GB reserved for VOD)	Y	Y	N	N
nbox HDTV recorder Turbo (ADB 5720SX)	Y	Y	Y (HDD + online)	Y 500 GB* (330 GB for records) 1 TB* (830 GB for records) (*170 GB reserved for VOD)	Y	Y	Y	Y (Primary/Master)
nbox HD (ADB 2850ST)	Y	Y	Y (online only)	Y PVR-ready (up to 1 TB)	Y	Y	N	Y (Secondary/Slave)