NTV Plus explained
NTV Plus
НТВ Плюс |
| Launch Date: | September 1, 1996 |
| Picture Format: | (SDTV) |
| Owner: | Gazprom Media |
| Country: | Russia |
| Headquarters: | Moscow |
| Website: |
(Ukraine) |
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.
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
- 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
Variety, entertainment
Sports
News
International
Movies
Music
Kids
Documentary
Pay-per-view
HD
4K/UHD
Ukraine only
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).[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]
External links
Notes and References
- Calls for sanctions on Russian pay-TV Satellite platforms Trikolor and NTV+, Broadband TV News 5 April 2022
- Report and petition of the Denis Diderot Committee https://histv3.wixsite.com/denisdiderot
- Web site: NTV Plus HD channel lineup (in Russian).
- Web site: HDTV — right here and right now (in Russian).
