NTV Plus

NTV Plus
НТВ Плюс
Country	Russia
Headquarters	Moscow
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	NTV Plus B.V.
History
Launched	September 1, 1996
Links
Website	www.ntvplus.ru; www.ntvt.com.ua (Ukraine)

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.

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.

Channels

Variety, entertainment

TVP Polonia
Channel One Russia (Perviy Kanal) (SD/HD)
Russia-1 (Rossiya 1) (SD/HD)
NTV (НТВ) (SD/HD)
NTV Hit
NTV Pravo
NTV Serial
NTV Stil'
Petersburg - Channel 5 (SD)
Russia K
OTR
REN TV (SD)
STS
TNT (SD/HD)
TNT4 (SD)
TV3 (SD)
TV Tsentr
Telekanal Domashny
Che!
Pyatnitsa!
Subbota!
U (TV channel, Russia)
2×2
Telekanal Zvezda
TNV Planeta (Tatarstan)
TDK
Psychologia21
Spas
Mir
Kukhnia TV
Nostalgia
STV (TV channel, Russia)
Kuban 24 Orbita
Telecafe
8 Kanal
Mama

Sports

Match TV (SD/HD)
Match Nash Sport
Match Arena (SD/HD)
Match Game
Match Planeta
Match Strana
Match Boets
Match Futbol 1
Match Futbol 2
Match Futbol 3
Match TV Horse World
Eurosport 1 (SD/HD)
Eurosport 2 (HD)
Extreme Sports Channel (SD)
Telekanal Russian Extreme
Konnyy Mir
KHL (SD/HD)
KHL Prime
Viju+ Sport
Boytsovskiy klub

News

Euronews (SD)
Mir 24 (SD)
Moskva 24 (SD)
Russia 24 (SD)
RBC TV (SD)
Perviy Meteo (SD)
RT
RT Arabic
RT en Español
RT France
RT Deutsch
RT Balkan
RT Hindi

International

Armenia TV (SD)

Movies

Teleklub
Dom Kino
Indiyskoye Kino
Kinokomedia
Kinoseriya
Kinomix
Kinouzhas
Nashe Novoye Kino
Rodnoe Kino
Kinohit
Kinopremiera
Kinosemiya
Kinosvidanie
Muzhkoye Kino
FX Russia (SD/HD)
FX Life Russia (SD)
Comedy Central Russia (SD)
Viju TV1000
Viju TV1000 Kino
Viju TV1000 Action
Russkij Illusion
Illusion +
Hollywood
Eurokino
TV XXI (SD)^{[citation needed]}
AMEDIA 1
AMEDIA 2
AMEDIA Premium

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

Cartoon Network CEE (SD)
Cartoonito (SD)
Detski Mir (SD)
Duck TV (SD)
Gulli Girl (SD)
Karusel (SD)
Kids TV (SD)
Mult (SD)
Nickelodeon (HD/SD)
Solntse (SD)
Telekanal O! (SD)
TiJi (SD)

Documentary

24 Dok
365 Dnei TV
Animal Planet (Europe)
Auto Plus
Da Vinci Learning
Discovery Channel Russia
Discovery Science
Domashnie zhivotnye
Istoriya (SD/HD)
History
Interesnoe TV
Investigation Discovery Russia
Kto Est' Kto
My Planet
National Geographic (Europe)
Nat Geo Wild
Nauka 2.0
Ocean-TV
Outdoor Channel
RT Documentary
Russian Travel Guide (SD)
Soversheno Sekretno
TLC (international)
Viju Explore
Viju History
Viju Nature
Ohota i Rybalka
Prosveschenie
Perviy Obrazovatelniy

Pay-per-view

Kinoreys 1
Kinoreys 2

HD

4K/UHD

Fashion 4K
Home 4K

Ukraine only

Adult

Hustler TV (SD)
Nuart TV (SD)
Russkaya Noch (SD)
Playboy TV (SD)

Radio

AvtoRadio
Business FM
Comedy Radio
Detskoe Radio
DFM 101.2
Echo of Moscow
Hit FM
Humor FM
Love Radio
Militseyskaya Volna
NRJ Russia
Radio Chanson
Radio Dlya Dvoih
Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda
Radio Romantika
Radio Maximum
Radio Mir
Radio Vanya
Relax FM
Russkoye Radio

Defunct

*AB Moteurs

.*AMC (Russia) (Replaced by Hollywood)

BBC News (Russia)
Boomerang (Russia) (Replaced by Cartoonito)
Cartoon Network (Russia) (Replaced by Cartoon Network CEE)
CBS Drama
CBS Europa
CBS Justice
Chasse et Pêche
CNN International
DW-TV
Discovery World (Replaced by DTX)
Disney Channel (Russia) (Replaced by Solntse)
DTX (Russia)
E! (Russia)
Fashion TV
Fox (Russia) (Replaced by FX Russia)
Fox Kids (Russia) (Rebranded as Jetix)
Fox Life (Russia) (Replaced by FX Life Russia)
Jetix (Russia) (Rebranded as Disney Channel)
Jetix Play
JimJam (Russia) (Replaced by Kids TV Russia)
Love Nature
Luxe.tv
MGM (Russian TV channel) (Replaced by AMC (Russian TV channel)
MTV (Russia) (Replaced by MTV Global)
MTV Rocks (Replaced by MTV 00s)
Nickelodeon (Russia) (Replaced by Nickelodeon Global)
Nick Jr. (Russia)
NTV Plus 3D
NTV Plus Basketbol
NTV Plus HD Kino 2
NTV Plus Kinolyuks
NTV Plus Kinosoyuz
NTV Plus Muzika
NTV Plus NBA TV
NTV Plus Nochnoy Kanal
NTV Plus Sport (Replaced by Match Planeta)
NTV Plus Sporthit
NTV Plus Sport Klassika
NTV Plus Sport Online
NTV Plus Sport Plus
NTV Plus Sport Soyuz
NTV Plus Tennis
Paramount Channel (Russia)
Paramount Comedy (Russia) (Replaced by Comedy Central Russia)
Peretz (Replaced by Che!)
RT America
RT UK
STS Mega
STS Moskva (Moscow only)
Syfy (Russia)
TV Rain
Tlum
Trace Sport Stars
Trace Urban
Turner Classic Movies
TV5Monde
Universal Channel (Russia)
VH1 (Russia) (Replaced by MTV 90s)
VH1 Classic (Europe) (Replaced by MTV 80s)

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).

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.

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

External links

[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)".