NTV Plus () 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.Calls for sanctions on Russian pay-TV Satellite platforms Trikolor and NTV+, Broadband TV News 5 April 2022Report and petition of the Denis Diderot Committee https://histv3.wixsite.com/denisdiderot
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) 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
HD Kino HD Life Discovery HD Animal Planet HD TLC HD MTV Live National Geographic HD Nat Geo Wild HD Match Premier FX Russia HD Nickelodeon HD Perviy Kanal HD Russia HD History HD AMEDIA Premium HD
4K/UHD
Fashion 4K Home 4K
Ukraine only
Perviy Kanal Ukraina RTR Planeta NTN (Channel) NTV Mir
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
External links Official Site NTV Plus Ukraine Channel and transponder list