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 & 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 Company appeared on September 1, 1996
1997 - Since early in the year the channels were broadcast in the encoded form.
1998 - On November 22 NTV-Plus Company started satellite TV broadcasting.
1999 - In February NTV-Plus Company switched from the analog broadcast system to the digital one making it possible to expand the number of its channels from five to fifty. In December NTV-Plus Company started re-broadcasting digital channels in two languages.
2000 - On May 25 one more Eutelsat-W4 satellite was put into orbit allowing to expand the broadcasting area.
2005 - Beginning of Dolby Digital 5.1 broadcasting
2006 - Broadcasting over Ukraine territory
2007 - Broadcasting in HDTV
Channels
Sport
News
Movies
Music
Kids
Documentary
Variety
Pay-Per-View
HD
Ukraine Only
Adult
Radio
High-definition television (HDTV)
Starting from 2007, NTV Plus offers high-definition television (HDTV) programming. The initial package consists of four channels: HD Kino (cinema), HD Sport (sports), HD Life (nature & travel) and Eurosport HD.
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.[1]
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