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MYtv provides satellite pay-TV services throughout
Ukraine
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.
History
MYtv is a DTH (Direct to Home)
satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ...
network for the Ukrainian TV consumer market. Using its transmitting antenna, the signal is sent to the
Thor 6
Thor (previously known as Marcopolo) is a family of satellites designed, launched and tested by Hughes Space and Communications (now part of Boeing Satellite Systems) for British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), and were used for Britain's Direct ...
satellite, broadcast standard DVB-S2 (MPEG4), which caters for the optimum quality and utilization of the satellite’s capacity.
NDS Ltd. NDS may stand for:
* Low German ( nl, Nedersaksisch, links=no, german: Niederdeutsche Sprache, links=no, ISO 639-2 language code: nds), a West Germanic language native to Northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
* Lower Saxony (german: Nieders ...
encrypts the signal, and also develops the
software
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At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
end user
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equipment. To receive MYtv services, subscriber must install a
satellite dish
A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radi ...
.
Installing either 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 LNB (converters), a subscriber will receive signals from satellites Thor 6 (1 ° W) and few other satellites including W4 (36° E),
Hotbird
Hot Bird (also styled HOTBIRD) is a group of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13 °E over the equator ( orbital position) and with a transmitting footprint over Asia, Europe, North Africa, Americas and the Middle East.
Only digital ...
(13 ° E), Sirius (5 ° E), Amos (4 ° W).
MYtv offers 2 subscriber receivers: MYtv HDMAX and MYtv HDBOX.
''MYtv HDMAX'' is an HD receiver with a built-in
hard drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnet ...
capacity of 500 GB. With the Interactive
electronic program guide
Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for ...
(EPG) the receiver can record and play programs and create video libraries, record all series in full seasons, skip watching
advertisement
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s in channels etc. The "live pause" feature enables you to stop viewing for an indefinite period and resume from the moment of the pause.
MYtv HDMAX has two built-in receivers, which enables the simultaneously recording of two channels and watching programs from hard drive. The receiver hardware and software can record a channel even if the receiver is turned off. It is enough to note the program from the EPG list.
The Satellite HD-receivers MYtv HDMAX and HDBOX
The ''receiver MYtv HDMAX'' is a new generation of receivers, which combines the possibility of receiving
high-definition television
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the g ...
and an advanced recording function (up to 500 hours of recording), listening to
stereo sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...
, as well as a number of additional services.
MYtv provides access to over 200 channels, selected according to different themes: movies, news, politics, music, sports, art, travel, science channels "for children" and "adult" and other
TV channel
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s. Also, MYtv software allow access to
free access broadcast channel
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Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procure ...
s (FTA).
Specially developed NDS software built into the receiver, allows the viewer to take advantage of additional services:
Electronic Program Guides (EPG program guide) displays the following information: the date, time of the show and the content of the television programs on the TV screen. . Also, it can block channels and programs from children's viewing. EPG enables the selection of the broadcasting language required as well as titles.
Personal video recorder (PVR) allows the receiver to be used as a recording device. You can save movies and create your own video collection. If you wish to stop the viewing of the current program or movie, press “pause” and to continue the viewing press “pause” again. Using the program guide, you can automatically record programs or whole series even when you are not at home.
Interactive television
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(ITV) is a new service catering for
interactive game
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s, TV questioning, on-air communication of programs, using the mail or SMS, predefined ability to receive news, play individual and network games. The viewer controls the set of services provided as he wishes and can subscribe to different packages of interactive channels.
With Pay-per-view (PPV) you have the possibility of independently choosing a movie or program and then watch them at a time convenient to you. Using the EPG menu, you can see the announcement, time of the show and various methods of payment.
With P-VOD (video and audio on demand), you can independently choose the movies, TV programs and concerts which you wish to view immediately, without any time limit date and number of viewings.
Radio – You can always tune in and listen to the radio using your receiver.
Official MYtv web-site - www.mytv.ua Television companies of Ukraine