NTV Plus (russian: НТВ Плюс) is the brand name for the Russian digital

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service from NTV, transmitted from

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's W4 satellite at 36.0°E and from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E. Previously a part of

Vladimir Gusinsky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (russian: Владимир Александрович Гусинский, ; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, ...

's media empire (

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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 *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

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* TVPolonia * Telekanal Dozhd *

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''(Perviy Kanal)'' (SD/HD) *

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''(Rossiya 1)'' (SD/HD) * NTV ''(НТВ)'' (SD/HD) * Petersburg - Channel 5 (SD) * Russia K * OTR *

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(SD) * STS * TNT (SD/HD) * TNT4 (SD) * TV3 (SD) * TV Centr * Telekanal Domashny * Peretz * Friday! * U (TV channel, Russia) * 2×2 *

Telekanal Zvezda Zvezda ( rus, Всероссийский государственный вещательный телеканал «Звезда», t=The Star, p=zvʲɪˈzda, a=Ru-звезда.ogg) is a Russian state-owned nationwide TV network run by the Rus ...

* TNV Planeta (Tartastan) * TDK * Psychologia21 * Spas * Mir * Kukhnia TV * NTV Plus Infokanal * Nostalgia * STV (TV channel, Russia) * Kuban 24 Orbita *

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* Telecafe * 8 Kanal * Mama

Sports

* Match TV (SD/HD) * Match Nash Sport * Match Arena (SD/HD) *

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* Match Igra (SD/HD) * Match Planeta * Match Futbol 1 * Match Futbol 2 * Match Futbol 3 * Match TV Horse World * Our Football * NTV Plus Sport Tsentr * NTV Plus Sport Urals * NTV Plus Sport Sibir * NTV Plus Sport Dalniy Vostok *

Eurosport 1 Eurosport 1 is a French television sports network channel which is a division of Eurosport and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Discovery took a 20% minority interest share in December 2012, and became majority shareholder in the Eurospor ...

(SD/HD) *

Eurosport 2 Eurosport 2 is a French sports television network. It is a sister channel to Eurosport 1, which is a division of the Eurosport Network and a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where t ...

(HD) *

Extreme Sports Channel The Extreme Sports Channel is a pay television channel that was launched from Amsterdam on 1 May 1999. The channel broadcasts in over 60 countries and 12 languages, and covers extreme sport and adventure sports which include surfing, skateboard ...

(SD) * Telekanal Russian Extreme * Boyets * KHL-TV (SD/HD) * Viasat Sport * Boytsovskiy klub * TEN 1 * TEN 2 * TEN 3 *

TEN 4 Sony Sports Network, formerly Sony Pictures Sports Network, and also known as Sony TEN, is a group of Indian pay television sports channels owned by Culver Max Entertainment (formerly Sony Pictures Networks India). The original TEN Sports cha ...

* TEN 2 HD *

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News

* Arirang Asia *

Euronews Euronews (styled on-air in lowercase as euronews) is a European television news network, headquartered in Lyon, France. The network began broadcasting on 1 January 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective. The majority of Euron ...

(SD) * KBS Asia * NHK Asia * Mir 24 (SD) * Moskva 24 (SD) * Russia 24 (SD) * RBC TV (SD) * Perviy Meteo (SD) *

Russia Today RT (formerly Russia Today or Rossiya Segodnya (russian: Россия Сегодня) is a Russian state-controlled international news television network funded by the Russian government. It operates pay television and free-to-air channel ...

* RT Arabic * RT en Español *

RT America RT America was a U.S.-based news channel headquartered in Washington, D.C. Owned by TV Novosti and operated by production company T&RProductions, it was a part of the RT network, a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow fund ...

* RT UK * RT France * RTD

International

Armenia TV Armenia TV ( hy, Արմենիա հեռուստաընկերություն, Armenia herustaënkerut'yun), is one of the leading TV channels in Armenia. In 2012, Armenia TV became the first TV channel in Armenia to launch Full HD broadcasting. By ...

(SD)

Movies

* NTV Plus Premiera * NTV Plus KinoHit * NTV Plus Kinoklub * NTV Plus Kino+ * NTV Plus Nashe Kino * NTV Plus Nashe Novoe Kino * NTV Plus Kino Soyuz * Teleklub * Dom Kino * Komedia Telekanal * Mnogo TV *

CBS Drama RealityXtra (formerly CBS Drama) is a British free-to-air television channel that centres its programming on American television shows produced by CBS. It is the sister channel of CBS Reality and is owned in partnership by AMC Networks and Para ...

CBS Justice CBS Justice (formerly CBS Action) was a television channel specialising in action film, drama and murder-mysteries programs. It launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 November 2009 and later expanded to Africa in 2019. It closed on all platforms i ...

CBS Europa CBS Europa (formerly Zone Europa, Europa Europa, Le Cinema and Wizja Le Cinema) is a Polish film channel. It broadcasts contemporary films, influential classics, acclaimed favourites and avant-garde productions. Distributors including Universal S ...

* E! Russia * MGM Channel * Fox (Russia) (SD/HD) * Fox Life Russia (SD) * FX Russia HD * Paramount Channel Russia (SD) * Paramount Comedy Russia (SD) * TV1000 *

TV1000 Russkoe Kino TV1000 Russkoe Kino (also known as ''TV1000 Russian Kino'', ''ТВ1000 Русское Кино'') is a television channel broadcasting Russian language movies owned by Viasat World Ltd. The channel is available in Russia and Commonwealth of Inde ...

* TV1000 Action * Russkij Illusion * Illusion + * Eurokino * TV XXI (SD) * AMEDIA 1 * AMEDIA 2 * AMEDIA Premium

Music

* Muzika Pervogo * Telekanal La Minor * TNT Music (SD) *

MTV Russia MTV Russia or MTV Россия (russian: МТВ Россия) was a Russian music and entertainment TV channel, which carried out its broadcasting from September 25, 1998 to May 31, 2013. On October 1, 2013, MTV Russia was relaunched as a satel ...

(SD) *

MTV Dance Club MTV, formerly MTV Dance, is a European pay television music channel from Paramount Networks EMEAA that was separated from the UK channel on 27 May 2014. It broadcasts electronica, dance and r'n'b music programming. The channel is widely ava ...

(SD) * MTV Hits (SD) * MTV Rocks (SD) * VH1 Europe (SD) * VH1 Classic Europe (SD) * MCM Top (SD) * Mezzo TV (SD/HD) * Bridge TV * RuSong TV * Europa Plus TV *

Muz-TV Muz-TV (russian: Муз-ТВ, from Музыкальное телевидение - Music Television) is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. ...

* Music Now * 9X0 *

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* B4U Music * M Tune

Kids

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(SD) * Cartoon Network (SD) *Detski Mir (SD) *Detskiy (SD) * Disney Channel (SD) *

Duck TV Duck TV (stylised ducktv) is a children's television channel which was launched in October 2007 as Bebe TV on UPC and was owned by WICKS Communications, and available in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Since its launch ...

(SD) *Gulli Girl (SD) *

JimJam ''Jimjam'' (stylised as ''jimjam'') is a 2000 recording by UK jazz-funk guitarist Jim Mullen, featuring fellow-Scot Hamish Stuart on rhythm guitar, Pino Palladino on bass and Ian Thomas on drums. The professional collaboration between Mullen and ...

(SD) *

Karusel Carousel or Carousel International, also known by its transliterated Russian name Карусель, is a Russian television channel dedicated to children and youth. It was founded by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Me ...

(SD) *Mult (SD) *

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

(HD/SD) * Nick Jr. (SD) *Telekanal O! (SD) * TiJi (SD) *Tlum (HD)

Documentary

Animal Planet (Europe) The Pan-European Animal Planet is a feed of Animal Planet, which broadcasts to several countries in Europe, UK, Africa and the Middle East. The channel is broadcast in English, Czech, Hungarian and formerly Russian. The HD feed also carries a T ...

* 24 Dok * 365 Dnei TV * Auto Plus * Da Vinci Learning * Discovery Channel Russia *

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* Discovery World Russia (Replaced by DTX Russia) * Domashnie zhivotnye * Istoriya (SD/HD) *

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

* Interesnoe TV * Investigation Discovery Russia * Kto Est' Kto * My Planet * National Geographic Channel (Russia) * Nat Geo Wild (Russia) * Nauka 2.0 * Ocean-TV *

Outdoor Channel Outdoor Channel is an American pay television channel focused on the outdoors, offering programming that includes hunting, fishing, Western lifestyle, off-road motorsports and adventure. The network can be viewed on multiple platforms including ...

* RT Documentary * Russian Travel Guide (SD) * Soversheno Sekretno * TLC (Russia) *

Viasat Explore Viasat Explore is a television channel owned by international media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel focuses on fishing, adventure, men at work and engineering. Viasat Explore is a 24-hour channel broadcasting in Central and Eastern Euro ...

Viasat History Viasat History is a pay television channel owned by the Swedish media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel broadcasts history series from around the world with a focus on the ancient world, historical drama, royal history, travel history and ...

Viasat Nature Viasat Nature is a television channel owned by international media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel has a focus on animals and their owners, blue-chip, classic wildlife, ER and animal rescue, the natural world, and parks and sanctuaries. ...

Vremya ''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The prog ...

* Ohota i Rybalka * Prosveschenie * Perviy Obrazovatelniy

Pay-per-view

* Kinoreys 1 * Kinoreys 2

HD

* HD Sport *

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* Animal Planet HD * TLC HD * HD Kino * HD Life * MTV Live HD * Nat Geo Wild HD * Mezzo Live HD * NTV Plus 3D * NTV Plus Football 1 * NTV Plus Football 2 * NTV Plus Football 3 * Nash Futbol * 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) *

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(SD)

Radio

AvtoRadio AvtoRadio (russian: Авторадио) is a Moscow-based radio station. The station plays songs in Russian and English. A variety of music from different genres. History It broadcasts music and information. It started broadcasting on 5 April ...

*Business FM *Comedy Radio *Detskoe Radio *DFM 101.2 *

Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local r ...

* Hit FM *Humor FM *

Love Radio Love Radio is a broadcast FM radio network in the Philippines owned by Manila Broadcasting Company. Its headquarters are located at Cultural Center of the Philippine Complex, Pasay, Manila. The network's original format is easy-listening unti ...

*Militseyskaya Volna * NRJ Russia *Radio Chanson *Radio Dlya Dvoih *Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda *Radio Romantika *

Radio Maximum Radio Maximum is a Russian radio station, specializing in pop and rock music. Maximum was founded in 1991 as a joint venture of Westwood One, Harris Corporation, StoryFirst Communications, and The Moscow News weekly. It started broadcasting in M ...

Radio Mir Radio Mir is a radio station in Montenegro. Its headquarters are in Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns i ...

*Radio Vanya *Relax FM *

Russkoye Radio ''Russkoye Radio'' (russian: Русское радио, in English: Russian Radio) is a Russian radio station, broadcasting in some CIS countries. It differs from other similar stations since it broadcasts songs almost exclusively in Russian. In ...

High-definition television (HDTV)

Starting from 2007, NTV Plus offers

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 ...

(HDTV) programming. The following channels are offered: HD Kino (cinema), HD Sport (sports), HD Life (nature & travel),

Eurosport HD Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territori ...

, MTV/

HD, National Geographics HD (nature), Mezzo Live HD (classical and jazz music). 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

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