NTV Plus

NTV Plus (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 and 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 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.

Variety, entertainment

 * WWE Network
 * W Network
 * TVPolonia
 * Telekanal Dozhd
 * Channel One Russia (Perviy Kanal) (SD/HD)
 * Russia-1 (Rossiya 1) (SD/HD)
 * NTV (НТВ) (SD/HD)
 * Petersburg - Channel 5 (SD)
 * Russia K
 * OTR
 * REN TV (SD)
 * STS
 * TNT (SD/HD)
 * TNT4 (SD)
 * TV3 (SD)
 * TV Centr
 * Telekanal Domashny
 * Peretz
 * Friday!
 * U (TV channel, Russia)
 * 2×2
 * Telekanal Zvezda
 * TNV Planeta (Tatarstan)
 * TDK
 * Psychologia21
 * Spas
 * Mir
 * Kukhnia TV
 * NTV Plus Infokanal
 * Nostalgia
 * STV (TV channel, Russia)
 * Kuban 24 Orbita
 * Love Nature
 * Telecafe
 * 8 Kanal
 * Mama

Sports

 * Match TV (SD/HD)
 * Match Nash Sport
 * Match Arena (SD/HD)
 * Match Game
 * 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 (SD/HD)
 * Eurosport 2 (HD)
 * Extreme Sports Channel (SD)
 * Telekanal Russian Extreme
 * Boyets
 * KHL-TV (SD/HD)
 * Viasat Sport
 * Boytsovskiy klub
 * TEN 1
 * TEN 2
 * TEN 3
 * TEN 4
 * TEN 2 HD
 * TEN Action

News

 * Arirang Asia
 * Euronews (SD)
 * KBS Asia
 * NHK Asia
 * Mir 24 (SD)
 * Moskva 24 (SD)
 * Russia 24 (SD)
 * RBC TV (SD)
 * Perviy Meteo (SD)
 * Russia Today
 * RT Arabic
 * RT en Español
 * RT America
 * RT UK
 * RT France
 * RTD

International

 * Armenia TV (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
 * CBS Justice
 * CBS Europa
 * 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 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 (SD)
 * MTV Dance (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
 * Music Now
 * 9X0
 * 9XM
 * B4U Music
 * M Tune

Kids

 * Boomerang (SD)
 * Cartoon Network (SD)
 * Detski Mir (SD)
 * Detskiy (SD)
 * Disney Channel (SD)
 * Duck TV (SD)
 * Gulli Girl (SD)
 * JimJam (SD)
 * Karusel (SD)
 * Mult (SD)
 * Nickelodeon (HD/SD)
 * Nick Jr. (SD)
 * Telekanal O! (SD)
 * TiJi (SD)
 * Tlum (HD)

Documentary

 * Animal Planet (Europe)
 * 24 Dok
 * 365 Dnei TV
 * Auto Plus
 * Da Vinci Learning
 * Discovery Channel Russia
 * Discovery Science
 * Discovery World Russia (Replaced by DTX Russia)
 * Domashnie zhivotnye
 * Istoriya (SD/HD)
 * History
 * 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
 * RT Documentary
 * Russian Travel Guide (SD)
 * Soversheno Sekretno
 * TLC (Russia)
 * Viasat Explore
 * Viasat History
 * Viasat Nature
 * Vremya
 * Ohota i Rybalka
 * Prosveschenie
 * Perviy Obrazovatelniy

Pay-per-view

 * Kinoreys 1
 * Kinoreys 2

HD

 * HD Sport
 * Discovery HD
 * 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)
 * 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

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 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.