# NTV Plus

NTV Plus (Russian: НТВ Плюс) 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.

## 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

.*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)
* Telekanal Dozhd
* 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.