NTV Plus

NTV Plus, NTV NTV Plus or (Russian НТВ - Плюс ) is a Russian joint stock company, which is active in the field of digital satellite TV. NTV Plus is the brand name for the satellite broadcast pay- TV NTV. The satellite channels are broadcast via Eutelsat 's W4 satellite at 36.0 ° E and 56.0 ° E 1 bonus. NTV Plus was the first operator of satellite television in Russia. The operation was launched on 1 September 1996.

Through a chain of parent company NTV Plus is one of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom: NTV NTV Plus is one, this is one of Gazprom -Media, which in turn is part of Gazprombank, which ultimately belongs to Gazprom, which is majority-owned by the Russian state. Gazprom, the largest shareholder NTW (2001: 46%) and the control of NTV Plus.

Originally founded as NTV Plus television commercial broadcaster in 1996 by Vladimir Gusinsky as part of his media empire nested Media-Most holding company (Russian Медиа - Мост ). 1996 Gusinsky had the license for a nationwide full-time channels obtained after he had already operated local television from 1993. The costly development of NTV Plus and the Russian financial crisis of 1998/99 brought the Media-Most holding such high losses that Gusinsky the entry of financially strong company Gazprom in NTW (and NTV Plus) had to agree.

Founded in 1997, Media-Most is since 2000 owned by Gazprom.

Contributory financial need of the NTW also of the political evolution of the media landscape in Russia. The Russian policy circumcised since Vladimir Putin took office in 2000, the financial freedom and the freedom of the mass media significantly. So, among other things, the cost of transmission infrastructure for private broadcasters were raised about three times and adopted by the Russian Ministry of Information " restructuring of broadcasting " - a reorganization of licensing, withdrew independent radio and television livelihoods. In addition, President Putin issued in September 2000, the " Doctrine of Information Security of the Russian Federation" (Russian " Доктрина информационной безопасности Российской Федерации " ) according to which the Russian Federation has the Rrcht to prevent the media from carrying false and one-sided information, the national security threaten.

NTV Plus is one of the largest operators of satellite television in Russia. The company's turnover in 2009 amounted to 7.85 billion rubles and net profit: 707 million rubles. The company has 1000 employees The company is based in Moscow. Currently ( July 2010) is Dimitrij Samochin (Russian Дмитрий Самохин ) the Director-General. The motto of the company is: " Digital Satellite Television ".

A subsidiary of NTV -Plus is NTV Plus BV (Netherlands).

History of the company

In July 1996, the creation of the first satellite television operator in Russia began. On September 1, the first broadcast began with the analogue terrestrial broadcasting of the channel Nashe Kino (Russian Наше кино / russ. For Our cinema ). Nashe Kino was the first channel of NTV Plus - a self-production of NTV Plus. By the end of 1996, the operator had gained 17,000 subscribers. The programs were broadcast encoded by NTV Plus From the beginning of 1997. End of the year, the company had 133,000 subscribers for its four channels: Nashe Kino, Kino I, NTV Plus Sport and Detski Mir (Russian Детский мир / russ for children World. ) (Russian Мир кино / russ for the world of cinema. ).

As of 22 November 1998, broadcasting via satellite began, from the newly -built broadcast center in Skolkovo near Moscow. In February 1999, NTV Plus from analogue went over to digital broadcasting program. This increases the number of the programs it was possible to increase from 5 to 50 (30? ). In December 1999, the Rebraodcasting of foreign digital channels were added, were sent in two languages: Fox Kids, Discovery and Animal Planet Russia - sent in Russian and English, Euro News - sent in English and French.

In January 2000, the broadcasting of the channels Discovery Adventure, Sci- Trek and Civilization began in Russian and English. Eutelsat W4 nor a satellite was launched on 25 May 2000. This was the main platform for the broadcasts of NTV Plus and he also allowed the broadcasting field, and thus the transmitter operation range to enlarge. In November 2000, NTV Plus received the award TEFI (Russian ТЭФИ ). This Russian Television Award of the Russian Academy of Television is awarded annually on Russian television .. From January to May 2002 was broadcast on the sixth channel instead of the TV channel TW -6 in Moscow broadcasts of the channel NTV Plus Sport. This was done at the request of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for printing industry, television broadcasts, and mass communication (Russian Министерства Российской Федерации по делам печати, телерадиовещания и средств массовых коммуникаций in short, МПТР / dt MPTR. ) - Today, the Federal Agency for Print and Mass Communication ( Russian Федеральное агентство по печати и массовым коммуникациям in short, Роспечать / Rospetschat ).

In May 2002, the department of economic security was established in the company, whose main task was to fight the " pirates" who continue to spread the fee- encrypted program illegally unencrypted or received. From 1 October 2002, there were two new movie channels: Premiere and Cinema Club. On October 4, NTV Plus has received for its sports channel NTV Plus Football the top prize at the Hot Bird TV Awards. From 19 March 2003, the first trial of transmitter pirates began. In Beljow ( Tula oblast ) the board of a local cable provider 5 years threatened imprisonment because they had illegally transferred in their network, the channels of NTV Plus.

In late 2003, the company had 260,000 subscribers. 2004 Began Ausstrahlungder channels NTV Plus Sport Online and hit movie. End of the year, there were 360,000 subscribers. The company went to the self-financing - it was in the black.

The channels Nashe nowoe cinema came in 2005 (in Russian Наше новое кино / russ. For our new cinema) and Kinosojus (Russian Киносоюз ) added. In October 2005, the sound of some channels in Dolby Digital 5.1 was changed.

2006 began broadcasting the channels NTV Plus Tennis, NTV Plus Nash Futbol NTV Plus Sport and Klassika. Towards the end of the year the number of subscribers increased the 500,000 th mark. Its own satellite from NTV, which radiates to Siberia and the Far East - In March 2006, broadcast from satellites Bonum 1 began. For this special program package NTV Plus Vostok ( NTV Plus East) was compiled. In April 2007, the first program package in Russia was laced with HDTV channels. The package included: HD Movies, HD sports and HD Life. In September 2008, the service was introduced Kinodromund the family package. On 14 November 2008 the company received a special award at the Hot Bird TV Awards, for developing the most dynamic companies in the industry.

From October 2008, NTV Plus started with the program delivery for Ukraine. For this purpose, a program package with 28 channels was put together, which included the international variants of the Russian television channels.

On 1 September 2009, the broadcasting of sports Plus began. In October 2009, the Channel Cinema Plus has been established. This channel has been, as well as the channel Sport Plus, fed into the cable networks of Russia, to advertise for your own company. Since February 2010, the company also offers Internet at TV, direct broadcasts of sporting events can be viewed on the Company ( http://www.ntvplus.ru/sport/online/ ) website. On 22 May 2009 the NTV Plus television shows as the first company in Russia, a direct broadcast of a sporting event in the stereoscopic format (3D TV). The subscribers of the TV station and the visitor of the cinema "October" from the cinema operators KARO film was the final match of the UEFA Champions league Seson the 2010/2010 between Bayern and Inter in 3D view. For the immediate future NTV Plus palnt set up your own 3D channel.

Channels on NTV Plus

Bulwar TV, TV Centr, World Fashion Channel (Russian, . Engl) and Zone Reality ( german).