First channel 4k ntv plus. NTV plus - HD and HD ultra channels
At least that's what they promise!
First, let me outline the general situation of television broadcasting, and then a highlight about Ultra HD on NTV-Plus.
What is happening in the TV broadcasting market this year?
I noticed that the operators do not move much to raise the value of the channels. What they do is nothing but a tendency to package the basic package with cheap channels.
We get a lot of channels, almost for nothing, but there is nothing to watch there. The question immediately arises, why do I need this burda with sauce - not interested? The result is known, the dissatisfied are disappointed and leave.
WHERE?
You can guess, spitting on loyalty, the transition to Aunt Shura. Because of this, the cost of attracting one subscriber increases for the operator, because the crowd of people who want to watch is falling, sorry, hu ... yu.
We're dealing with price wars high cost attracting a subscriber and a weak basic package. The subscriber leaves, the operator again starts investing in the package with the letter x.
I don't understand where the business is. An effective approach, according to colleague Limisk, is subscriber retention and work with content quality. Basics of marketing, but our operators do not work well with an effective idea to promote their product.
How is it to be understood that Discovery recently left Tricolor, reproaching the company for monopoly and putting forward unacceptable conditions.
The only thing that rehabilitates Tricolor is that it has three exclusive and vibrant TV channels in ultra high definition.
This is good, but this exclusivity will soon be taken away by NTV-Plus - already in April 2017.
NTV-Plus will begin broadcasting in ultra-high definition in April 2017, while the coverage of the territory is impressive, it is the Far Eastern Federal District, as well as Siberia and the European part of Russia. The operator's basic package will include three channels in the UHD standard.
Notice the generosity - in the basic package!
Ultra-high definition television will be available to subscribers without additional fee in all broadcast regions. It is completely different when compared with Tricolor, where everything is separate and for a good fee.
However, NTV Plus does not yet disclose the names of UHD channels. But you can guess that they will show films, concerts and sports content.
At the same time, there will be two TV channels at the start of broadcasting, so one more will be added, as they promise, it will be of foreign production.
I can add that watching TV channels in ultra-high definition is available on TVs with CAM module, the operator also plans to release TV boxes for viewing UHD channels.
Global reasoning.
On the this moment There are about 400 units of UHD content available on all platforms and in all formats in the world, and "most" of this amount is simply "pulled up" from HD to UHD.
According to NSR forecasts, by 2025, 785 Ultra HD channels will be available worldwide, and the satellite capacity required for their broadcasts will be constantly increased.
However, if we talk about free viewing, then we look at 13 degrees east longitude, where the Hot Bird constellation of satellites is located.
Now you can receive already 5 open TV channels in 4K.
Rai 4K. Fans of satellite television who have the appropriate equipment can try to receive it on the following parameters: 12399 GHz Hor SR 27500 FEC 2/3, DVB-S2/8PSK/HEVC.
It should be noted that this channel is about fashion and a similar channel, which is broadcast from a position of 19.2 degrees east longitude, I note that these are completely different thematic channels.
Because “Fashion One 4K” is available from the Astra satellite constellation (this channel can be watched by Tricolor TV subscribers). Broadcast parameters: 12539 GHz Hor SR 30000 FEC 5/6, DVB-S2/8PSK/HEVC.
Unfortunately, the signal at this frequency is not the strongest and the situation is aggravated by FEC 5/6. Therefore, this channel may not be accepted on small antennas (0.8 - 0.9 m).
There were also some changes at 10727 GHz Hor SR 30000 FEC 3/4, DVB-S2/8PSK/HEVC. Two TV channels are broadcast here.
The logical question is, what do I need to have in addition to watching 4K or UltraHD TV?
Since April 19, 2017, the NTV-PLUS TV company has added two 4K channels to the "Basic" package, as well as three more channels. UHD TV channels are already available for viewing on TVs with a built-in satellite receiver.
What channels have been added?
The following new channels are available in NTV-PLUS packages:
- Duck TV
- The channel is intended for young viewers aged 0 to 3 years. Programs are created with the participation of child psychologists, so animation in cartoons and programs does not tire the kids. The channel is completely non-violent.
- spike
- The channel broadcasts mostly world-famous series such as Fargo, Sherlock, House M.D., etc.
- World HD
- The MIR HD TV channel is a channel for an audience that prefers both entertaining and educational TV shows. How to broadcast in high definition. The channel is watched in many CIS countries, and the audience of the channel is more than one hundred million people.
- Fashion One (4K)
- FASHION ONE (4K) is the first fashion channel to broadcast in UHD in most of the world. The creators of the channel are actively promoting and developing 4K broadcasting technology. The channel owners have an impressive library of UHD videos in their hands.
- Home (4K)
- The motto of the HOME 4K channel is "Look at the world differently." The channel represents a new direction for Russia Slow TV. Slow TV is gaining more and more fans. It was created for viewers who are tired of information aggression and need psychological relief after a busy day.
How can I watch 4K NTV-PLUS channels?
What other channel changes?
From April 19, 2017, the settings of a number of NTV-PLUS TV channels will change: Visiting a fairy tale, Food Network, Zvezda +2, Bollywood HD, RT (Arabic), RT (Spanish), TV Province, Tlum HD, OTR, CCTV4, CGTN, CGTN-Russian, Extreme Sports, FOX, Mezzo, Nat Geo Wild, Paramount Comedy, Viasat Golf, PETS, Hunting and fishing, PSYCHOLOGY21, Russian extreme TV, ENLIGHTENMENT, KRIK-TV. See the final list of NTV-PLUS channels.
From April NTV-Plus LLC will start broadcasting three TV channels in Ultra HD standard in the Far Eastern Federal District, in Siberia and in the European part of the country. The operator claims that it will be the first to launch 4K broadcasting throughout Russia, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. NJSC "National Satellite Company" (brand "Tricolor TV") began broadcasting in UHD format back in November 2015, but it only broadcasts to the European part of Russia (from satellites "Express-AMU1" and Eutelsat 36B). PJSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has so far launched only test broadcasting of one TV channel in UHD.
"Three channels in UHD format will be included in the basic package, at no additional charge. They will be available from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok," - said CEO"NTV-Plus" Mikhail Demin, speaking at CSTB 2017. At the first stage, in mid-March 2017, 4K broadcasting will be available to subscribers of the operator in Siberia, from April - in the Far East, and before the May holidays - in the European part countries, thus covering the whole of Russia with ultra-high definition channels.
NTV-Plus has always been a leader in innovation. We did not become the first in Russia in Ultra HD, but we are the first to offer 4K throughout the country, from Kaliningrad to Chukotka, - said Sergey Stavropoltsev, technical director of the operator. “According to our data, there are only nine operators worldwide offering Ultra HD 4K content.” He believes that Ultra HD will have a small number of subscribers at first, but it will be the technology that will subsequently drive sales.
As Sergei Stavropoltsev says, to broadcast a signal in Ultra HD, NTV-Plus uses one transponder on each of the satellites used - on Express-AMU1, Express-AT1 and Express-AT2. Sergey Stavropoltsev did not answer the question about the compression technology used, but judging by the fact that three channels fit in one transponder, the company used HEVC compression (in MPEG-4, one TV channel in 4K can be transmitted in one transponder).
Sergey Stavropoltsev does not disclose which three UHD channels will be included in the basic package. “Yesterday there was a force majeure, and the domestic 4K channel, with which we agreed, withdrew from the agreement with NTV-Plus. Therefore, in March we will start with two Ultra HD channels, and in April we will add a third,” he explained. To view UHD, you need to buy the NTV-Plus CAM module (for 2990 rubles) - the operator does not have 4K set-top boxes yet.
In addition to the federal launch of broadcasting TV channels in UHD format, NTV-Plus is strengthening its presence in Siberia. If earlier the operator rented five transponders on the Express-AT1 satellite, now it has eight. "This will increase the number of TV channels from 85 to 132 in the basic package. And the total number of channels from NTV-Plus in Siberia will increase from 120 to 170," Sergey Stavropoltsev specified. Subscription fee for residents of Siberia will not change and will amount to 149 rubles. per month. From April, NTV-Plus will begin broadcasting in the Far East. The company won the competition of Roskomnadzor for the right to daily round-the-clock satellite broadcasting from the Express-AT2 satellite. The coverage area of this device covers the entire territory of the Far Eastern Federal District, including Kamchatka, Chukotka, Sakhalin and the Kuriles. The package will include both federal and local TV channels, in particular, NVK Sakha, Guberniya (Khabarovsk) and OTV-Primorye (KGBU Public Television of Primorye).
Broadcasting in UHD format is also being actively developed by other players in the satellite TV market. In June 2013, Tricolor TV was the first in Russia to broadcast satellite television in the new Ultra HD format. On November 15, 2015, Tricolor TV was the first in Russia and one of the first in the world to launch broadcasting in UHD quality. The operator's subscribers already have access to Insight UHD TV channels (produced by the European company TERN, distributed by First TVCH), the Tricolor Ultra HD TV channel produced by Tricolor TV, which broadcasts genre films around the clock, the Fasion One channel dedicated to fashion, entertainment and lifestyle , as well as the sports and entertainment TV channel Russian Extreme Ultra.
To watch TV channels in UHD format, you need a TV with the Ultra HD marketing code, as well as equipment that receives a signal from Express-AMU1/Eutelsat 36B satellites, that is, UHD TV channels will be available only to subscribers of the European part of Russia.
On February 7, 2017, MTS launched a test broadcast of the Russian Extreme Ultra TV channel (in UHD format). According to the press service of the operator, for broadcasting latest format HEVC/H.265 encoding. The possibility of test viewing is available to all MTS satellite television subscribers who have the appropriate equipment - a TV receiver with support for Ultra HD resolution and an operator's CAM module.
"One of the drivers for the development of television, of course, is a further improvement in image quality. Therefore, the launch of a test channel in Ultra HD format based on the HEVC / H.265 coding standard is important step for MTS as a satellite television operator," said Aleksey Ivanov, head of the MTS satellite project.
In April 2017, a well-known Russian satellite Internet provider pleased its subscribers with an innovation and introduced TV broadcasts in 4K quality. So far, the novelty is only available to TV owners. latest models, with built-in tuner and slot for CI+ modules.
4K NTV channels were included in the basic packages, and, which is nice, without increasing the cost.
Which programs in the new ultra-high quality are already available for viewing:
- The motto is "look at the world differently." The main content is the “slow” television that is fashionable today, popular with viewers who are tired of the continuous stream of aggressive TV. Watching this channel is a great pastime after a busy day, allowing you to psychologically relax.
- fashion one. He will talk about modern fashion trends, broadcasting to most of the whole world. A lot of interesting videos in ultra HD are available.
- HD world. The choice of an open-minded audience that prefers both educational and entertaining content. The audience is already more than one hundred million viewers from many CIS countries.
- TV lovers will love it. There will be both old, classic tapes, and new series of novelties known all over the world.
- Duck TV. Channel for the youngest viewers, up to three years old. To create programs, they use the services of the best psychologists, so animation in programs and cartoons is interesting and does not tire. There is absolutely no violence.
Who can watch
At the moment, access to ultra-high definition TV channels is only available on UHD (4K) TVs with a built-in satellite set-top box and a special slot for installing CI+ NTV-PLUS access modules.
For subscribers with regular satellite dishes and standard format receivers, the service, unfortunately, is not yet available.
Outcome
Ultra HD is an interesting novelty that pleases with ultra-high picture performance and realistic sound. Of the minuses - availability for a rather limited number of subscribers.
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