About NTV Plus
NTV-Plus is an independent Russian satellite broadcaster covering all of European Russia. NTV-Plus
went on air on September 1, 1996, when its first fully-owned analogue channel, Nashe Kino (Our Cinema)
started broadcasting. By December 1997 four channels were broadcasting: Nashe Kino, Mir Kino
(Cinema World), NTV-Plus Sport and Detsky Mir (Children’s World). On February 1, 1999, the company
started digital broadcasts of all its channels. Today, the NTV–Plus platform serves 450,000 homes,
equivalent to more than 1.5 million viewers, and employs over 900 people.
NTV-Plus offers its subscribers best Russian and foreign channels alike, as well as its own channels.
Today, subscribers of NTV-Plus can receive more than 60 stereo sound channels (with DOLBY DIGITAL
5.1 since 2005) that are transmitted directly from satellite. They include five news channels, 13 movie
channels, 10 sports channels, five learning channels, music and children’s channels. Broadcasts are
dubbed in Russian, English, Italian, Spanish, French and Chinese.
NTV-Plus is particularly proud of its own sports channels – NTV-Plus Sport, NTV-Plus Football, NTV-Plus
Tennis, NTV-Plus Sport Classics and Sport Online. The company owns a number of exclusive broadcast
rights to show sports events including NHL and NBA matches, Grand Slam tennis, the Federation Cup,
the Davis Cup and the Cup of Russia figure-skating tournament as well as professional boxing. NTV-Plus
offers five of its own film channels including the highly acclaimed NTV-Plus Premiera and NTV-Plus
Kinoklub (Cinema Club). Each year the fully-owned channels of NTV-Plus show 365 brand new
productions and a selection of around 1000 films from the world cinema collection.
For further information
NTV-Plus Press Service: +7 495 775-5634, Anastasia Kazakova
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding company of
Eutelsat S.A. The Group is a leading satellite operator with capacity commercialised on 23 satellites
providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and
significant parts of Asia and the Americas. The Group is one of the world's three leading satellite
operators in terms of revenues. Its satellites are used for broadcasting nearly 1,800 TV and 900 radio
stations to more than 120 million cable and satellite homes. The Group also provides TV contribution
services, corporate networks, mobile positioning and communications, Internet backbone connectivity and
broadband access for terrestrial, maritime and inflight applications. Eutelsat Communications is
headquartered in Paris, and the Group’s workforce comprises over 480 from 27 countries.
For further information
Press Relations
Vanessa O’Connor
Tel: + 33 1 53 98 38 88
Frédérique Gautier
Tel: + 33 1 53 98 38 88
Investor Relations
Gilles Janvier
Tel: +33 1 53 98 35 35
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