Platforma HD (russian: Платформа HD) was a Russian operator of satellite TV which broadcasts a package of HD-quality channels over the European territory of Russia. In addition, the package of channels of high-definition was available for retransmission in cable networks.
Channels
Platforma HD broadcasts the programs via satellite
Eurobird 9A
Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...
(9,0°E).
Main package (13 channels)
* 3DV
*
Sport 1
*
Eurosport HD
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* HD Life
* HD Sport
* High Life
*
MTVNHD
*
National Geographic HD
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney General ...
* Women's world
*
Nat Geo Wild
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* Kinopokaz HD-1
* Kinopokaz HD-2
* Тeleputeshestviya HD
Platform DV (22 channels)
Terrestrial
*
Bibigon
*
Kultura
''Kultura'' (, ''Culture'')—sometimes referred to as ''Kultura Paryska'' ("Paris-based Culture")—was a leading Polish-émigré literary-political magazine, published from 1947 to 2000 by ''Instytut Literacki'' (the Literary Institute), in ...
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Muz-TV
Muz-TV (russian: Муз-ТВ, from Музыкальное телевидение - Music Television) is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. ...
*
NTV (Russia)
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*
Channel 5 (St. Petersburg)
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REN TV
REN TV (russian: РЕН ТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television network, was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian televisio ...
*
Russia 1
Russia-1 (russian: Россия-1) is a state-owned Russian television channel, first aired on 14 February 1956 as Programme Two in the Soviet Union. It was relaunched as RTR on 13 May 1991, and is known today as Russia-1. It is the flagship ch ...
*
Russia 2
Russia-2 (russian: Россия-2) was a former Russian television channel operated by VGTRK. It primarily broadcast sport.
Between 2007 and 2009 during the daytime, it broadcast the children's channel called Bibigon.
Before January 1, 2010, ...
*
Russia 24
*
TNT (Russia)
TNT (russian: ТНТ, Твоё Новое Телевидение, Tvoyo Novoye Televideniye, lit=Your New Television) (russian: Телевидение нового тысячелетия, Televideniye Novogo Tisyachelyetiya, lit=Television for a ...
*
STS
*
RBC TV
Thematic
* 365 Days TV
* Zoo TV
* Auto Plus
* Kinopokaz
* Comedy TV
* Kitchen TV
* Teleputeshestvia
* Tonus TV
* Hunter & Fisherman
* 24 Techno
Other available channels
Besides channels from the packages of Platform HD and Platform DV, every subscriber can receive the
un-encrypted TV and radio channels free of charge.
Recommended equipment
For viewing channels in HD quality the company recommends to use the following receiving equipment:
Satellite:
* General Satellite HD-9300.
Cable:
* General Satellite HD-9320.
* General Satellite HD-9322.
Subscribing
You can receive Platform HD signal directly from the satellite or through the cable network.
* ''High-definition
cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with bro ...
Platform HD''
In order to receive Platform HD through the cable network you should contact your cable operator
Hereyou can find a list of the cable providers transmitting the Platform HD.
* ''High-definition satellite television Platform HD''
In order to receive Platform HD directly from the satellite, you need to choose a
Satellite coverage parameters
In the European part of Russia Platform HD was available via satellite on Eurobird 9А.
Orbital slot
9 degrees east longitude
Broadcast parameters
''Platform HD''
* Transponder #84
Frequency: 12,380 MHz
Polarization: Vertical (V)
Transmission standard: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
Symbol rate: 26,400
FEC: 2/3
* Transponder #80
Frequency: 12,303 MHz
Polarization: Vertical (V)
Transmission standard: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
Symbol rate: 26,400
FEC: 2/3
''Platform DV''
* Transponder #75
Frequency: 12,207 MHz
Polarization: Horizontal (H)
Transmission standard: DVB-S2
Modulation: 8PSK
Symbol rate: 27,500
FEC: 2/3
3D Television in Russia
In February 2010, Platform HD and its technological partners – General Satellite and Samsung Electronics – announced at the International professional exhibition CSTB 2010, they began working over the first 3D television project in Russia. However, the 3D channel is currently at a preparatory stage.
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References
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Television in Russia
Direct broadcast satellite services
Mass media in Saint Petersburg