2006–2013 Polish satellite service
n [ɛn] was a Polish DTH platform. It was launched on October 12, 2006 and owned by ITI Neovision. On December 31, 2011 the company had reached 929,000 subscribers.[2] On March 21, 2013, n merged with Cyfra+ to form nc+.
History
In May 2006, the ITI Group announced the opening of a "new generation" subscription television platform for the autumn of 2006, with TVN and Onet acting as key strategic partners in the upcoming project.[3]
N was unveiled to the public in September 2006, aiming for an October 12 launch date.[4]
Channels
At closing time, N had 99 encrypted channels (6 in foreign languages), 23 free-to-air channels in Polish, 34 HDTV channels, and 3 3D channels.
In-house channels
Throughout its history, N also had its own in-house channels:
- Wojna i Pokój (War and Peace): The channel broadcast movies from the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia, with either Polish voice-over or original Russian audio. Converted to HD in 2012, after which the channel timeshared with Sundance Channel. Shut down in 2013 because of the merger.
- O.TV: Channel run by Jerzy Owsiak, broadcasts started in 2007 and ended in 2009. It later ran as a block on ZigZap until 2010.
- nTALK: Channel focusing on American and Polish talk shows. Started in 2007 and ended in 2009.[5][6]
- nSPORT: Sports channel. Later integrated into the NC+ offer in 2013 and rebranded in 2014.
VOD
Set-top boxes
As for 2012 n offers four set-top boxes to their subscribers. Most notably, it is the only DTH platform in Poland that doesn't provide CI modules to use with generic DVB-S2 receivers.
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