The company was founded in 2006
New Media Legend provides the services for satellite capacity lease and signal uplink to satellites, as well as related services (digital compression, signal monitoring, provision of terrestrial communication channels, insertion of age marks, equipment hosting, etc.)
Historically 36°E is the first geostationary position which has been used for DTH broadcasting (Direct-to-Home, satellite broadcasting directly to the subscriber's antenna) in Russia since September 1, 1996.
Eutelsat 36B (former name – Eutelsat W7) and Eutelsat 36C (another name – Express-AMU1) coverage area accounts for approximately 80% of the country's population.
DTH households receive signals from Eutelsat 36B and Eutelsat 36C satellites.
сable households watch TV channels delivered to cable operators' headends via Eutelsat 36C and Eutelsat 36B satellites.
Eutelsat 36С
Eutelsat 36B
Launch date
25.12.2015
Launch vehicle
Proton-M/Briz-M
Operator
Russian Satellite Communications Company
Manufacturer
Airbus Defence and Space
Platform
Eurostar E3000
Start of commercial operation
10.02.2016
Mass of satellite
5900 kg
Projected lifetime
15 years
Ku-band transponders number
70
Number of beams
2
Coverage zones
Russia, Africa
Number of transponders in the Russian beam
20
Transponder bandwidth in the Russian beam
33 MHz
Launch date
24.11.2009
Launch vehicle
Proton-M/Briz-M
Operator
Eutelsat
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Platform
Spacebus-4000
Start of commercial operation
10.01.2010
Mass of satellite
5600 kg
Projected lifetime
15 years
Ku-band transponders number
70
Number of beams
5
Coverage zones
Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East and Cetral Asia
Number of transponders in the Russian beam
20
Transponder bandwidth in the Russian beam
33 MHz
Eutelsat 36С
Eutelsat 36B
DTH households receive signals from Eutelsat 36B and Eutelsat 36C satellites.
сable households watch TV channels delivered to cable operators' headends via Eutelsat 36C and Eutelsat 36B satellites.
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Eutelsat 36С
Eutelsat 36B
Launch date
25.12.2015
24.11.2009
Launch vehicle
Proton-M/Briz-M
Proton-M/Briz-M
Operator
Russian Satellite Communications Company
Eutelsat
Manufacturer
Airbus Defence and Space
Thales Alenia Space
Platform
Eurostar E3000
Spacebus-4000
Start of commercial operation
10.02.2016
10.01.2010
Mass of satellite
5900 kg
5600 kg
Projected lifetime
15 years
15 years
Ku-band transponders number
70
70
Number of beams
2
5
Coverage zones
Russia, Africa
Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East and Cetral Asia
Number of transponders in the Russian beam
20
20
Transponder bandwidth in the Russian beam
33 MHz
33 MHz
Own teleport "Fabula" is located on the territory of the Skolkovo Space Communications Center. To date, it is based on 3 receiving-transmitting antenna systems - two with a diameter of 9 meters and one with a diameter of 7.6 meters
In addition to directly raising the signal to the satellite, the teleport performs reception and retransmission of television signals, compression, formation of traffic flows, monitoring of signals, etc.
For the Russian Federation, due to its geographical extent and very high uneven distribution of population density, the satellite method of signal propagation is naturally necessary.
Eutelsat 36С
Eutelsat 36B
Today New Media Legend uplinks a total of 20 transponders on Eutelsat 36B and Eutelsat 36C satellites at orbital position 36°E
New Media Legend ensures for its main clients (NTV-PLUS and Tricolor) satellite broadcasting of more than 300 TV channels, including over 50 channels in HD format and 4 channels in Ultra HD format.
New Media Legend’s proprietary Earth Station "Fabula" is located on the territory of the Skolkovo Space Communications Center. It comprises of 3 transceiver antenna systems: two - 9 meters in diameter and one - 7.6 meters in diameter.
The Earth Station is equipped with the most up-to-date hardware and technology produced by world leaders in the sphere of satellite communications (Andrew, Newtec, CPI, General Dynamics, Vertex, Harmonic) and has automatic redundancy of all basic systems.
The Earth Station is provided with an uninterruptible 1st category power supply as well as an auxiliary diesel generator set.
Besides uplink service, the Earth Station provides reception and retransmission of television signals, digital compression, transport stream generation, monitoring of signals, etc.
For signal delivery New Media Legend uses its own and partners’ fiber-optic communication lines.
