Schedule channels 3 digital television multiplex. When will the third digital television multiplex be launched?

Digital TV is a set of technologies that allows you to transmit an encoded video signal over a long distance. It has many advantages over analogue broadcasting:

• The signal is much more stable than analog.
• Best sound and picture quality.
• Ability to stream more TV shows.

Against this background, analog television fades into the background and becomes irrelevant. The main disadvantage of “digital” is the need to purchase special equipment to read the signal. Namely:

• TV supporting dvb t2 technology.
• Antenna for receiving a signal.
• A special set-top box that processes the signal from the antenna and transmits it to the TV.

Of course, it is not necessary to use all the equipment at once. If your TV supports dvb t2, then it will be enough to just buy an antenna. However, even the minimum required for work is quite expensive.

Multiplex is a set of specific channels transmitted over the same frequency using technology digital television in dvb t2 format. There are 2 multiplexes in Russia, and the third multiplex, so far, operates only in Moscow and the region.

First and second multiplexes

The first package operates throughout Russia. These are basic free TV channels for digital users. These include:

• "First"
• "Russia 1"
• "Match"
• "NTV"
• "Fifth "
• "Russia Culture"
• "Russia 24"
• "Carousel"
• "OTR"
• "TVC"

Not available throughout the Russian Federation. This includes the following programs:

• "Ren"
• "Friday"
• "Saved"
• "STS"
• "TNT"
• "Home"
• "TV3"
• "MUZ"
• "Star"
• "World"

Each year the programs may change depending on the results of the competition held by the authors of the project.

Will there be a third multiplex for free digital television?

Will. When it is turned on, it will include both informational and entertainment programs. Channels will vary in quality. Some are in SD format, and some are in HD. Each region will have its own programs.

Release date for multiplex 3 in 2019

It is not known exactly when the third multiplex will be fully launched. Due to the fact that people still use analogue TV, there is not enough space for a new multiplex. Official representatives of the project say that introducing a new set of digital television is not an easy and long process. Therefore, it is not known exactly when it will appear. Specific date still no.

Problems of the new multiplex

The launch of the third multiplex is temporarily difficult due to two problems:

1. Elimination terrestrial television.
2. Definition with a list of programs.

Broadcasting

Standard analogue broadcasting takes up too much air space. There is not enough space for digital.

Many TV channels are switching to digital, but they do not have a unified plan. The presence of regional and regional programs greatly slows down the transition process.

List of programs

To be included in the list of programs that the new multiplex will broadcast, each TV channel must pass a competition and also meet very strict limits. In addition to this, each region will have its own list of programs, and this slows down the process even more.

List of TV shows of the third multiplex

As mentioned earlier, the third dvb t2 digital TV package will be different for each region. However, in Moscow it already operates at a frequency of 578 MHz. It includes 40 different programs:

1. "Science 2.0"
2. "Russian novel"
3. "Sarafan"
4. "365 days"
5. "TNT Comedy"
6. "A lot of"
7. "HD Life"
8. "STV"
9. "India"
10. "Fighter"
11. "Amusement park"
12. "Moscow. Confidence"
13. "Euronews"
14. "Sport 1"
15. "Russia 2"
16. "Fight club"
17. "My planet"
18. "Music"
19. "Home Cinema"
20. "Time"
21. "Russian bestseller"
22. "Russian detective"
23. "Story"
24. "Cartoon"
25. "Our football"
26. "A country"
27. "Comedy"
28. "La Minor"
29. "Men's Cinema"
30. "Kitchen"
31. "Auto Plus"
32. "Life News"
33. "Living Planet"
34. "IQ HD"
35. "DOC"
36. "Techno"
37. "Mother"
38. "NST"
39. "Telecafe"
40. "Beaver"

All channels except the round-the-clock “LifeNews” and “Sport 1” work at a certain time. This is due to the fact that their launch is trial. In Russia, the process of transition from analog to digital is just beginning. Therefore, for now, there is no full-fledged 3rd multiplex.

Channel selection criteria

Not every TV channel can be included in the 3rd package. Only those who meet the following criteria will be broadcast:

Work 24/7

A person can turn on the TV at any time early in the morning or late at night. It is beneficial for the authors of the project that people stay to watch one of the programs. Therefore, round-the-clock work is one of the main criteria.

Demand.

If a TV channel is not in demand, then people don’t watch it much. Because the number of places on air is limited, such candidates fade into the background. They have almost no chance of getting on the list.

Availability of many gears

Monotonous programs quickly bore viewers. This leads to loss of views, and therefore money. Because of this, the channel may become unclaimed.

Channel operation on analogue broadcasting

The developers of the 3rd multiplex want to see how the TV channel works. What is its profitability? If everything is in order and it meets the other criteria, then there is every chance of passing.

The third multiplex in Crimea

Before Crimea became part of the Russian Federation, 4 dvb t2 digital TV packages worked there. The authorities decided to reduce their number to three. Since 2014, three multiplexes have been broadcasting in the Republic of Crimea. The first and second are Russian general television channels. The third contains regional programs. Thus, Crimea became the first subject of the Russian Federation in which a third multiplex appeared.

List of channels in Crimea

In the Republic of Crimea, only 7 TV channels broadcast, differing in quality:

In SD format:

• "First Crimean"
• "World"
• "Millet"
• "Moscow"

In HD format:

• "First Crimean"
• "Crimea"

List of TV channels in Sevastopol

The Sevastopol “digit” differs from the Crimean one. Here, only one program is broadcast with increased image clarity. And unlike Crimea, there are only 8 TV channels here:

In SD format:

• "First Crimean"
• "World"
• "Millet"
• "Crimea"
• "First Sevastopol"
• "Moscow"
• "Information channel of Sevastopol"

In HD format:

• "First Crimean"

Digital terrestrial television is the latest technology for encoding and transmitting audio and video signals through digital channels. The signal is transmitted in DVB-T2 format, which allows you to watch a large number of TV channels for free even in the most remote settlements of Russia.

Today, residents of Moscow and the region have access to 30 channels, divided into three multiplexes with 10 programs each.

Frequencies of DVB-T2 digital television channels

Each of the three multiplexes is tuned to a different frequency. The first multiplex is broadcast at a frequency of 546 MHz, the second - 498 MHz, the third - 578 MHz. Therefore, to view everyone free programs An all-wave or decimeter antenna is required, operating in the private range 470-860 MHz. In the Moscow region, you may need to install an antenna with an amplifier, the capabilities of which can improve even the most weak signal, coming from Ostankino or a repeater tower.

In the case when the antenna is connected to an obsolete TV, you will additionally need an external tuner operating in the DVB-T2 format.

To set up Moscow network programs on your TV, you need to search on channels 24, 30 and 34, the first, second and third multiplexes, respectively.

List of terrestrial television channels for 2019

The first group of programs, approved by decree of the President of Russia, includes federal channels. The second multiplex includes entertainment and informational-educational programs. The third multiplex is broadcast in test mode only from the Ostankino Tower (coverage radius up to 100 km), and the list of programs available to free viewing, may change until they are finally approved.

Logo	Number	Name	Genre	Frequency	Genre	Video format	Audio format
First multiplex
	30	First	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Russia 1	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Match	Federal	546 MHz	Sport	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	NTV	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Petersburg 5	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Russia K	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Russia 24	News	546 MHz	News	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Carousel	Children's	546 MHz	Children's	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	OTR	Public television of Russia	546 MHz	Public television	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	TV Center	Federal	546 MHz	Federal	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Vesti FM	Radio	546 MHz	Radio	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Lighthouse	Radio	546 MHz	Radio	MPEG4	MPEG2
	30	Radio Russia	Radio	546 MHz	Radio	MPEG4	MPEG2
Second multiplex
	24	REN TV	Federal	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	SAVED	Religion	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	STS	Entertaining	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	Home	Entertaining	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	TV3	Entertaining	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	Friday	Entertaining	498MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	Star	Historical	498MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	WORLD	CIS channel	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	TNT	Movies	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
	24	Muz TV	Music	498 MHz	3/4	MPEG4	MPEG2
Third multiplex (channels are broadcast according to schedule)
	34	Sports 1	Sport	578 MHz	Around the clock	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Sports 2	Sport	578 MHz	00:00-06:00 (42 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Fight club	Sport	578 MHz	06:00-12:00 (42 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	My planet	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	12:00-18:00 (42 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Science 2.0	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	18:00-00:00 (42 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Russian novel	Movies	578 MHz	00:00-05:00 (35 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Russian bestseller	Movies	578 MHz	05:00-10:00 (35 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Russian detective	Movies	578 MHz	10:00-15:00 (35 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Story	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	15:00 - 20:00 (35 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Cartoon	Children's	578 MHz	20:00-00:00 (35 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Sundress	Various	578 MHz	00:00-12:00 (84 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	A country	Various	578 MHz	12:00-00:00 (84 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Living Planet	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	00:00-06:00 (42 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	IQ HD	Informational	578 MHz	06:00-09:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	24 Doc	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	09:00-12:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Techno 24	Scientific and educational	578 MHz	12:00-15:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Mother	TV channel for mothers and children	578 MHz	15:00-18:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	NST	Movies	578 MHz	18:00-21:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Amusement park	Entertaining	578 MHz	21:00-00:00 (21 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Moscow trust	Informational	578 MHz	00:00-12:00 (84 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	euronews	News	578 MHz	12:00-00:00 (84 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Music of the first	Music	578 MHz	08:30-01:30 (119 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Home Cinema	Movies	578 MHz	01:30-02:30 (7 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Time	News	578 MHz	02:30-04:30 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	TV cafe	Entertaining	578 MHz	04:30-06:30 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Beaver	Entertaining	578 MHz	06:30-08:30 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	365	Informational	578 MHz	00:00-02:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	TNT Comedy	Entertaining	578 MHz	02:00-04:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Lots of TV	Movies	578 MHz	04:00-06:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	HD Life (SD quality)	Entertaining	578 MHz	06:00-08:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Sports 1	Various	578 MHz	08:00-10:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	India TV	Movies	578 MHz	10:00-12:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Fighter	Sport	578 MHz	12:00-14:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Comedy	Movies	578 MHz	14:00-16:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	La Minor	Music	578 MHz	16:00-18:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Men's cinema	Movies	578 MHz	18:00-20:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Kitchen TV	Entertaining	578 MHz	20:00-22:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Auto Plus	Entertaining	578 MHz	22:00-00:00 (14 hours/week)	MPEG4	MPEG2
	34	Life News	News	578 MHz	Around the clock	MPEG4	MPEG2

List of on-air analogue channels Moscow and region

Currently, 19 on-air television channels are broadcast from Ostankino in analogue format. In the future, with a complete transition to digital broadcasting, these channels will be disabled.

In January 2015, the third multiplex began broadcasting in trial mode from the capital's Ostankino TV tower. The launch is associated with the active introduction of digital television in our country. To continue watching channels, just make changes to the TV settings: operating frequency 578 MHz, TVK number 34, DVB-T2 standard. The resource for 10 positions was distributed in an unusual way for Russian broadcasting. Roskomnadzor has issued a license to 40 TV channels, but they work alternately with a certain schedule: each has a certain time to go on air. The main reason why the broadcast is not carried out in full is the new Federal Law “On Advertising”. It has banned the broadcast of advertising on pay-per-view or scrambled channels, and free-to-air broadcasting is required to escape this restriction. Even if the program was shown for one or two hours a day, it has the right to include full advertising in the time allotted to it. Below are the positions and the channel broadcast schedule with time indication.

Position	Channel logo	Name	Number	Frequency	Broadcast time
1		34	578 MHz	Around the clock
2		34	578 MHz	00:00-06:00 (42 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	06:00-12:00 (42 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	12:00-18:00 (42 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	18:00-00:00 (42 hours/week)
3		34	578 MHz	00:00-05:00 (35 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	05:00-10:00 (35 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	10:00-15:00 (35 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	15:00-20:00 (35 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	20:00-00:00 (35 hours/week)
4		34	578 MHz	00:00-12:00 (84 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	12:00-00:00 (84 hours/week)
5		34	578 MHz	00:00-06:00 (42 hours/week)
		IQ HD (SD quality)	34	578 MHz	06:00-09:00 (21 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	09:00-12:00 (21 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	12:00-15:00 (21 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	15:00-18:00 (21 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	18:00-21:00 (21 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	21:00-00:00 (21 hours/week)
6		34	578 MHz	00:00-12:00 (84 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	12:00-00:00 (84 hours/week)
7		34	578 MHz	08:30-01:30 (119 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	01:30-02:30 (7 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	02:30-04:30 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	04:30-06:30 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	06:30-08:30 (14 hours/week)
8		34	578 MHz	00:00-02:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	02:00-04:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	04:00-06:00 (14 hours/week)
		HD Life (SD quality)	34	578 MHz	06:00-08:00 (14 hours/week)
		STV	34	578 MHz	08:00-10:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	10:00-12:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	12:00-14:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	14:00-16:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	16:00-18:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	18:00-20:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	20:00-22:00 (14 hours/week)
		34	578 MHz	22:00-00:00 (14 hours/week)
9		34	578 MHz	Around the clock
10		34	578 MHz	Blocked

The information was obtained from open sources and is current as of the beginning of 2020. As the grid changes, the data will be updated.

Article 37. Erotic publications

Law of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 1991 N 2124-1 (as amended on July 13, 2015)
"About the media"

Distribution of specialized radio and television programs of an erotic nature without signal coding is permitted only from 23:00 to 4:00 local time, unless otherwise established by the local administration.

For the purposes of this Law, a mass media specializing in messages and materials of an erotic nature means a periodical publication or program that generally and systematically exploits interest in sex.

Retail sales of media products specializing in messages and materials of an erotic nature are permitted only in sealed transparent packaging and in specially designated premises, the location of which is determined by the local administration.

Growing rumors about testing a third multiplex with additional free digital channels do not fade away. The planned transition seemed to have taken place already that year, but in reality only 20 channels are available to TV viewers. This is not surprising; the first package of channels was put into operation almost 10 years ago. The second one was tested for 3 years before it became publicly available.

Now all Moscow residents can appreciate the 3rd multiplex. However, in reality it will most likely appear at the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020. Today we will tell you new details, as well as about the list of channels that are going to be included in it.

Which channels are most likely to end up in the third multiplex?

It’s too early to talk about this, but there are rumors regarding those TV channels that are likely to top the list of the new package. There are currently about 40 candidates in total. You can see them in the table above.

You can watch these channels at the designated broadcast times. To search, you must use channel 34 at a frequency of 578 MHz.

Do you know that in Rep. Crimea has its own 3 multiplex. It includes several republican channels

When selecting candidates, RTRS and Roskomnadzor take into account the following requirements:

1. Possibility of round-the-clock broadcasting.
2. The channel has no financial problems and no possible difficulties with provision in the future.
3. General popularity among the population.
4. Broadcast original content.
5. Possibilities of analogue broadcasting.

The introduction of a multiplex is complicated for a number of reasons. Firstly, the demands of the population do not always coincide with the criteria provided by Roskomnadzor. In particular, not all desired channels have the capacity to broadcast on analogue frequencies. Secondly, due to the scale of the country, it is difficult to assess the financial benefits of both parties.

That is why a new package of channels takes a very long time to select and master. We hope that this process will be completed by the end of the year, because by June 3 the last area will be disconnected from analogue broadcasting.

As you know, the third digital on-air multiplex has been expected in Russia for quite some time. In the Federal Target Program “Development of Television and Radio Broadcasting for 2012-2018.” it is written that the decision to launch it should be considered in 2018. And now this year has come. Is there any progress in this regard?

One of our regular readers asked this question and decided to write an official request to the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications. We must pay tribute, despite the fact that the question was asked not by a media representative, but by an ordinary viewer, an official answer was received. Frankly, he personally puzzled us a little. What did the ministry answer?

Before we quote the text from the official letter, it should be recalled that the third multiplex was previously planned to be given to regional TV channels. But in the end, this issue was postponed due to the fact that it was not clear how regional television companies would pay for all this, because The sums for RTRS services were announced, to put it mildly, considerable. And this is against the background that not all channels can pay for their presence in the second multiplex, and some of them do not pay for it at all. But more on that later, but for now let’s listen to the official response from the Ministry of Communications regarding the launch of the third broadcast “trunk”:

“In connection with your appeal received by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia on electronic systems general use, we inform you as follows.
At a meeting of the Government Commission on Television and Radio Broadcasting on October 27, 2014, the advisability of determining the principles for the formation of the third multiplex no earlier than 2018 was noted.
However, the current experience of introducing a second multiplex shows that even the large commercially successful TV channels that are part of it do not have the opportunity to pay for digital broadcast communication services in full.
Therefore, before making a decision on the prospects and procedure for the formation of a regional multiplex, it is planned to assess the economic conditions for the functioning of the TV channels of the second multiplex when they begin broadcasting to the entire territory declared in the license, which will be possible
no earlier than 2020.

Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Region
mass media
G.M. Trubitsyn"

Thus, from the text of the letter we can conclude that “retrospectively” consideration of the issue of a third multiplex is postponed until at least 2020.

And now ours OPINION.

If we put aside sentiments about small regional television channels, then the issue of at least one regional television in “terrestrial digital” is in fact quite solvable. And there is no need to tell everyone here about the budget and economic feasibility. I have nothing against the Spas channel, which is broadcast in the second multiplex, but previously it was repeatedly announced that this channel pays absolutely nothing for its presence in the second ten channels. Also, the financial prospects for several more channels that are still forced to leave analogue television broadcasting are not the best, because the main “federals” will not leave it and will not “drag” the remaining viewers on “analog” with them. As a result, the budget pays for all this hassle with broadcasting. So why not include the 21st regional TV channel in the second multiplex, for which let, for example, the regional budget pay? But for now in high circles they pretend that they are deciding on a “development strategy”...

But sooner or later you will still have to make a decision. But so far we see that responsible officials prefer to simply play for time. It is possible that in this case they expect that someday the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will become seriously interested in this problem and give instructions on what needs to be done?

In fact, the problem with analog TV and the third terrestrial multiplex can be solved. Especially now, when the most important elections in the country have passed and nothing threatens the political course in the Russian Federation. Therefore, we need to act and solve many long-standing problems. And we once again observe from responsible officials their operating principle, which lies in the lines of the once popular song performed by Alexander Barykin - “Attention! Tomorrow's TV schedule has been postponed until tomorrow."