N (Poland)


n 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. 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.
N was unveiled to the public in September 2006, aiming for an October 12 launch date.

Channels

At closing time, N had 99 encrypted channels, 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 : 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.
  • 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.
NameHDEPGVODPVRInternet accessInternet RadioGamesMultiroom
nbox HDTV
nbox HDTV recorder

250 GB*
nbox HDTV recorder Turbo

500 GB*
1 TB*
nbox HD
PVR-ready