Gilat Satellite Networks announced that NTV-Plus has selected the broadband service developed by Eutelsat Networks and powered by Gilat’s VSATs to offer Internet to DTH subscribers across the European part of the Russian Federation.

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Gilat Satellite Networks said its satellite solution provides affordable broadband, leveraging multi-beam high throughput capacity on the Express AMU1/EUTELSAT 36C satellite, whose wide-beam capacity is already used by NTV-Plus for TV broadcasting.

The service is based on Gilat’s broadband VSATs, Gemini (for enterprise) and the innovative Scorpio (for consumers), VSAT-in-a-Box outdoor terminal, both supporting self-install and automatic service activation.

DTH providers in Russia, looking to bring internet service to their subscribers, are embracing the fast growing broadband over satellite market. NTV-Plus offers internet service to both private consumers and corporate customers in unserved and underserved locations.

“As the significance of the Internet grows, and digital information becomes a key component of our personal and business lives, it is essential for us to provide high quality broadband services to our subscribers,” said Dmitry Mozzhegorov, chief information officer at NTV-Plus.

NTV-Plus is the first Russian DTH operator. NTV-Plus has a viewership of 3 million people.

“We see more MNOs and DTH provides using broadband over satellite as a mainstream vehicle to acquire new consumers as well as to reduce churn,” said Michal Aharonov, VP Commercial at Gilat.