Modern mobile gadgets with a SIM card have long ceased to be used only as a means of communication. The list of features of smartphones and phones is expanding literally every day. In addition to all kinds of applications for work and games, a good device is able to play high-quality video and delight its owner with your favorite programs and videos.
The Mobile TV (MTS) service will help you get the most out of watching TV shows. The project was launched in July 2011, and after a couple of months, the list of connected subscribers reached the mark of 30 thousand people. Month after month, the company developed its brainchild by adding new channels (today there are more than 100), improving the functionality of applications where every movie fan can easily find what he likes in a convenient and filtered list (categories, genres, actors, etc.) .)
The TV channels, in turn, are also extremely interested in the fact that the "Mobile Telesystems" include them in their lists, because this not only significantly expands the number of viewers, but also increases audience loyalty. Yes, and unnecessary reviews about a particular channel, which are left on the MTS forums, will also not hinder the viewers themselves, or the translator with the provider.
Mobile TV (MTS) works great on 3G networks and Wi-Fi protocols. For more or less high-quality viewing, a speed of at least 150 Kbps is required. The subscriber himself can set the priority of the network through which the video stream will be broadcast.
It will also not be amiss to note that the application can add interesting programs and films to the viewing calendar, there is a detailed program guide for each channel, a picture-in-picture, and stable operation of the MTS Mobile TV software on a computer has been established.
Cost
The price of the service is variable. You can pay per month (300 rubles) or pay by the day (15 rubles / day). Having paid for "Mobile TV" (MTS) in a convenient way and at the selected rate, you can watch TV shows and movies without any restrictions. Traffic, which is consumed, is completely free, and throughout the Russian Federation. "Mobile telesystems" charge a fee at the time the service is connected and charge until it is disconnected.
Connection
You can activate the service in four simple ways: via SMS, USSD-request, personal account or through a mobile portal.
Send SMS with text 1 to number 999.
Form a USSD request * 111 * 999 * 1 # (daily payment) or * 111 * 997 * 1 # (monthly payment).
In your personal account, click on the links “Number Management” -> “Internet Assistant” -> “Tariffs and Services” -> “Service Management” -> “Connect New Services” and in the list find “Mobile TV MTS”
In the mobile portal (subscriber call mode) dial * 999 * 1 # (daily payment) or * 997 * 1 # (monthly payment), then press the call and the service will be connected.
When you connect using one of the above methods, you will receive a response SMS to download "MTS TV" (mobile application). After installing the software on your phone or computer, you need to perform a simple activation and you can start watching your favorite programs and movies.
Shutdown
In order to disable the service, you can use any of the four methods described below:
- Send SMS with the text 01 to the number 999.
- Form a USSD request * 111 * 999 * 2 # (daily payment) or * 111 * 997 * 2 # (monthly payment).
- In your account in the section "Service Management", sequentially disconnect packages with the index "Mobile TV MTS ..."
- In the mobile portal, dial * 999 * 0 * 1 # (daily payment) or * 997 * 0 * 1 # (monthly payment), then press the call and the service will be disconnected.
Before you turn off "Mobile TV" on MTS, specify which tariff you have connected: daily or monthly.
Terms of Service
Depending on the chosen tariff (month or day), the fee will be charged accordingly: every day 15 rubles or once a month 300. In the event that you have activated the MTS Tablet service, then mobile television is provided absolutely free (within of this tariff). Any speed limits on the MTS Mobile TV service (channels, videos and videos) do not apply, even if the limit on any connected package is exhausted.
If you work with a proprietary application from MTS downloaded from the official website of the company and at the same time are located in the Russian Federation, then Internet traffic is not charged. But when you install software that was downloaded on third-party resources, such as the AppStore or Android Market, the tariffing will occur in accordance with your tariff plan. Numerous reviews about "Mobile TV" from MTS are full of complaints about this, so be careful when installing and downloading the application.
If you are outside the home network, then the traffic when viewing will be paid depending on the selected roaming tariff.
In order to activate the service, your device must have stable GPRS (and better) communication. The communication channel directly depends on the image quality.
Approximate quality for speeds:
- 150 Kbps - minimum video quality (240-360 r);
- 300-500 Kbps - average picture quality (360-480 r);
- from 500 Kbps - high quality video (720-1024 r).
Device support
"Mobile TV" from MTS can support almost all known types of gadgets and devices. The stable operation of the software is guaranteed on the following platforms:
- tablets and smartphones on Android (2.2> X);
- iOS (7.0, WP);
- Symbian (3.0, S 60 and Belle);
- "Bad" (1.0> X);
- BlackBerry (4.3> X);
- Windows Mobile (from 5 to 6.5.3);
- “IPad” and “iPhone”;
- personal computers with the Windows operating system (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10) and on the Mac, starting with version 10.6.
In order to check whether your device is supported by a proprietary application, you need to go to the MTS official website (mobile TV) and select “Version for devices without OS” in the “Settings” section, then click on the “Check” button. If you hear and see an image with sound, then your device is supported.
Separately, it is worth noting that while watching TV channels through standard browsers, traffic is not charged, but if you use Opera Mini, the tariff will be carried out according to your tariff plan, so be careful. Many subscribers in their reviews have repeatedly noted this strange feature, when when watching a video through Opera Mini, traffic flew almost instantly.
For the application to work properly on a stationary or laptop computer, support for 3G networks and higher is required, otherwise (GPRS) you will get a picture of 320 x 240 pixels on the screen of a large monitor. About any comfortable viewing in such a situation is out of the question.
Channels
After connecting the service, the subscriber gets the opportunity to watch almost two hundred channels from around the world, and not only in Russian, but also in other languages, including English, French, German and another 23 languages.
MTS’s Mobile TV list contains all the major Russian TV channels: both federal (Channel One, NTV, Russia 1 and 2) and regional (TV Center, Moscow Everyday, 2x2) . In addition, the ether is well and densely saturated with entertainment (STS, TNT, Ren TV), sports (Sport 1, Fighter, Football, Eurosport), cultural and educational programs (Discovery) , “My Planet”, “Enemy Planets”, “Hunting and Fishing”). And this is far from a complete list of Mobile TV channels from MTS.
Reviews
Most subscribers respond positively to mobile television from MTS. People liked the availability of the application and the high-quality reception of channels. Where there is coverage from MTS, even at the GPRS level, you can watch your favorite programs and TV shows. Some regions complain about an inadequate program guide in certain areas, but you can somehow come to terms with this. Each region has its own program, and the satellite sometimes incorrectly determines the region, which is why there is confusion in the broadcasting network.