• "Mobile TV" MTS: service overview, reviews

    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 day by 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 service (MTS) will help you get the most out of watching TV. The project was launched in July 2011, and after a couple of months the list of connected subscribers reached 30 thousand people. Month after month, the company developed its brainchild, adding new channels (today there are more than 100), improved the functionality of applications where every movie fan can easily find what he likes in a convenient and filtered list (categories, genres, actors, etc.) .)

    TV channels, in their turn, are also extremely interested in having Mobile Telesystems include them in their lists, because this not only significantly expands the number of viewers, but also increases audience loyalty. And the extra reviews about a particular TV channel that are left on the MTS forums will also not interfere with both the viewers themselves and the broadcaster with the provider.

    "Mobile TV" (MTS) works great in 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 would also not be superfluous to note that the application can also add films to the viewing calendar, there is a detailed program guide for each channel, "picture in picture", and stable operation of the MTS Mobile TV software on the computer has been established.

    Price

    The price for the service is variable. You can pay for a month (300 rubles) or pay by the day (15 rubles/day). By paying for "Mobile TV" (MTS) in a convenient way and at the selected rate, you can watch TV shows and movies without any restrictions. The traffic that is consumed in this case is completely free, and throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. they charge a fee at the time of connecting the service and charge until it is disconnected.

    Connection

    You can connect the service in four simple ways: via SMS, USSD request, personal account or through the 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 the mobile portal (subscriber call mode), dial the request *999*1# (daily payment) or *997*1# (monthly payment), then press the call, and the service will be connected.

    When connected by 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:

    1. Send SMS with text 01 to number 999.
    2. Form a USSD request *111*999*2# (daily payment) or *111*997*2# (monthly payment).
    3. In your personal account in the "Service Management" section, sequentially disable packages with the index "MTS mobile TV ..."
    4. In the mobile portal, dial the request *999*0*1# (daily payment) or *997*0*1# (monthly payment), then press the call, and the service will be disabled.

    Before turning off "Mobile TV" on MTS, check which tariff you have connected: daily or monthly.

    Terms of Service

    Depending on the selected tariff (monthly or daily), the fee will be charged accordingly: every day for 15 rubles or once a month for 300 rubles. this rate). Any speed limits for the MTS Mobile TV service (channels, videos and videos) do not apply, even if the limit on some connected package has been exhausted.

    If you work with a proprietary application from MTS, downloaded from the official website of the company, and you are located on the territory of the Russian Federation, then Internet traffic is not charged. But when installing software that was downloaded from third-party resources, such as the AppStore or Android Market, billing 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 your home network, then the traffic while browsing will be paid depending on the selected roaming tariff.

    In order to activate the service, your device must have a stable GPRS (and better) connection. 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 p).

    Device Support

    "Mobile TV" from MTS can support almost all known types of gadgets and devices. 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, S60 and Belle);
    • "Bad" (1.0>X);
    • BlackBerry (4.3>X);
    • "Windows Mobile" (from 5 to 6.5.3);
    • "iPad" and "iPhone";
    • personal computers with Windows OS (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10) and Mac, starting from version 10.6.

    In order to check whether your device is supported by a proprietary application, you need to go to the official website of MTS (mobile TV) and in the "Settings" section select the "Version for devices without OS" item, then click on the "Check" button. If you hear and see an image with sound, 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, then the billing will take place 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, the traffic flew away almost instantly.

    For normal operation of the application on a desktop or laptop computer, support for 3G and higher networks is required, otherwise (GPRS) you will get a picture of 320 x 240 pixels on a large monitor screen. There can be no question of any comfortable viewing in such a situation.

    Channels

    After connecting the service, the subscriber gets the opportunity to view almost two hundred channels from around the world, and not only in Russian, but also in other languages, including English, French, German and 23 more languages.

    The list of "Mobile TV" from MTS includes all the main Russian TV channels: both federal ("Channel One", NTV, "Russia 1 and 2"), and regional ("TV Center", "Moscow Weekdays", "2x2") . In addition, the air is well and densely saturated with entertainment (STS, TNT, Ren TV), sports (Sport 1, Fighter, Football, Eurosport), cultural, educational and educational programs (Discovery). , "My planet", "Animal planets", "Hunting and fishing"). And this is not a complete list of Mobile TV channels from MTS.

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