General Satellite

• 1991 - year of foundation of the company. Initially, her main fields of activity were sales and installation of satellite TV systems.
• 1994 – signing agreements for exclusive sale of equipment with Pace Micro Technology (UK) and Humax (S. Korea) companies. Company became one of the leading suppliers of satellite, cable and terrestrial TV equipment, and, particularly, the only Russian supplier of large-diameter antennas.
• 1995–1997 – active participation in setting up first Russian satellite broadcasting project

NTV-PLUS. Therefore, General Satellite became the general distributor of the equipment for viewing NTV-PLUS channels.

• 2001 – a strategic decision was taken on changing company's priorities, developing science-driven areas of business and system integration. Within the Corporation was created the Scientific and Research Division.
• 2003 – first receiver with own software was developed.
• February, 2005 – quality and international standard of corporation's developments was noted for the first time at the competition within the framework of the seventh international fair CSTB in Moscow, where GS FTA-7001S digital receiver became the winner in category "Best domestic (Russia, CIS, Baltic countries) development in the field of distribution and subscription equipment for satellite and cable TV".
• November, 2005 – GS TE-7010 receiver was declared the best low-budget terrestrial receiver based on the results of the test conducted by German magazine "Digital Fernsehen".
• 2005 – new Russian satellite TV project Tricolor TV was launched with technological support of the corporation.
• 2007 – GS VA-7200 digital satellite terminal became the winner in "Best Development" category at CSTB-2007 International fair.
• 2007 – due to the rate of satellite TV development in Russia as well as in view of the analogue-to-digital broadcasting switchover planned for 2015, was taken a decision on building a plant for manufacturing set-top boxes in Gusev town, Kaliningrad Region.
• 2008 – a long-term strategy on implementing investment project "Technopolis GS: scientific and technological development territory" was developed.
• 2009 – a system of highly automated production facilities was created in Gusev town. It will be able to supply the need in set-top boxes both of Russian consumers and customers in other European countries.
• February, 2nd, 2010 – GS Group announced launching of the first 3D-broadcasting in Russia and Eastern Europe. On April 15, for the first time in Russia the live 3D broadcast was performed by the company (Gala concert in the Mariinsky Theatre). European premiere of the satellite channel with three-dimensional image 3DV was held on May 21 in London.

GS Group's old logo as General Satellite.

GS Nanotech is a semiconductor fraction of the GS Group located in Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast, working in services and products around semiconductor, especially for SSD storage.[4] Since 2017 GS Natotech launched mass SSD storage productions in the 2.5" form factor with SATA interface, the following years SSD's in M.2 in Sata and PCIe form factors.[5][6]

Tricolor TV is the Russia's largest satellite TV, and most quickly growing satellite TV in the world. As for beginning of August 2010, over 6.5 millions of families were among its subscribers, i.e. around 80% from the total number of Russian digital TV users. Tricolor TV subscribers are connected and served based on CMW developed by General Satellite. General Satellite Corporation is developer and producer of set-top boxes for this project as well.

NTV-plus is the second largest satellite TV operator in Russia. General Satellite Corporation manufactures digital TV set-top boxes which are officially recommended for viewing NTV-plus programs.

Platform HD – Russian project of broadcasting HDTV channel package specializing in different subjects. Platform HD package is broadcast from the satellite on European territory of Russia and rebroadcast by leading operators via cable networks.

GS Group has been taking part in organization and support of different projects in the field of modern art for many years. These include arranging award in the field of leading-edge technologies,[7] holding different exhibitions and events, including those connected with introduction of hi-tech in the field of culture. Company is a longtime partner and participant of International Artistic Fair Art Moscow.

Russian company General Satellite took up an active stand in a campaign against copyright infringement. The company is an associated member of European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC). According to General Satellite information, up to 25% of satellite receivers in Russia are unauthorized.

GS Group representatives consider that the main problem of infringement is not content, but rather ways of accessing the content, and suggest that as the share of pay-TV in Russia increases, the degree of unlicensed use will grow as well.