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Television in Estonia was introduced in 1955, following the Soviet government's decision to establish a television station in 1953.^[1] The National TV Channel ETV has maintained an archive since 1955 in which broadcasts of unique aspects of Estonian culture are held.

Digital television was officially launched on December 15, 2006 when the operator Eesti Digitaaltelevisiooni AS launched its pay service ZUUMtv, operated by Starman, on two multiplexes. In 2006, only ETV was available for free, but as of March 2009, there are already 7 free channels in digital broadcast. ^[2]^[3] Digital television signal (DVB-T and DVB-H) is broadcast by Levira. DVB-C is provided by cable operators Starman, STV, Telset, telecommunications company Elion (also offering IPTV)^[4]. Analog transmitters were turned off in July 2010.^[5]

1 List of channels
2 Former channels
3 References

List of channels

State-owned

ETV – news, current affairs, culture, sports and general entertainment.
ETV 2 – general entertainment, sports and news

Commercial

Kanal 2 – news, current affairs and general entertainment.
Kanal 11 – general entertainment. Mostly for women.
Kanal 12 – general entertainment. Mostly for men.
Seitse – culture and music channel.
TVN (Estonia) – (in Russian)
TV 3 – news, current affairs and general entertainment channel.
TV3+ – news, current affairs and general entertainment channel (in Russian).
TV6 – general entertainment channel.
TV14 – general entertainment channel. Codeshare with Tallinna TV.
Fox Life – general entertainment channel.
Fox Crime – general entertainment channel.
Sony Entertainment Television – general entertainment channel.

Regional

Alo TV – music and news channel, Tartu-based.
Tallinna TV – owned by Tallinn city government. Launched on January 1st, 2011.

Former channels

TV 1 – Commercial channel. News, current affairs, sports and general entertainment.
EVTV – a predecessor of TV3
RTV – a predecessor of TV3
Tipp TV – a predecessor of TV1
Neljas – music, news and general entertainment channel.
Kalev Sport – sports channel, a predecessor of TV4.
TV4 – sports channel, a predecessor of TV14.
MTV Eesti – music and entertainment channel.

References

^ "Basic Facts". Association of Estonian Broadcasters. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
^ "Zuumtv channel list". Starman.ee accessdate=2009-03-14. http://www.starman.ee/teenused/zuum/kanalid.
^ "Chronology of Levira". Levira.ee accessdate=2009-03-14. http://www.levira.ee/435est.html.
^ "Digital television in Estonia". digitv.ee. http://www.digitv.ee/?go=digitaaltelevisioon_eestis. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
^ "Digitaaltelevisiooni ajastu". Levira.ee. 2008-12-30. http://www.levira.ee/949est.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

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Eesti Rahvusringhääling	Eesti Televisioon (ETV) · ETV2

Schibsted	Kanal 2 · Kanal 11 · Kanal 12

MTG	TV3 · TV3+ · TV6 · Viasat Sport Baltic TV1000 East · TV1000 Russkoe Kino · TV1000 Premium · TV1000 Action East · Viasat Sport East · Viasat Golf · Viasat Explorer · Viasat History

Fox International Channels	Fox Life · Fox Crime · National Geographic Channel Estonia

Sony Pictures Television	Sony Entertainment Television

Baltic Media Alliance	First Baltic Channel · First Baltic Music Channel · REN TV Baltic · REN TV Estonia

Others	Alo TV · Eesti Kristlik Televisioon · Seitse · TVN · Tallinna TV · RTR Planeta · NTV Mir

Defunct	TV1 · TV4 · TV14 · CITV · Eeter TV · EVTV · MTV Eesti · Neljas · RTV · Tipp TV

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