MTV Max
| MTV Max | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 November 2006 |
| Owned by | MTV Oy |
| Audience share | 1.0% (2009, [1]) |
| Slogan | Miesten etuoikeus! ("Men's privilege!") |
| Country | Finland |
| Formerly called | MTV3 Max (2006-2013) |
| Replaced |
MTV3+ (November 2002 - November 2006) |
| Sister channel(s) |
MTV3 Sub AVA MTV Max Sport 1 MTV Max Sport 2 MTV Max Premier HD MTV Fakta MTV Leffa MTV Juniori MTV Sarja MTV Fakta XL MTV Komedia |
| Website | www.mtv3.fi/max |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial | Channel 40 |
| Cable | |
| Welho | Channel 166 |
| DNA | Channel 13 |
MTV Max is a Finnish pay television channel owned and operated by MTV3. The channel started broadcasting in November 2006 and was originally dedicated to F1 coverage.
History
MTV3+
In November 2002, MTV3 announced the launch of a digital-only channel named MTV3+ for broadcasting mobile games and soap opera re-runs. They were granted a terrestrial minilicense and most of Finland's cable operators carried it.
The channel got a full license in January 2004 and with its possibilities, Formula 1, ice hockey's SM-liiga, Finnish Floorball League, boxing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and some other sports broadcasts were added to the channel's programming. But at the same time, the channel partially turned into a pay-TV channel with a one-time fee of €20 (for Formula 1 & SM-liiga, there was also an extra fee of €70 each). MTV3 used the old minilicense of MTV3+ to create another channel, MTV3+ Extra, which showed overtime periods of SM-liiga matches.
The channel did not focus solely on sports: movies, court sessions and live coverage of reality series were added, while the most notable broadcast was the Tony Halme drug trial in 2004.
MTV3 MAX
On 1 November 2006, 4 years from the channel's beginning, MTV3+ was quit with a very small notice of 28 hours. The channel got replaced by four new pay-TV channels, MTV3 MAX, MTV3 Fakta, Sub Leffa and Sub Juniori.
Sports programming
Motorsports
- Formula One
- GP2
- GP3
- Formula BMW
- Porsche Supercup
- WRC
- Top Gear
- Fifth Gear
- Documentaries branded as MAX.doc
Ice hockey
- Euro Hockey Tour
- Finnish national ice hockey team (men, women, U20 & U18)
- Mestis
Contact sports (branded as MAX Fight)
- WWE PPV events
- WWE NXT
- WWE Raw
- WWE SmackDown
- UFC
- It's Showtime
- Fight Festival
- CAGE
- Boxing Night
- Enfusion
Other Programming
Talk shows
Comedy
Reality
- Dhani Tackles the Globe
- Hell's Kitchen
- Scrapheap Challenge
Fictional
MTV3's Formula One Team
- Oskari Saari - Provides race commentary for live broadcasts. Matti Kyllönen has previously provided commentary for the hour-long race summary shown on MTV3.
- Erkki Mustakari - Reporter and interviewer as well as occasional co-commentator with Saari (such as replacing Jyrki Järvilehto in 2010).
- Timo Pulkkinen - On-track reporter and interviewer for races. Also occasional commentator for Friday practice sessions.
- Mika Salo - Saari's new co-commentator in 2011.
References
- ↑ Sandell, Lena; Lamberg, Anna-Leena (2010-02-03). "Television viewing in Finland 2009". Finnpanel. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
External links
- MTV Max – Official site (Finnish)
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