Television in Estonia
Overview of the television in Estonia
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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.
Northern Estonia receives television signals from Finland . During the 1970s and 1980s, Finnish broadcasts were more popular than Soviet-Estonian offerings until the Singing Revolution , [2] with many Estonians enjoying Dallas and other programs portraying non-Communist lifestyles. [3]
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. [4] [5] 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 ). [6] Analog transmitters were turned off in July 2010. [7]
List of television channels
See also
References
- ↑ "Basic Facts". Association of Estonian Broadcasters. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ↑ Nordenstreng, Kaarle (2004). "Finland" . In Horace Newcomb, Museum of Broadcast Communications (ed.). Encyclopedia of Television . Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 877–880. ISBN 9781579584115 .
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (2010-11-12). "J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia" . The New York Times . pp. C12 . Retrieved October 4, 2012 .
- ↑ "Zuumtv channel list" . Starman.ee . Retrieved 2009-03-14 .
- ↑ "Chronology of Levira" . Levira.ee . Retrieved 2009-03-14 .
- ↑ "Digital television in Estonia" . digitv.ee . Retrieved 2009-03-14 .
- ↑ "Digitaaltelevisiooni ajastu" . Levira.ee. 2008-12-30. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009 . Retrieved 2009-03-14 .
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