Television in Estonia
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Television in Estoniawasintroduced in 1955,following the Soviet government's decision to establish atelevisionstation in 1953.[1]TheNationalTVChannel ETV has maintained an archive since 1955 in which broadcasts of unique aspects ofEstonian cultureare held.
NorthernEstoniareceivestelevision signals from Finland.During the 1970s and 1980s, Finnish broadcasts were more popular than Soviet-Estonian offerings until theSinging Revolution,[2]with many Estonians enjoyingDallasand 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 serviceZuum TV,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-TandDVB-H) is broadcast by Levira.DVB-Cis provided by cable operatorsStarman,STV,Telset,telecommunications companyElion(also offeringIPTV).[6]Analog transmitters were turned off in July 2010.[7]
List of television channels[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^"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.ISBN9781579584115.
- ^Holden, Stephen (2010-11-12)."J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia".The New York Times.pp. C12.RetrievedOctober 4,2012.
- ^"Zuumtv channel list".Starman.ee.Retrieved2009-03-14.
- ^"Chronology of Levira".Levira.ee.Retrieved2009-03-14.
- ^"Digital television in Estonia".digitv.ee.Retrieved2009-03-14.
- ^"Digitaaltelevisiooni ajastu".Levira.ee. 2008-12-30. Archived fromthe originalon January 31, 2009.Retrieved2009-03-14.
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