List of Latvian television channels
Encyclopedia
Television
in Latvia
was first tested in 1937 and introduced in 1954
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This is a list of television
channels that broadcast for a Latvian language
audience.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
was first tested in 1937 and introduced in 1954
Timeline of the introduction of television in countries
This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included....
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This is a list of television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
channels that broadcast for a Latvian language
Latvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
audience.
State owned
- LTV1Latvijas TelevizijaLatvijas Televīzija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and gaining the rest from showing television commercials . Although moving LTV to licence fee funding has long been debated, this has...
- national television - LTV7Latvijas TelevizijaLatvijas Televīzija is the state-owned public service broadcasting television company in Latvia.The company is funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government , and gaining the rest from showing television commercials . Although moving LTV to licence fee funding has long been debated, this has...
- national television
Private
- TV3TV3 LatviaTV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...
- 3+ Latvia3+ Latvia3+ Latvia is a television channel owned by the Modern Times Group broadcasting to the Russian language minority in Latvia from the United Kingdom...
(TV3 Russian version for Latvia)
- 3+ Latvia
- TV6
- LNT
- TV5
- Nickelodeon Russia
- First Baltic ChannelChannel One (Russia)Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
Latvia (Pirmais Baltijas kanāls/Pervy Baltiysky Kanal) - Entirely in RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... - TV XXI
- MTV Latvija - localized version of MTV Baltic
- OE TV
- LMK (Latvijas Mūzikas kanāls - Latvian Music Channel)
- LZK (Latvijas Ziņu kanāls - Latvian News Channel)
- TV24 - a news channel by LETALETALETA is the main Latvian news agency. Its headquarters are in Riga.- History :It was founded as Latopress in 1919, soon after Latvia became independent; the name was changed to LTA the next year when the wire service was subordinated to the Latvian Telegraph Agency...
Local / regional TV stations
- TV Dzintare - only in LiepājaLiepajaLiepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
- Lemon TV - Cable TV (Latvia), DVB-T - only in VidzemeVidzemeVidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River...
area (Lemon TV Latvia webpage) - LRTLRTLRT may stand for:*IATA airport code for Lorient South Brittany Airport, France*Lewis Roberts-Thomson*Lithuanian National Radio and Television *Light rail, a form of urban rail public transportation...
- Latgalian Regional Television (only in Latgalia) - VTVVTVVTV can stand for the following:*Vaikundar Thirukkudumbam Version, one among the versions of the holy book of Ayyavazhi.*Valtiontalouden tarkastusvirasto — the Finnish State Audit Office* Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, a Tamil movie released in 2010....
(Ventspils TV) - only in VentspilsVentspilsVentspils is a city in northwestern Latvia in the Courland historical region of Latvia, the sixth largest city in the country. As of 2006, Ventspils had a population of 43,806. Ventspils is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port... - OTVOTV- Science and technology :* Odor threshold value a measure of odor intensity* Orbital Test Vehicle, another name for the Boeing X-37 unmanned spacecraft* Orbital transfer vehicle, a space tug used to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another...
(Ogres TV) - only in OgreOgre, LatviaOgre is the principal town of Ogre District in Central Latvia, 36 km east of the capital Riga, situated at the confluence of the Daugava and Ogre rivers... - TV Miljons - only in DaugavpilsDaugavpilsDaugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...
- TV DAUTKOM - cable TV, only in DaugavpilsDaugavpilsDaugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...
- Valmieras TV - only in ValmieraValmieraValmiera is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 18.1 km². It is the center of the Valmiera District. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 – 27,569....
- TV Viļāni - only in ViļāniVilaniViļāni is a town in Eastern Latvia, situated in the western part of Rēzekne District. The railway line Riga-Moscow, and the motor highway Riga-Moscow, and the road Preiļi-Balvi cross Viļāni. The Malta river flows through the town....
(One of the smallest TV stations in the world - 2 people ((Latvian) Story in "Diena"), probable liquidation in 2009 due to economic status ((Latvian) Lursoft business database)