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TV3 (Estonia)
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Commercial Television
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channel targeted at an Estonian language
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
audience owned by Viasat
Viasat
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(MTG). It was founded in 1996 after two recent television stations, EVTV and RTV joined.
TV3 has two sister channels. TV3+
TV3+ (Estonia)
3+ Estonia is a private television channel, owned by the Modern Times Group broadcasting to the Russian language minority in Estonia from the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2003.-External links:*...
is a television channel targeted at Russian language
Russian language
Russian 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...
minority in Estonia, launched in 2003. TV6
TV6 (Estonia)
TV6 Estonia is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Estonia featuring series, music, fashion and sports. It was launched on 24 March 2008, as all of the current channels are obliged to have digital sister channels at the end of March 2008. On 9 January 2010 TV6 Estonia left...
is an entertainment television channel, launched as a digital sister channel to TV3 in 2008.
For several years, TV3 had better ratings than the other private channel, Kanal 2
Kanal 2
Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".First broadcasts were aired on October 1, 1993.- Television series :Daytime* Victoria * Julia – Wege zum Glück ...
. The situation changed in 2006, when Kanal 2 made some big changes in their programme. TV3 ratings fell and shows had problems getting enough viewers to reach the Top 10 of the week. Later that year, programme director Jüri Pihel left TV3.
In 2009 all Baltic TV3 channels introduced new red-white visual identity, logo and slogan. The slogan was "Tere tulemast koju!" (Welcome home!). News programme "Seitsmesed uudised" was discontinued and changed with a new "TV3 uudised" (TV3 News), which had the same format as Latvian and Lithuanian TV3 News programmes.
In January 2011 Mikko Silvennoinen
Mikko Silvennoinen
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, a Finnish television host, journalist and producer, was hired as the new programme director. In February TV3 changed their news programme format and "Seitsmesed uudised" (News at 7) was brought back. On August 15, TV3 once again changed their visual identity and logo from red to purple, which was so far used in Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian and Slovenian TV3s. Also a new slogan was introduced: "Rohkem elu, rohkem meelelahutust!" (More life, more entertainment!).
Estonian shows and series
| Original name | English translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elu veinimõisas | Life in wine estate | Reality TV |
| Head isu | Bon appétit | Cooking |
| Kaua võib! | ||
| Kodu keset linna | Home in the middle of the city | drama series |
| Kolmeraudne | Talkshow | |
| Kriminaalne Eesti | Criminal Estonia | Documentary series |
| Kälimehed | Brothers-in-law | Sitcom |
| Kättemaksukontor | Revenge office | crime drama television series |
| Kümnesed uudised | News at 10 | News |
| Laulupealinn | Capital of singing | Reality TV, entertainment show |
| Muukija | Criminal news | |
| Naiste maailm | Women's world | Fashion, clothing, makeup |
| Nurgakivi | Cornerstone | Building, architecture, interior design |
| Rahaauk | Money hole | Estonian version of the Million Pound Drop |
| Seitsmesed uudised | News at 7 | News |
| Seks ja küla | Sex and the Village | Documentary series, sex topics |
| Sind otsides | Looking for you | Reality series, Estonian version of Russian series Жди меня |
| STOP! | — | Traffic topics |
| Täna võib | Today it's allowed | Entertainment show, consumer topics |
| Tätte ja Matvere imeline ilmareis | Tätte and Matvere's wonderful world travel | Travel series |
Foreign shows and series
| Original name | Estonian translation | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| The Bold and The Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... |
Vaprad ja ilusad | |
| Bones Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent... |
Kondid | |
| CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
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| CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes... |
CSI: New York | |
| Glee Glee (TV series) Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... |
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| Lena – Liebe meines Lebens | Lena - mu elu armastus | |
| NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S... |
NCIS: Kriminalistid | |
| Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July... |
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| Sturm der Liebe Storm of Love Storm of Love is a German soap opera which is broadcasted on the First and the rights of the TV stations will be marketed.Storm of love since 1 August 2005 and produced since 26 September 2005 from Monday to Friday at 15:10 clock sent in the release.... |
Kirgede torm | |
| Top Gear | — | |
| Triunfo del Amor | Armastus võidab | |
| The X Factor | X-factor | |
| :ru:Битва Экстрасенсов | Selgeltnägijate tuleproov |