TV3 is the brand name used by Viasat's flagship channels in Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The Baltic states (Balti riigid Baltijas valstis Baltijos valstybės or Baltic countries are three countries in Northern Europe, all members of the Viasat is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Modern Times Group ( MTG,) is a Swedish media company MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik, which in 1997 The first TV3 channel was launched on New Year's Eve 1987, breaking the monopoly on broadcasting in the Scandinavian languages. New Year's Eve is on December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year and the day before New Year's Day.

TV3 broadcasts at least six separate channels in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, each with a share of localized entertainment and documentaries produced in the respective domestic languages. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The Baltic states (Balti riigid Baltijas valstis Baltijos valstybės or Baltic countries are three countries in Northern Europe, all members of the All the channels are broadcast from West Drayton, Middlesex in the United Kingdom, which means that Viasat is able to circumvent the more stringent criteria for commercial messages that apply in the Scandinavian countries, specifically in relation to advertisements aimed directly at children, and the stricter rules on interrupting programs with commercials. West Drayton is an area of West London in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

Countries

At launch, there was one TV3 channel for all the Scandinavian countries. Separate channels for Denmark and Norway were soon launched so that there was a TV3 channel for each country. In the 1990s, TV3 expanded to cover the Baltic countries. Although Viasat's latest channels are not named TV3 they are all very much based on the TV3 model.

See also

• List of Danish television channels
• List of Estonian television channels
• List of Finnish television channels
• List of Latvian television channels
• List of Lithuanian television channels
• List of Norwegian television channels
• List of programs broadcast by TV 3 in Norway
• List of Swedish television channels
• List of television stations in Slovenia
• TV1000
• TV6
• TV8
• ZTV
• ZTV Norway

External links

• TV3 - Denmark
• TV3 - Estonia
• TV3 - Latvia
• TV3 - Lithuania
• TV3 - Norway
• TV3 - Sweden
• TV3 - Slovenia
• DTV - Russia
• Viasat3 - Hungary

Television in Denmark was established in the 1950s, but was run by a monopoly with only one channel available until the 1980s Television in Estonia was introduced in 1955. The National TV Channel ETV has maintained an archive since This is a list of Television channels broadcasting to Finnish- and Swedish-language audiences in Finland Television in Latvia was introduced in 1954.This is a list of Television channels that broadcast for a Latvian language audience Television in Lithuania was introduced in 1957. This is a list of Television channels that broadcast in Lithuania Television in Norway was introduced in 1954. Nowadays 40% of the population have cable TV and 30% have satellite TV This is a list of programs that has been or is currently being broadcast by TV3 (Viasat on its Norwegian channel. This is a list of Television channels that broadcast for a Swedish language audience This is a list of Television channels that broadcast in Slovenia: Public stations All public television channels are operated by RTV Slovenija. TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite Movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group (MTG TV6 is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Sweden. TV8 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group broadcasting to Sweden ZTV is also available in Norway see ZTV Norway ZTV is a television channel broadcast by Viasat to Sweden ZTV was a Norwegian entertainment television channel Its programming consisted of Music videos Movies and Sitcoms The channel was launched in Norway

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