Digital terrestrial television in Estonia
Digital terrestrial television in Estonia, was officially launched on 15 December 2006, when the operator Zuum TV launched its pay service on two multiplexes.[1] Transmissions are made with MPEG-4 AVC compression using the DVB-T standard. A DVB-T2 standard-based network (Multiplex 7) has been created for HD-quality TV picture transmission.[2]
In June 2007, Levira and ETV announced that they had agreed to launch an HDTV trial in July 2007.[3]
In November 2007, a third multiplex was launched, covering almost all of the country. This multiplex was to be used by free-to-air services, while the two existing national multiplexes would only carry pay channels. Hence the public channel ETV was transferred to the new multiplex.[4] At this time there are only 17 free-to-air channels (channels from ERR, Duo Media, TV3 Group and news channels) while others are pay-TV channels, offered by AS Elisa.[5]
As of November 2024, there are 12 high definition and 37 standard definition channels on these multiplexes:[6]
| LCN | Channel | Language | MUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ETV | Estonian | 1 |
| 2. | ETV2 | Estonian | 1 |
| 3. | Kanal 2 | Estonian | 6 |
| 4. | TV3 | Estonian | 6 |
| 5. | Jupiter (HbbTV service by ERR) | Estonian | 1 |
| 6. | Digilevi info (HbbTV service by Levira) | Estonian | 1 |
| 7. | ETV+ | Russian, Estonian | 1 |
| 8. | France 24 | English | 6 |
| 9. | Current Time TV | Russian | 6 |
| 10 | TVP World | English | 6 |
| 11. | FreeDom | Russian | 6 |
| 12. | Duo 5 | Estonian | 2 |
| 13 | TV6 | Estonian | 2 |
| 14. | Duo 4 | Estonian | 3 |
| 15. | Euronews | English | 3 |
| 16. | Viasat History | English, Russian Estonian subtilties |
6 |
| 17. | Euronews | Russian | 6 |
| 18 | FX Life | English, Russian Estonian subtitles |
3 |
| 19. | FX | English, Russian Estonian subtitles |
3 |
| 20. | Duo 3 | Estonian, Russian | 2 |
| 21. | Filmzone | English, Russian | 3 |
| 22. | Duo 6 | Estonian, Russian | 2 |
| 23. | RTL | German | 6 |
| 24. | Eesti Kanal | Estonian | 3 |
| 25. | Investigation Discovery | English, Russian Estonian subtitles |
3 |
| 26. | Discovery Channel | English, Russian | 2 |
| 27. | National Geographic Channel | English, Russian Estonian subtitles |
3 |
| 28. | Animal Planet | English, Russian | 2 |
| 29. | History | English, Russian Estonian subtitles |
2 |
| 31. | Kidzone Max | Estonian, Võro, Russian | 2 |
| 34. | Eurosport 1 | English, Russian | 2 |
| 35. | Eurosport 2 | English, Russian | 3 |
| 38. | MyHits | Estonian | 3 |
| 39. | TLC | English, Russian | 3 |
| 40. | Travel Channel | English, Russian | 6 |
| 44. | TV3 Life | Estonian | 2 |
| 50. | Hustler TV | English | 3 |
| 201 | ETV HD | Estonian | 7 |
| 202 | ETV2 HD | Estonian | 7 |
| 203 | Kanal 2 HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 204 | TV3 HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 207 | ETV+ HD | Russian, Estonian | 7 |
| 212 | Duo 5 HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 213 | TV6 HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 214 | Duo 4 HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 238 | MyHits HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 244 | TV3 Life HD | Estonian | 4 |
| 245 | Kanal 7 HD | Russian, Estonian | 4 |
| 247 | Kino 7 HD | Russian Estonian subtilties |
4 |
See also
References
- ^ "Estonia - Official launch of DTT services". DigiTAG. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ^ "Teenused telekanalitele". Levira (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Levira and ETV agreed to start HD transmissions over DTT" (Press release). Levira. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007.
- ^ Third DTT mux for Estonia : Broadband TV News
- ^ "Terrestrial TV broadcasting". Levira. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "LEVIRA DTT" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2024.