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|14.|| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
|14.|| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
| rowspan="2" |Fox Networks Group Espana|| entertainment, series, films
| rowspan="2" |Walt Disney Company Iberia/Fox Networks Group Espana|| entertainment, series, films
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|15.|| [[FOX Life|Fox Life Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}} || entertainment, series, films
|15.|| [[FOX Life|Fox Life Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}} || entertainment, series, films
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|16.|| [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
|16.|| [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic Latvia]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
|NGC Europe Limited|| nature, science, documentaries
|Walt Disney Company Iberia/NGC Europe Limited|| nature, science, documentaries
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|17.|| [[Discovery Channel Europe]] || {{no}}
|Disney Channel Latvia
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| rowspan="2" |Walt Disney Company Iberia
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|Disney Junior Latvia
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|19.|| [[Discovery Channel Europe]]|| {{no}}
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|Discovery Corporate Services Limited|| science, documentaries
|Discovery Corporate Services Limited|| science, documentaries
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|18.|| [[Latvijas Šlāgerkanāls]]|| {{no}}
|Cartoon Network Nordic and Baltic
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| rowspan="2" |Warner Bros Discovery EMEA
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|Cartoonito Nordic and Baltic
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|Nickelodeon Latvia
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| rowspan="2" |Paramount Global EMEAA
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|Nick Junior Latvia
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|24.|| [[Latvijas Šlāgerkanāls]]|| {{no}}
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| rowspan="2" |Mūzikas Video Kanāls|| music, mostly [[Schlager music|Schlager]]
| rowspan="2" |Mūzikas Video Kanāls|| music, mostly [[Schlager music|Schlager]]
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|19.|| [[Mūzikas Video]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}} *Only website || music
|25.|| [[Mūzikas Video]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}} *Only website || music
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|20.|| [[KidZone TV]] || {{no}}
|26.|| [[KidZone TV]] || {{no}}
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|Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) || children's programming (from 06:00 to 01:00 hrs. only), music (from 01:00 to 06:00 hrs.)
|Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) || children's programming (from 06:00 to 01:00 hrs. only), music (from 01:00 to 06:00 hrs.)
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|21.|| [[Pingvīns]]|| {{no}}
|27.|| [[Pingvīns]]|| {{no}}
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|Teledistribution|| children's programming in Latvian, Russian.
|Teledistribution|| children's programming in Latvian, Russian.
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|22.|| [[Sony Channel (Russia)|Duo 3]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
|28.|| [[Sony Channel (Russia)|Duo 3]] || {{no}} || {{yes}}
| rowspan="3" |Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) || series, films
| rowspan="3" |Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) || series, films
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|23.|| [[Duo 6]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}} ||films, comedy series
|29.|| [[Duo 6]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}} ||films, comedy series
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|24.|| Kanal 7 || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||Russian, films, series, news
|30.|| Kanal 7 || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||Russian, films, series, news
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|25.|| [[8TV (Latvia)|8TV]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}}
|31.|| [[8TV (Latvia)|8TV]]|| {{no}} || {{yes}}
|Helio Media||Russian, entertainment, films, series
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*[[Channel One Baltic|PBK Igaunija]] – Estonian branch of the Russian [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]], closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
*[[Channel One Baltic|PBK Igaunija]] – Estonian branch of the Russian [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]], closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
*[[PBK Lithuania]] - Lithuanian branch of the Russian [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]], closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
*[[PBK Lithuania]] - Lithuanian branch of the Russian [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]], closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
*National Geographic Wild Latvia - shutdown on 1st October 2022.
*[[TV Rain|Dozhd (TV Rain)]] - Revoked license on 6th December 2022 and closed on 8th December 2022 due to violations.
*[[TV Rain|Dozhd (TV Rain)]] - Revoked license on 6th December 2022 and closed on 8th December 2022 due to violations.


Revision as of 18:43, 31 March 2023

Television in Latvia was first tested in 1937 and introduced in 1954. Latvia was the first country in the Baltic States which started broadcasting.

Initial research into television broadcasting in Latvia started in 1932, and the first experimental broadcast of television in Latvia took place on 10 November 1937 during a public viewing at the Latvian Radio Society (Latvian: Latvijas Radio biedrība) in Riga, using an amateur-made oscilloscope with the screen size of 45x50 cm. A Philips custom-built Nipkow disk transmitter used a frequency channel provide by the Department of the Post and Telegraph (Pasta un telegrāfa departaments, PTD) to transmit moving images with the speed of 12,5 frames per second.[1] There were plans to launch regular broadcasts of "visual radio" by the Latvian Radiophone in the early 1940s, but these were suspended by the occupation of Latvia and World War II.[2]

The first contemporary test broadcasts started on 6 November 1954 from a studio in Soviet Riga in black-and-white, which were seen by all 20 then-owners of television sets. Regular scheduled broadcasting of Latvian Television (LTV) started on 20 November 1954 with a premiere of the 1954 Soviet Latvian war epic Victorious Return. At the beginning, LTV didn't have rights to create their own programming except live shows. In 1955, the Riga Television studio in Nometņu iela, Āgenskalns was created to produce its own programming and the first TV tower in Latvia was built. In 1986, a new TV building and broadcasting tower were unveiled in Zaķusala.[3]

Since 1991, the first private television studios started broadcasting. Color television was introduced in 1974. At the beginning, color system used was SECAM and only color programming that was available in color, was a retransmission of the Moscow Central Television. But in 1998 SECAM was swapped for PAL. Digital television was started testing in May 2002 and all terrestrial analogue stations stopped broadcasting on 1 June 2010 after introducing it.[3] Advertising on public broadcasters, such as Latvian Television (LTV) was phased out on 1 January 2021.[4]

The independent, state budget-financed National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) is the national media watchdog (similar to Ofcom in UK).[5]

Most of the non-Latvian television programs are dubbed, some are subtitled, but some are both dubbed and subtitled. This is a list of television channels that broadcast for a Latvian language audience.

TV Channels

No. Channel name Free-to-air Available in HD Owner Description
1. LTV1 Yes Yes Latvijas Televīzija documentaries, news, politics, satire, series, films
2. LTV7 Yes Yes news, sport, entertainment, series, films, children's programming
3. TV3 No Yes All Media Latvia films, series, sports, news
4. TV4 Yes Yes 4.vara sports, educational programmes, discussion events, conference live streams[6]
5. TV3 Life No Yes All Media Latvia women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, series, films
6. 360 TV No Yes Helio Media series, films, documentaries
7. TV6 No Yes All Media Latvia men's programmes, series, films, sports
8. STV No Yes Helio Media women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, series
9. TV3 Mini No Yes All Media Latvia children's programming, series, films
10. TV24 Yes Yes TV Latvija news, politics, series, culture
11. ReTV Yes Yes *Only website Vidzemes Televīzija regional programmes, news, documentaries
12. Best4Sport TV No Yes B4 Media UP sports
13. TV3 Sport No Yes All Media Estonia sports
14. FOX Latvia No Yes Walt Disney Company Iberia/Fox Networks Group Espana entertainment, series, films
15. Fox Life Latvia No Yes entertainment, series, films
16. National Geographic Latvia No Yes Walt Disney Company Iberia/NGC Europe Limited nature, science, documentaries
17. Disney Channel Latvia Walt Disney Company Iberia
18. Disney Junior Latvia
19. Discovery Channel Europe No Discovery Corporate Services Limited science, documentaries
20. Cartoon Network Nordic and Baltic Warner Bros Discovery EMEA
21. Cartoonito Nordic and Baltic
22. Nickelodeon Latvia Paramount Global EMEAA
23. Nick Junior Latvia
24. Latvijas Šlāgerkanāls No Mūzikas Video Kanāls music, mostly Schlager
25. Mūzikas Video No Yes *Only website music
26. KidZone TV No Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) children's programming (from 06:00 to 01:00 hrs. only), music (from 01:00 to 06:00 hrs.)
27. Pingvīns No Teledistribution children's programming in Latvian, Russian.
28. Duo 3 No Yes Duo Media Networks OÜ (DMN Latvija) series, films
29. Duo 6 No Yes films, comedy series
30. Kanal 7 No Yes Russian, films, series, news
31. 8TV No Yes Helio Media Russian, entertainment, films, series

Local / regional / international TV stations

Defunct channels

  • MTV Latvia - Interrupted broadcast at November 2009 due to budget issues. Later replaced with MTV Lithuania & Latvia, which closed at the end of 2009 due to this same budget issues.
  • RBS TV - Interrupted broadcast in October 1995.
  • LZK (Latvia) (Latvijas Ziņu kanāls – Latvian News Channel) - Announced defunct at 9 December 2011 and closed in 30 December 2011.
  • TV5 - Interrupted broadcast on 31 March 2016 due to budget issues.
  • LNT - Interrupted broadcast in 28 February due to rebranded television model in TV3 Group. Channel got replaced by TV3 Life on 1 March 2020.
  • Kanāls 2 - Interrupted broadcast in 28 February due to rebranded television model in TV3 Group. Channel got replaced by TV3 Mini on 1 March 2020.
  • Sportacentrs.com TV - Interrupted broadcast at January 1st 2022, with all sports programs of the channel moving to TV4.
  • PBK Igaunija – Estonian branch of the Russian Channel One, closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
  • PBK Lithuania - Lithuanian branch of the Russian Channel One, closed on 2 March 2022, after checking.
  • National Geographic Wild Latvia - shutdown on 1st October 2022.
  • Dozhd (TV Rain) - Revoked license on 6th December 2022 and closed on 8th December 2022 due to violations.

References

  1. ^ "Šodien televīzijai Latvijā 80 gadu. Latvija bija viena no pirmajām pasaules valstīm, kas raidīja savu TV signālu" [Television in Latvia turns 80 this year. Latvia was one of the first countries to broadcast its own TV signal]. Sandra Veinberga | Blogs (in Latvian). 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "televīzija Latvijā" [Television in Latvia]. Latvian National Encyclopedia (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Vēsture un Fakti / LTV.LV" [History and Facts | LTV]. ltv.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Public media exits the advertising market". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2021-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "NEPLP - About us". www.neplpadome.lv. Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Another television program will be available in Latvia - TV4". World Today News. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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