Television in Latvia
Television in Latvia was first tested in 1937 and introduced in 1954. Latvia was the first country in the Baltic States which started broadcasting. First regular broadcasting on Latvian Television (LTV) was started on 6 November 1954. Since 1991, first private television studios started broadcasting. Color television started in 1974. Digital television was started testing in May 2002 and all terrestrial analogue stations stopped broadcasting on 1 June 2010 after introducing it.
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 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LTV1 | Yes | documentaries, news, politics, satire, series, films |
| 2. | LTV7 | Yes | news, sport, entertainment, series, films, children's programming |
| 3. | TV3 | No | films, series, sports, news |
| 4. | TV3 Life | No | women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, series, films |
| 5. | 360 TV | No | series, films, documentaries |
| 6. | TV6 | No | men's programmes, series, films, sports |
| 7. | STV | No | women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, series |
| 8. | TV3 Mini | No | children's programming, series, films |
| 9. | Rīga TV24 | Yes | news, politics, series, culture |
| 10. | Re:TV | Yes | regional programmes, news, documentaries |
| 11. | Sportacentrs.com TV | Yes | sports |
| 12. | Best4Sport TV | No | sports |
| 13. | TV3 Sports | No | sports |
| 14. | FOX Latvia | No | entertainment, series, films |
| 15. | Fox Life Latvia | No | entertainment, series, films |
| 16. | National Geographic Latvia | No | nature, science, documentaries |
| 17. | Discovery Channel Europe | No | science, documentaries |
| 18. | Latvijas Šlāgerkanāls | No | music |
| 19. | Mūzikas Video | No | music |
| 21. | First Baltic Musical Channel | No | music |
| 22. | KidZone TV | No | children's programming (from 06:00 to 23:55 hrs. only), music (from 23:55 to 06:00 hrs.) |
| 23. | Pingvīns | No | children's programming in Latvian, Russian. |
| 24. | Sony Channel | No | entertainment, series, films |
| 25. | Sony Turbo | No | entertainment, films, series |
Local / regional TV stations
- TV Kurzeme – only in Liepāja
- Lemon TV – Cable TV (Latvia), DVB-T – only in Vidzeme area
- LRT – Latgalian Regional Television (only in Latgalia)
- Kurzemes TV – only in Ventspils
- OTV (Ogres TV) – only in Ogre
- LRT+ – cable TV, only in Daugavpils
- Valmieras TV – only in Valmiera
- TV Viļāni – only in Viļāni
- VTV (Vidzemes TV) – only in Vidzeme
Defunct channels (Channels that were interrupted or replaced in broadcast)
- MTV Latvia - Interrupted broadcast at November 2009.
- RBS TV - Interrupted broadcast in October 1995.
- LZK (Latvijas Ziņu kanāls – Latvian News Channel) - Announced defunct at 9th of December, 2010.
- TV5 - Interrupted broadcast in 31st of March, 2016.
- LNT - Interrupted broadcast in 28th of February, replaced by TV3 Life on 1st of March, 2020.
- Kanāls 2 - Interrupted broadcast in 28th of February, replaced by TV3 Mini on 1st of March, 2020.
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