MTV Max

MTV Max is a Finnish pay television channel owned and operated by MTV Oy. The channel started broadcasting in November 2006 and was originally dedicated to F1 coverage.

MTV Max
CountryFinland
Ownership
OwnerMTV Oy
(Telia Company)
Sister channelsMTV3 (HD)
MTV Sub (HD)
MTV Ava (HD)
MTV Aitio (HD)
MTV Viihde (HD)
MTV Urheilu 1 (HD)
MTV Urheilu 2 (HD)
MTV Juniori (HD)
History
Launched1 November 2006
ReplacedMTV3+
(November 2002 – November 2006)
Former namesMTV3 Max (2006-2013)
MTV Max (2013-2017)
C More Max (2017-2023)
Availability
Terrestrial
DigitaChannel 40 HD
Channel 42

History

As MTV3+

In November 2002, MTV3 announced the launch of a digital-only channel named MTV3+ focusing mobile games and soap opera re-runs. They were granted a terrestrial minilicense and most of Finland's cable operators carried it.

The channel got a full license in January 2004 and with its possibilities, Formula 1, ice hockey's SM-liiga, Finnish Floorball League, boxing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and some other sports broadcasts were added to the channel's programming. But at the same time, the channel partially turned into a pay-TV channel with a one-time fee of €20 (for Formula 1 & SM-liiga, there was also an extra fee of €70 each). MTV3 used the old minilicense of MTV3+ to create another channel, MTV3+ Extra, which showed overtime periods of SM-liiga matches.

The channel did not focus solely on sports: movies, court sessions and live coverage of reality series were added, while the most notable broadcast was the Tony Halme drug trial in 2004.

Relaunch as MTV3 Max
MTV3 MAX logo

On 1 November 2006, 4 years from the channel's beginning, MTV3+ was quit with a very small notice of 28 hours. The channel got replaced by four new pay-TV channels, MTV3 MAX, MTV3 Fakta, Sub Leffa and Sub Juniori.

Sports programming

Motorsports

Ice hockey

Ski sports

Other programming

Talk shows

Comedy

Reality

Fictional

MTV3's Formula One Team
  • Niki Juusela - Current race commentary for live broadcasts from 2017.
  • Oskari Saari - Race commentary for live broadcasts from 2004 to 2016. Matti Kyllönen has previously provided commentary for the hour-long race summary shown on MTV3.
  • Erkki Mustakari - Reporter and interviewer as well as occasional co-commentator with Saari (such as replacing Jyrki Järvilehto in 2010).
  • Mervi Kallio - On-track reporter and interviewer for races. Also occasional commentator for Friday practice sessions.
  • Mika Salo - Saari's new co-commentator in 2011.
  • Ossi Oikarinen - co-commentator since 2013.
  • Toni Vilander - co-commentator since 2014.

MTV3's Ice Hockey team

MTV3's Ski sports team

Cross-Country

Ski jumping

Nordic combined
  • Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
  • Jani Rajalin - Commentator.
  • Hannu Manninen - Co-commentator.

Alpine skiing
  • Antti Haajanen - Commentator.
  • Sami Uotila - Co-commentator.

MTV3's MotoGP team
  • Marko Terva-aho - Commentator.
  • Mika Kallio - Co-commentator.
  • Matti Kiiveri - Co-commentator.
  • Vesa Kallio - Co-commentator.

References
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.