Latvijas Televīzija

Latvijas Televizija (short: LTV, German: Latvian Television ) is the state-owned public television company in Latvia.

The Company will finance approximately 60 % by government contributions and generates the rest from advertising revenue. The introduction of a license fee is discussed in Latvia for a long time, but has been repeatedly been rejected by the government. Media analysts see the reason in a possible loss of power and control for the respective government.

LTV took on 6 November 1954, its operation in 1974 began broadcasting color television, first in SÉCAM, 1998 in PAL. 1993 Society of the European Broadcasting Union joined.

LTV operates two television channels, LTV1 in Latvian and the more youth-oriented LTV7 in Latvian and Russian. LTV1 is available via satellite on pay- TV package of Scandinavian provider Viasat on the satellite position 5 ° East ( Sirius 4), which is now broadcast in Central Europe.

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