MTV Max
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Country | Finland |
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Ownership | |
Owner | MTV Oy (Telia Company) |
Sister channels | MTV3 (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 | |
Launched | 1 November 2006 |
Replaced | MTV3+ (November 2002 – November 2006) |
Former names | MTV3 Max (2006-2013) MTV Max (2013-2017) C More Max (2017-2023) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digita | Channel 40 HD Channel 42 |
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.
History
[edit]As MTV3+
[edit]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 mini-license 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 mini-license 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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fd/MTV3_Max.svg/113px-MTV3_Max.svg.png)
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
[edit]Motorsports
[edit]Ice hockey
[edit]Ski sports
[edit]- FIS Cross-Country World Cup
- FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Other programming
[edit]Talk shows
[edit]Comedy
[edit]Reality
[edit]Fictional
[edit]MTV3's Formula One Team
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Antero Mertaranta - Commentator, he commentary every Finnish hockey team game.
- Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
- Juha Taivainen - Commentator
- Juhani Tamminen - Co-commentator.
- Hannu Aravirta - Co-commentator.
- Pasi Nurminen - Co-commentator.
- Tero Lehterä - Co-commentator.
- Teemu Niikko - Reporter.
- Toni Immonen - Reporter.
MTV3's Ski sports team
[edit]Cross-Country
[edit]- Antero Mertaranta - Commentator.
- Toni Roponen - Co-commentator.
Ski jumping
[edit]- Jani Uotila - Commentator.
- Toni Nieminen - Co-commentator.
Nordic combined
[edit]- Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
- Jani Rajalin - Commentator.
- Hannu Manninen - Co-commentator.
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Antti Haajanen - Commentator.
- Sami Uotila - Co-commentator.
MTV3's MotoGP team
[edit]- Marko Terva-aho - Commentator.
- Mika Kallio - Co-commentator.
- Matti Kiiveri - Co-commentator.
- Vesa Kallio - Co-commentator.
References
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