Television in Latvia

Television in Latvia was first tested in 1937 and introduced in 1954. This is a list of television channels that broadcast for a Latvian language audience.

Public owned

• LTV1 - national television
• LTV7 - national television

Private

• TV3 (Latvia)
• LNT
• Channel 2 (Latvia)
• TV6 (Latvia)
• STV Pirmā!
• 360 TV
• 3+ Latvia
• Pro100TV
• OE TV
• First Baltic Musical Channel
• First Baltic Channel Latvia
• TV XXI
• Viasat Sport Baltic
• Rīga TV24
• Sportacentrs.com TV
• Latvijas Šlāgerkanāls
• Mūzikas Video

Modern Times Group

Channels marked with an asterisk (*) have Latvian subtitles only, advertisements in Latvian

• TV3 (General)
• LNT (General)
• TV6 (General entertainment)
• Channel 2 (Latvia) (Entertainment and music)
• 3+ Latvia (Entertainment in russian languages)
• Viasat Sport Baltic (Sport)

Fox Broadcasting Company

• FOX* (Entertainment)
• Fox Life* (Entertainment)
• National Geographic Channel* (Documentary)
• Nat Geo Wild*

Sony Pictures Television

• Sony Channel* (Entertainment)

• Sony Turbo* (Entertainment)

Baltic Media Alliance

• First Baltic Channel Latvia (Entirely in Russian)
• First Baltic Musical Channel (Music)
• REN TV Baltic (Entertainment)
• NTV Mir Baltic (Entertainment)

Other television channels

• TV XXI (Film channel)
• OE TV (Entertainment and music)
• Pro100TV (Film channel)
• sportacentrs.com (Sport)
• Latvijas šlāgerkanāls (Country music)
• Mūzikas video (Music)
• CTC Baltic* (Entertainment from Russia)
• MUZ TV Baltic (Music)
• LoLo TV (Cartoons)
• Kinomania (Film channel)
• 4Multimania (Cartoons)
• 5 multimania (Cartoons)
• Geomania (Documentary)
• Re:TV (Region news channel)
• Riga TV 24
• iConcerts (Music and concerts)
• iConcerts HD (Music and concerts in HD)
• TV Center (Entertainment)

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
• TV DAUTKOM - cable TV, only in Daugavpils
• Valmieras TV - only in Valmiera
• TV Viļāni - only in Viļāni
• VTV (Vidzemes TV) - only in Vidzeme

Defunct channels

• MTV Latvia
• RBS TV
• LZK (Latvijas Ziņu kanāls - Latvian News Channel)

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