National and Major Multi-Region Networks
ETV
Estonian Television
ETV is ERR's main public television channel and Estonia's oldest television service, with regular broadcasting beginning in 1955. It provides the principal Estonian-language public-service schedule, including daily news, current affairs, documentaries, cultural programming, domestic drama and entertainment, sport, educational output, and national-event coverage. ETV is carried throughout Estonia on digital terrestrial television and by major cable, IPTV, and online platforms. As the flagship public channel, it anchors ERR's television news and public-affairs role and remains one of the defining institutions of Estonian broadcasting.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), Estonia's public-service broadcaster
Region(s) Served: Nationwide
Type of Coverage: Public-service general television and news channel with nationwide terrestrial, cable, IPTV, and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://etv.err.ee/
ETV2
ETV2
ETV2 is the second television channel of Eesti Rahvusringhääling, launched in 2008 to broaden ERR's public-service television output. Its schedule emphasizes children's programming, culture, education, documentaries, sport, archive material, and supplementary coverage that does not always fit the main ETV schedule. The channel is distributed nationally through digital terrestrial television, cable, IPTV, and ERR's online platforms. ETV2 gives Estonia's public broadcaster a dedicated outlet for specialist, family, and event-based programming while remaining closely connected to the wider ERR service.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), Estonia's public-service broadcaster
Region(s) Served: Nationwide
Type of Coverage: Public-service children's, cultural, educational, documentary, sport, and supplementary programming with national distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://etv2.err.ee/
ETV+
ETV+
ETV+ is ERR's Russian-language public television channel, launched in 2015 to provide locally produced public-service content for Estonia's Russian-speaking audiences. It carries news, discussion programmes, documentaries, culture, community reporting, interviews, and selected bilingual or subtitled material. The channel is nationally distributed by digital terrestrial television, cable, IPTV, and online services, with particular relevance in Tallinn, Ida-Viru County, and other areas with substantial Russian-speaking populations. ETV+ is central to Estonia's multilingual public broadcasting policy and offers a domestic alternative to imported Russian-language television.
Broadcast Language: Russian, with selected Estonian-language and bilingual content
Ownership: Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), Estonia's public-service broadcaster
Region(s) Served: Nationwide, with particular relevance to Russian-speaking communities in Tallinn and Ida-Viru County
Type of Coverage: Russian-language public-service news, current affairs, culture, and community programming with national distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://etvpluss.err.ee/
Kanal 2
Channel 2
Kanal 2 is one of Estonia's principal national commercial television channels and has operated since 1993. It is the flagship television service of Duo Media Networks, combining locally produced entertainment, the long-running news programme Reporter, talk and reality formats, films, series, and acquired international content. The channel has played a major role in the development of post-independence Estonian commercial television and competes directly with TV3 and ERR's main services. Kanal 2 is available nationwide through major television operators, online services, and terrestrial carriage where available.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Duo Media Networks OÜ, a subsidiary of Postimees Grupp AS
Region(s) Served: Nationwide
Type of Coverage: Commercial general entertainment and news programming with nationwide multi-platform distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://kanal2.postimees.ee/
TV3
TV3 Estonia
TV3 is a major national commercial television channel in Estonia and part of the Baltic TV3 Group. Operating under the TV3 brand since the mid-1990s, it broadcasts locally produced entertainment, TV3 news programming, reality and talent formats, films, international series, and event coverage. TV3 is one of the country's central privately owned television services and, together with Kanal 2, forms the main commercial counterpart to ERR's public channels. It is distributed nationally through major operator platforms, online television services, and terrestrial carriage where available.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: TV3 Group, through its Estonian operating company
Region(s) Served: Nationwide
Type of Coverage: Commercial general entertainment, news, reality, film, series, and event programming with national multi-platform distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://www.tv3.ee/
TV6
TV6 Estonia
TV6 is a national entertainment channel operated by TV3 Group as a companion service to TV3. Launched in Estonia in 2008, it carries acquired series, films, comedy, factual entertainment, sport, and formats aimed at younger and general entertainment audiences. The channel is not a primary news flagship, but it expands TV3 Group's reach beyond the main TV3 schedule and is widely included in Estonian cable, IPTV, and online television packages. TV6 is one of the established secondary commercial channels in the Estonian market.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: TV3 Group, through its Estonian operating company
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Commercial entertainment, film, series, factual, comedy, and sport programming distributed through national operator platforms
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://www.tv6.ee/
TV3 Life
TV3 Life
TV3 Life is a thematic entertainment channel in TV3 Group's Estonian portfolio. It is positioned around lifestyle, home, food, family, drama, reality, and relationship-oriented entertainment, complementing the broader schedules of TV3 and TV6. The service is nationally available where included in cable, IPTV, and online television packages rather than functioning as a primary terrestrial flagship. Its role reflects the shift in Estonia's commercial television sector from a small group of general-interest channels toward branded multi-channel portfolios operated by the main private broadcasters.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: TV3 Group, through its Estonian operating company
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Commercial lifestyle, family, drama, reality, and general entertainment programming with national pay-TV and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://www.tv3life.ee/
3+
3+
3+ is TV3 Group's Russian-language commercial channel for Russian-speaking viewers in Estonia. Its schedule emphasizes entertainment, series, films, comedy, reality formats, and localized or acquired programming rather than public-service news on the scale of ETV+. The channel is distributed nationally through pay-television and online TV services where carried, helping differentiate the Estonian commercial market by language as well as format. It is one of the main locally operated Russian-language entertainment television services available to Estonian households.
Broadcast Language: Russian
Ownership: TV3 Group, through its Estonian operating company
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Russian-language commercial entertainment channel serving Estonia's Russian-speaking audiences through national pay-TV and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://www.3plus.ee/
Duo 4
Duo 4
Duo 4 is a national commercial entertainment channel operated by Duo Media Networks. It developed from the former Kanal 11 brand and was rebranded as part of Duo Media's wider channel portfolio. The schedule focuses on lifestyle, daytime entertainment, reality, drama, films, and acquired series, giving the Kanal 2 group a thematic outlet separate from its flagship general-interest channel. Duo 4 is distributed through Estonian cable, IPTV, and online television packages and is part of the Postimees Grupp-owned commercial television sector.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Duo Media Networks OÜ, a subsidiary of Postimees Grupp AS
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Commercial lifestyle, daytime, drama, reality, film, and general entertainment programming with national pay-TV and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://duo4.postimees.ee/
Duo 5
Duo 5
Duo 5 is a national commercial channel in the Duo Media Networks portfolio and the successor to the former Kanal 12 brand. Its programming is built around films, series, factual entertainment, action, sport-related content, and acquired international formats, serving audiences looking for alternatives to Kanal 2's flagship schedule. The channel is carried through cable, IPTV, and online television services across Estonia. Duo 5 is significant as a secondary outlet within one of the country's two major private television groups rather than as a standalone mass-market network.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Duo Media Networks OÜ, a subsidiary of Postimees Grupp AS
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Commercial film, action, factual, sport-oriented, series, and entertainment programming with national pay-TV and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://duo5.postimees.ee/
Duo 7
Duo 7
Duo 7 is a national thematic channel operated by Duo Media Networks within Postimees Grupp's television portfolio. Its schedule uses acquired series, films, crime, action, factual entertainment, and comedy to provide an additional branded outlet alongside Kanal 2, Duo 4, and Duo 5. The channel's importance is mainly as part of a major Estonian-owned commercial television group rather than as a standalone flagship service. Duo 7 is carried through cable, IPTV, and online television packages where included by operators.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Duo Media Networks OÜ, a subsidiary of Postimees Grupp AS
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online television platforms
Type of Coverage: Commercial thematic entertainment, film, series, crime, action, and factual programming with national pay-TV and online distribution
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://duo7.postimees.ee/
Major Regional Broadcasters and Flagship Affiliates
Alo TV
Alo TV
Alo TV is a long-running regional television channel based in Tartu and associated with local broadcasting in southern Estonia since the early 1990s. Its output has traditionally included music programming, local information, cultural material, community notices, interviews, and coverage of regional events. Unlike Estonia's national networks, Alo TV relies mainly on local cable, IPTV, selected platform carriage, and online access rather than a nationwide terrestrial network. It remains one of the country's better-known surviving local television services and represents the regional segment of a market otherwise dominated by national channels.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Alo TV OÜ
Region(s) Served: Tartu and southern Estonia, with availability on selected cable, IPTV, and online platforms
Type of Coverage: Regional community, music, cultural, and local-information programming distributed mainly through local and selected national platforms
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: http://www.alotv.ee/
Pärnu TV
Pärnu Television
Pärnu TV is a regional television and video service focused on Pärnu city and Pärnu County, one of Estonia's main regional centres. It covers local news, municipal and civic information, cultural events, interviews, community programming, and public-interest material for audiences in the Pärnu area. The service operates on a local and regional scale using cable, IPTV, online video, and other local distribution arrangements rather than a national broadcast network. Its importance lies in providing television coverage for a region that otherwise receives most of its televised news and entertainment from Tallinn-based national broadcasters.
Broadcast Language: Estonian
Ownership: Pärnu Televisioon OÜ
Region(s) Served: Pärnu and Pärnu County
Type of Coverage: Regional news, civic, cultural, interview, and community programming distributed through local cable, IPTV, and online platforms
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://parnutv.ee/
Major Religious and Values-Based National Networks
Taevas TV7
Heaven TV7
Taevas TV7 is an Estonian Christian television channel affiliated with the wider TV7 Christian media network. It broadcasts Bible teaching, church services, interviews, testimonies, worship and music programming, children's material, and translated international Christian content, alongside locally produced programmes for Estonian viewers. The channel is carried through cable, IPTV, and online distribution and is the principal nationally accessible Christian television service produced specifically for Estonia. Its programming is religious and values-based rather than party-political, serving churches, Christian organizations, families, and viewers interested in faith-oriented media.
Broadcast Language: Estonian, with translated international programming
Ownership: MTÜ Taevas TV7, an Estonian Christian non-profit media organization affiliated with the TV7 network
Region(s) Served: Nationwide via cable, IPTV, and online platforms
Type of Coverage: Christian religious teaching, worship, family, children's, and values-based programming distributed through national pay-TV and online platforms
Estimated Daily Viewers: Not publicly available
Political Affiliation: No formal affiliation
Website: https://www.tv7.ee/
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