MTV3
MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station. It is the most watched television channel in Finland. MTV3 is owned by Alma Media.
The name MTV3 comes from the words "Mainos-TV 3", which means "Commercial television". Number 3 because when MTV3 started airing it was the third nation-wide television channel.
History
MTV3 started on the 13 August 1957, and thus become the third-oldest, private, commercial television station in Europe. It started as just plain MTV as bits of programmes in a channel broadcast. It finally became a proper channel in 1993 and became MTV3.
Programmes
Much of the output of MTV3 is a mixture of Finnish-versions of popular programmes and of British and American imports such as:
It also owns the television channels Subtv and
