Eesti Televisioon or ETV is the national public television station of Estonia. Its first broadcast was on July 19, 1955, and it celebrated a 50th anniversary on July 19, 2005. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1181x489, 45 KB)Logo of Eesti Televisioon, acquired from http://www. ... Public broadcasting is a form of public service broadcasting (PSB) intended to serve the diverse needs of the listening public. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Most of ETV's funding comes in the form of government grants. However, about 15% of the government's funding comes indirectly from fees paid by the commercial broadcasters to stop ETV taking television commercials. ETV abandoned showing adverts in 1998, as ETV's commercial output and cheap advertising rates were damaging the ability of commercial broadcasters to operate. The introduction of a television licence system has been considered, but was subsequently abandoned due to opposition to the plan [1]. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

On 9 January, 2006. ETV launched an Internet news service called ETV24. Broadcasting news on Internet, teletext, and on ETV at night.

External links

• Official Site
• Official Site (In English