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MoonTV
MoonTV was a free Finnish cable network channel. It started off as a channel for programmes about computer and video games but later grew into a channel covering several areas of youth culture. In its prime it was the first interactive TV channel in the world. At its best MoonTV could reach 1.3 million potential viewers in the 12 biggest cities across Finland. In 2003 the channel was shut down after the company that owned it filed for bankruptcy. MoonTV was relaunched in 2010 online with new hosts and a new program line-up. People Mika Koivula and Hannu and Pekka Kossila were the founding members of MoonTV. Koivula came up with the name "MoonTV" back in 1996. Pekka Kossila was in charge of creating economical interactive TV formats which were the core of the channel when it started its test broadcasts in November 1996. Hannu Kossila, CEO, took care of the marketing and expansion of the channel. MoonTV is noted for bringing forth youth-icon and political representative Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MoonTv
MoonTV was a free Finnish cable network channel. It started off as a channel for programmes about computer and video games but later grew into a channel covering several areas of youth culture. In its prime it was the first interactive TV channel in the world. At its best MoonTV could reach 1.3 million potential viewers in the 12 biggest cities across Finland. In 2003 the channel was shut down after the company that owned it filed for bankruptcy. MoonTV was relaunched in 2010 online with new hosts and a new program line-up. People Mika Koivula and Hannu and Pekka Kossila were the founding members of MoonTV. Koivula came up with the name "MoonTV" back in 1996. Pekka Kossila was in charge of creating economical interactive TV formats which were the core of the channel when it started its test broadcasts in November 1996. Hannu Kossila, CEO, took care of the marketing and expansion of the channel. MoonTV is noted for bringing forth youth-icon and political representative Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmo Nikkanen
MoonTV was a free Finnish cable network channel. It started off as a channel for programmes about computer and video games but later grew into a channel covering several areas of youth culture. In its prime it was the first interactive TV channel in the world. At its best MoonTV could reach 1.3 million potential viewers in the 12 biggest cities across Finland. In 2003 the channel was shut down after the company that owned it filed for bankruptcy. MoonTV was relaunched in 2010 online with new hosts and a new program line-up. People Mika Koivula and Hannu and Pekka Kossila were the founding members of MoonTV. Koivula came up with the name "MoonTV" back in 1996. Pekka Kossila was in charge of creating economical interactive TV formats which were the core of the channel when it started its test broadcasts in November 1996. Hannu Kossila, CEO, took care of the marketing and expansion of the channel. MoonTV is noted for bringing forth youth-icon and political representative Wallu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Poutanen
Elias Poutanen (also known by his alias ''Olmoor'') is a former host/computer-game critic. He has worked for the magazine ''Pelaaja'' and for a number of related television programmes. Though officially a Finnish citizen, he was born in Australia. He started out as the replacement for Thomas Puha who previously hosted the programme called ''Play'' on MoonTV. The name of the show was changed to ''Player'' during this transition. He became noted by some fans as the channel's ''cute nerd''. He remained the official host for all console-gaming involved shows until MoonTV's cancellation in the early summer of 2003. After MoonTV's demise, Poutanen appeared only abruptly on television. Though he resurfaced as a critic on the show ''Play'' on Nelonen, hosted by former MoonTV personnel, Thomas Puha and Miika Huttunen. Towards the end of the show's run in 2005, Poutanen ended up replacing the show's female hosts who became either sick or unavailable for other reasons. Throughout its secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Duudsonit
The Dudesons ( fi, Duudsonit) are a Finnish entertainment group. They are best known for their TV shows and live performances, which are a combination of stunts and comedy. Their early TV shows were similar to '' Jackass''. Starting their television career in the early 2000s, they gained international fame and had a show on the American television channel MTV in 2010. After ''The Dudesons in America'', the group started to shift from the stunts to more multidimensional careers. Background The Dudesons consists of Jukka Hildén (b. 1980), Jarppi Leppälä (b. 1979), Jarno Laasala (b. 1979) and Hannu-Pekka "HP" Parviainen (b. 1981). All were from the town of Seinäjoki, where Hildén, Leppälä, and Laasala became close friends while attending elementary school together, where they later met Parviainen. As teenagers, the four became quite interested in snowboarding, skateboarding and downhill mountain biking. In the early 1990s, when Laasala got his first video camera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarno Sarkula
Jarno Sarkula (4 August 1973 – 12 July 2020) was a Finnish musician and one-time TV-personality. Sarkula was born in Vantaa. As a musician, he first became known with the band Höyry-kone ("Steam-Engine"). Sarkula wrote music for the band and played the bass and woodwinds. The music of the band took influences from e.g. the opera. In 1997, Sarkula founded the band Alamaailman Vasarat together with Teemu Hänninen. After developing the band's music for a couple of years, they began to play in public. The band took its influences from jazz, classical music, rock and klezmer. The result can be categorized as world music, and the band said that they played music from the fictitious continent of Vasaraasia. The band played concerts in e.g. the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, France, Mexico and Japan. They achieved their greatest fame in 2005, when they recorded the album ''Kinaporin Kalifaatti'' together with the Finnish artist Tuomari Nurmio. Sarkula also became known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresscode (TV Series)
''Dresscode'' was a Finnish fashion TV-series airing on MoonTV. It was hosted by master tailor Arman Alizad. The series run for three seasons, from 2001 to 2003. Synopsis Dresscode took a very diverse approach to fashion, and was considered by many to be more of a lifestyle-show. It covered very varied subjects like clothing, jewelry, interior design, etiquette, food, drinks, cars, and even guns. Cast and Characters The series was hosted by Arman Alizad, a Finnish master tailor, who also developed several alter egos An alter ego (Latin for "other I", "doppelgänger") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality. Finding one's alter ego will require finding one's other self, one with a different ... for the show. Alizad was sometimes co-hosted by Teresa Ackalin. Alizad later became internationally famous for the martial arts series Kill Arman. Production The series was directed by Tuukka Tiensuu an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arman Alizad
Arman Alizad (born 12 January 1971) is an Iranian-Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist and TV personality. He is best known for the martial arts series ''Kill Arman'', which has aired in over 100 countries around the world. Alizad has also hosted several other Finnish TV series, such as '' Dresscode'', ''Unisex'', ''Loman Tarpeessa'' and ''Arman Reilaa''. Early life Alizad was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1971. When the Islamic revolution started in 1979, his family first escaped to the United States and eventually Finland, where his grandparents had been living. He has lived there ever since. He was active as a child and enjoyed skateboarding and football. Tailoring career Alizad graduated from a basic tailoring school in 1992, and became an apprentice to master tailor Jouni Korhonen. Alizad passed the master tailor's test in 1997. He co-owns the Finnish Pukustudio clothing company with Sonja Raassina, one of the last remaining master tailors in Finland. TV career Alizad sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallu Valpio
Jani Petteri "Wallu" Valpio (born 7 September 1973 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish media personality. Valpio began his career as a member of the musical group ''Arto Muna ja Millennium Orkesteri''. He then hosted the ''Never Trust a Hippie'' programme on the free cable-channel MoonTV and later other music-themed programmes, such as annual ''Festival Specials'' and ''Videoraati'' (the channel's take on '' Levyraati''). After the cancellation of MoonTV he appeared on the YLE Yleisradio Oy ( Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, found ... show ''Elämä pelissä'' (Life on the Line). References External links * 1973 births Living people People from Jyväskylä Finnish television presenters {{Finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miika Huttunen
Miika Huttunen (also known as ''druidi Huttunen'') is the editor-in-chief of the Finnish gaming magazine ''Pelaaja''. Prior to this he was a host of certain game-related television programmes primarily on the now defunct MoonTV cable channel. He became recognised for hosting ''Peliuutiset'' (Game News) and continued hosting related topics on the more important shows such as ''Player'' and ''PC-Peliluola''. He also hosted URL, infamously one of the last 15-minute shows on the channel alongside current editor-in-chief of Pelaaja, Thomas Puha. Unlike all other shows that Huttunen was in, URL was dedicated to the showing off and reviewing and/or insulting of web sites sent by fans. Huttunen would later appear as a regular host and critic on the show ''Play'' on Nelonen alongside Huttunen and fellow MoonTV host Elias Poutanen Elias Poutanen (also known by his alias ''Olmoor'') is a former host/computer-game critic. He has worked for the magazine ''Pelaaja'' and for a number of relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Kossila
Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland. The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th of June on the orthodox calendar. It originated as a variation of the name Peter (''Pietari''). Notable people with this name include: * Pekka-Eric Auvinen (born 1989), perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting in 2007 * Pekka Haavisto (born 1958), Finnish politician and minister * Pekka Harttila (born 1941), Finnish diplomat and a lawyer * Pekka Heino (television presenter) (born 1961), Sweden television host and presenter * Pekka Heino (singer) (born 1976), Finnish metal singer * Pekka Himanen (born 1973), Finnish philosopher * Pekka Huhtaniemi (born 1949), Finnish diplomat * Pekka Koskela (born 1982), Finnish speed skater * Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist * Pekka Lagerblom (born 1982), Finnish footballer * Pekka T. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, he, נטע-לי הרשלג, ) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred as the young protégée of a hitman in the action film '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994). While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' and gained international recognition for starring as Padmé Amidala in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She reduced her number of acting roles, but continued to act in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (2002, 2005) and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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