C More Max

C More Max is a Finnish pay television channel owned and operated by MTV Oy. The channel started broadcasting in November 2006 and was originally dedicated to F1 coverage.

History

As MTV3+

In November 2002, MTV3 announced the launch of a digital-only channel named MTV3+ focusing mobile games and soap opera re-runs. They were granted a terrestrial minilicense and most of Finland's cable operators carried it.

The channel got a full license in January 2004 and with its possibilities, Formula 1, ice hockey's SM-liiga, Finnish Floorball League, boxing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and some other sports broadcasts were added to the channel's programming. But at the same time, the channel partially turned into a pay-TV channel with a one-time fee of €20 (for Formula 1 & SM-liiga, there was also an extra fee of €70 each). MTV3 used the old minilicense of MTV3+ to create another channel, MTV3+ Extra, which showed overtime periods of SM-liiga matches.

The channel did not focus solely on sports: movies, court sessions and live coverage of reality series were added, while the most notable broadcast was the Tony Halme drug trial in 2004.

Relaunch as MTV3 Max

On 1 November 2006, 4 years from the channel's beginning, MTV3+ was quit with a very small notice of 28 hours. The channel got replaced by four new pay-TV channels, MTV3 MAX, MTV3 Fakta, Sub Leffa and Sub Juniori.

Sports programming

Motorsports

*Formula One
* GP2
* GP3
*Top Gear
*Documentaries branded as MAX.doc
*MotoGP
*Moto2
*Moto3

Ice hockey

*Ice Hockey World Championships

Ski sports

*FIS Cross-Country World Cup
*FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
*FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
*FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

Other programming

Talk shows

*''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''
*''Late Show with David Letterman''

Comedy

*''The Office''
*''The Benny Hill Show''

Reality

*''Dhani Tackles the Globe''
* ''Hell's Kitchen''
*''Scrapheap Challenge''

Fictional

* ''24''

MTV3's Formula One Team

* Niki Juusela - Current race commentary for live broadcasts from 2017.
* Oskari Saari - Race commentary for live broadcasts from 2004 to 2016. Matti Kyllönen has previously provided commentary for the hour-long race summary shown on MTV3.
* Erkki Mustakari - Reporter and interviewer as well as occasional co-commentator with Saari (such as replacing Jyrki Järvilehto in 2010).
* Mervi Kallio - On-track reporter and interviewer for races. Also occasional commentator for Friday practice sessions.
* Mika Salo - Saari's new co-commentator in 2011.
* Ossi Oikarinen - co-commentator since 2013.
* Toni Vilander - co-commentator since 2014.

MTV3's Ice Hockey team

*Antero Mertaranta - Commentator, he commentary every Finnish hockey team game.
*Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
*Juha Taivainen - Commentator
*Juhani Tamminen - Co-commentator.
*Hannu Aravirta - Co-commentator.
* Pasi Nurminen - Co-commentator.
*Tero Lehterä - Co-commentator.
*Teemu Niikko - Reporter.
*Toni Immonen - Reporter.

MTV3's Ski sports team

Cross-Country

*Antero Mertaranta - Commentator.
*Toni Roponen - Co-commentator.

Ski jumping

*Jani Uotila - Commentator.
*Toni Nieminen - Co-commentator.

Nordic combined

*Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
*Jani Rajalin - Commentator.
*Hannu Manninen - Co-commentator.

Alpine skiing

*Antti Haajanen - Commentator.
* Sami Uotila - Co-commentator.

MTV3's MotoGP team

*Marko Terva-aho - Commentator.
*Mika Kallio - Co-commentator.
*Matti Kiiveri - Co-commentator.
*Vesa Kallio - Co-commentator.

References

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Television channels in Finland
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Bonnier Group