C More Max is a

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channel owned and operated by

MTV Oy MTV Oy (formerly Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab) is a Finnish media company owned by Telia Company through TV4 Media (formerly known as Bonnier Broadcasting). The company owns the largest commercial television channel in Finland, MTV3. On 20 July 2 ...

. The channel started broadcasting in November 2006 and was originally dedicated to F1 coverage.

History

As MTV3+

In November 2002,

MTV3 MTV3 ( fi, MTV Kolme, sv, MTV Tre) is a Finnish commercial television station. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Yle TV1 (from Yle) took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV (literally "Advertisemen ...

announced the launch of a digital-only channel named MTV3+ focusing mobile games and

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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 The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

, 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

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 Tony Christian Halme (January 6, 1963 – January 8, 2010) was a Finnish politician, athlete, author, actor, and singer. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007, representing the True Finns party as an independent politician ...

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 MTV Fakta was a Finnish documentary channel owned and operated by MTV3 MTV3 ( fi, MTV Kolme, sv, MTV Tre) is a Finnish commercial television station. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Yle TV1 (from Yle ...

, Sub Leffa and Sub Juniori.

Sports programming

Motorsports

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* GP2 * GP3 *

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*Documentaries branded as MAX.doc * MotoGP *

Moto2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

Moto3 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

Ice hockey

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Ski sports

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FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internatio ...

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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ...

Other programming

Talk shows

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'' *'' Late Show with David Letterman''

Comedy

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Reality

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

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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

. * 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. *

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- Saari's new co-commentator in 2011. * Ossi Oikarinen - co-commentator since 2013. *

Toni Vilander Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing. After a single-seater career which reached the level of the ...

- 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 Manu Juhani Tamminen (born May 26, 1950) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and World Hockey Association. He played for TPS, HJK, HIFK, Cleveland Crusaders, and Phoenix Roadrunners. He represented F ...

- 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 Toni Markus Nieminen (born 31 May 1975) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2004, with a brief comeback in 2016. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Finland, having won both the World Cup overall title and th ...

- 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 Mika Kallio (born 8 November 1982) is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP. He debuted in the 125cc World Championship with the Finnish rookie team ...

- Co-commentator. *Matti Kiiveri - Co-commentator. *Vesa Kallio - Co-commentator.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cmore Max Television channels in Finland Television channels and stations established in 2006 Bonnier Group