1999 in Dryicoran television

Events

 * 15 February - The first digital-only Dryicoran TV station, DTV Digital starts broadcasting. It rebrands to DTV 4 in 2007.
 * 4 April - Kanal 4 airs the first episode of reality show Juokse tai kuole. It's an instant hit.
 * 4 May - DTV 1 broadcasts the first episode of Haluatko miljonääriksi? to critical acclaim.
 * 10 May - That night's Haluatko miljonääriksi? becomes the first ever show to ever gain over one million viewers, gaining an 88% share on the night. "Miljonäärimania" sweeps the nation.
 * 11 August - The BOD, DTV and Channel 4 air coverage of the 1999 solar eclipse. Due, at least partially, to this, Channel 5's audience share for its repeat of Win Ben Stein's Money hits a rock bottom.
 * 8 September - The DLO attempts to latch onto the game show craze amid the success of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with another Celador-produced show, Winning Lines. It flops.
 * 18 September - Haluatko miljonääriksi? breaks broadcasting records, becoming the first programme, and to date only game show, to receive over 1 250 000 viewers, and the only programme except the to ever receive a 94 % share.
 * 31 October - DTV launches a new game show called Set for the Millennium, where they would give away 100 000 Kr to the family of the winner every year in the 3rd millennium (variable to the strength of the kronor). All contestants were required to donate their last hour's pay of the 2nd millennium to charity. 2,000 participants took part over the course of November and December. On 31 December 2099, 2199, 2299, 2399, 2499, 2599, 2699, 2799, 2899 and finally 2999, the person who receives the income then is planned to be brought back to see how much they actually gained from their ancestor winning the show. Another show called Set for the Century also launches on DTV with the same premise but for only 100 years but it was merely a second chance for those who lost out in the Millennium Show and didn't get nearly the amount of fanfare as Set for the Millennium.
 * 31 December - The DLO takes part in ', with builder Walter Laksonnen winning Set for the Millennium and history teacher Erno Ailsson winning Set for the Century. DTV launches New Millennium Live as their millennium coverage and Televiisi simulcasts ', and Channel 4 make their own show Millennium.

Local

 * Robot Wars (DLO 2)
 * Kanal 4 Dryicor.png Juokse tai kuole (Kanal 4)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png Haluatko miljonääriksi? (DTV)
 * Set for the Millennium (DLO)
 * Set for the Century (DLO)
 * Yliopiston haaste (DLO)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png Millennium Live (DTV)
 * Kanal 4 Dryicor.png Millennium (Kanal 4)

Foreign

 * Worldd.png  (INT) (DLO 1)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi 5)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi 5)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (FIN) (DTV)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (GBR) (Televiisi)
 *  (GBR) (DLO 2)
 *  (GBR) (DLO 1)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (GBR) (DTV)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (USA) (DTV)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (GBR) (Televiisi)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi)