DTV

"For the Eurowoodian channel Diffusion Television, see DTV (Eruowood). For the Ccerish former channel, see DTV (Ccera)."

Dryicor Television (Finnish: Drahkorin Televisio, Norwegian: Dryicor Fjernsyn), better known as DTV, is the largest television channel in Dryicor. It was founded on 1 November 1953 as an alternative to the public service DLO, but after a sustained improvement throughout the 1980s and 1990s, DTV became the largest TV channel in Dryicor, which earned it a move to the number 2 slot on the Dryicoran EPG in 2012.

History
Throughout the 1930's and 1940's the DLO had earnt itself a monopoly on broadcasting. With only Dryicor Radio providing any sort of competition, it was decided that when the general broadcasting market focus moved to television, there would be a new competitor against the DLO. DTV started to provide documentaries and its news broadcasts, produced by DTU, became famous for unbiased reporting and informative broadcasts. Due to the new popularity of commercial television, it launched a second channel, DTV 2 in 1974.

In 1972 DTV moved to colour broadcasting and its weekend schedule started to focus on game shows, which had recently become popular in Dryicor. Early favourites included 640 000 Kr kysymys and 1-2-3. The DLO's attempts at rivalling the shows with Lingo and Megavisa weren't actually far behind, yet DTV were judged by many to have the more interesting formats.

In 1981, DTV became Dryicor's main member of the EBU, and also brought the to Dryicoran audiences; while Dryicor has never won the competition, the contest has always won its timeslot by a country mile. The launch of Kanal 4 in 1984 also helped DTV rather than hinder its growth as was feared, as the two networks exchanged advertising spaces and - controversially - worked together on formats.

In 1995, DTV launched DTV 3 for repeats of drama shows. Yet despite DTV's growth, it couldn't eclipse the DLO's sustained monopoly. In 1997, it launched a successful partnership with LTV to produce The Quatermass Experiment. The arrival of Haluatko miljonääriksi? in May 1999, however, was the final nail in the coffin for the DLO's historic dominance. The simple format coupled with the presentation skills of Ercole Mäkkinen and the drama of the show handed DTV a ratings success, and even now it continues to pull in the viewers, boosted by the fact that no-one on the Dryicoran version has ever won 10 000 000 Kr. DTV also broadcast the Dryicoran version of the game show Greed in 2004, offering a 20 000 000 Kr grand prize.

DTV continued to triumph over its rivals and, to add insult to injury for the DLO, were awarded the Terrevision 2 spot in 2012, the prestigious commercial number on the EPG. DTV still often collaborate with Kanal 4 to produce shows.

Channels

 * DTV 1 (Finnish)
 * DTV 2 (Norwegian)
 * DTV 3 (Other languages)
 * DTV 4
 * DTV Sámi
 * DTV Urheilu 1
 * DTV Urheilu 2
 * DTV Urheilu 3
 * DTV Urheilu 4
 * DTV Urheilu 5
 * DTV Uutiset