DTV

Dryicor Television (Finnish: Dryicorin Televisio, Estonian: Dryicori Televisioon, Welsh: Teledu Dryicor, 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 BOD, but after it started to broadcast popular shows such as Greed and the even more popular Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, DTV suddenly became the largest TV channel in Dryicor, which earnt it a move to the premier 1 slot on the Dryicor EPG in 2012.

History
Throughout the 1930's and 1940's the BOD 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 BOD. Enter DTV, which, overall, started to provide documentaries and its news broadcasts, produced by DTN, became famous for unbiased reporting and informative broadcasts. Due to this, it earned itself a second channel, DTV 2 in 1974.

In 1978 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 The 64 000 Kr Question, Countdown and Fifteen-to-One. The BOD's attempts at rivalling the shows with Take Your Pick and The Price is Right weren't actually far behind, yet Wheel of Fortune, offering a 26,000 Kr grand prize, did help the BOD's game show ratings massively.

In 1995, DTV launched DTV 3 for repeats of drama shows. Yet despite DTV's growth, it couldn't eclipse the BOD's sustained monopoly.

However, that changed when DTV launched Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in May 1999 on primetime DTV 1. The simple format coupled with the high stakes of the show handed DTV a ratings success, and throughout the show's twenty-two series it continues to pull in high viewing figures. However, unlike most versions of the show, no-one on the Dryicoran version has ever won 1 000 000 Kr, the highest winner walked away with 250 000 Kr. DTV also broadcast the immensely Dryicoran version of the game show Greed in 2004, offering a 2 000 000 Kr grand prize. The highest winning team left with 500 000 Kr. in 2005.

DTV continued to enjoy ratings triumph over the BOD and, to add insult to injury for the BOD, were awarded the Freeview 1 spot, the prestigious number on the EPG. DTV often collaborate with Channel 4 to produce shows.