Estonia
Newspapers proliferated in the post-independence years of the early 1990s but smaller publications then struggled to survive. Broadcasting witnessed spectacular growth after 1991, attracting a number of foreign players; the two main commercial TV stations are owned by Swedish and Norwegian concerns. Public radio and TV services are run by Eesti Televisioon (ETV) and Eesti Raadio (ER). Take-up of cable TV is extensive. The service offers channels in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and Latvian.
Press: Newspapers are published in Estonian, the most popular being Eesti Ekspress, Postimees and SL Ôhtuleht. Estoniya is published in Russian. The English-language newspaper The Baltic Times is published in Latvia and available weekly.
TV: Eesti Televisioon is public; TV3 and Kanal 2 are privately-owned.
Radio: Public station Eesti Raadio operates four networks including flagship station Vikerraadio; Raadio Elmar is a private, music-based station; Kuku Radio was Estonia's first privately-owned station.
