Digital terrestrial television in Estonia, was officially launched on December 15, when the operator Zuum TV launched its pay service on two multiplexes. Transmissions are made with MPEG-4 AVC compression using the DVB-T

DVB-T

DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...

 standard.

In June 2007, Levira and ETV announced that they had agreed to launch an HDTV trial in July 2007.

In November 2007, a third multiplex was launched, covering almost all of the country. This multiplex was to be used by free-to-air services, while the two existing national multiplexes would only carry pay channels. Hence the public channel ETV

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

 was transferred to the new multiplex. At this time, the only free-to-air channels available were ETV and Kalev Sport

Kalev Sport

TV4 is an Estonian sports channel, formerly owned Kalev Media and named Kalev Sport. Kalev Sport was launched in late 2007, offering viewers various sporting events, both domestic and international. It was renamed into TV4 and changed its owner after Kalev Media's bankruptcy. The new owner of the...

, but they were followed by Kanal 2

Kanal 2

Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".First broadcasts were aired on October 1, 1993.- Television series :Daytime* Victoria * Julia – Wege zum Glück ...

, TV6 and Kanal 11

Kanal 11

Kanal 11 is an Estonian TV channel. It is owned by the Kanal 2 company. The name of the channel is derived from a play on words; in the Estonian language, "Üksteist", the word for eleven, also means "each other"...

 in March 2008.

As of 2010, the multiplexes contain the following channels:

LCN	Channel	Language	MUX
1.	ETV Eesti Televisioon Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...	Estonian	1
2.	ETV2 ETV2 ETV2 is an Estonian television channel, transmitted in digital format.ETV2 began broadcasting on 8 August 2008, coinciding with the Olympic Games. On 25 August 2008, ETV2 continued broadcasting children's programs...	Estonian	1
3.	Kanal 2 Kanal 2 Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".First broadcasts were aired on October 1, 1993.- Television series :Daytime* Victoria * Julia – Wege zum Glück ...	Estonian	1
4.	TV3 TV3 (Estonia) TV3 is a commercial television channel targeted at an Estonian language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded in 1996 after two recent television stations, EVTV and RTV joined....	Estonian	1
5.	Kanal 11 Kanal 11 Kanal 11 is an Estonian TV channel. It is owned by the Kanal 2 company. The name of the channel is derived from a play on words; in the Estonian language, "Üksteist", the word for eleven, also means "each other"...	Estonian	1
11.	TV6 Estonia	Estonian	2
12.	Fox Life Fox Life Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions...	English Estonian subtitles	3
13.	Fox Crime Fox Crime Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox International Channels, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia, such as Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia and Bulgaria...	English Estonian subtitles	3
14.	TV14 (Estonia)	Estonian	3
15.	Seitse Seitse Seitse is a private Estonian television channel. It includes culture and music for Estonians and Russians of ages 20–40. Music channel Seitse shows at least 400 music videos per day.-Music Shows:*2000+*Cooler Party*Hommik Helge!*Head isu!*MusicMix...	Estonian	3
16.	Discovery Channel Discovery Channel Europe Discovery Channel Europe is the Pan-European version of the Discovery Channel.Over the years, the Discovery Channel has been split into many different channels for specific regions...	English	2
17.	Sony TV	English Estonian subtitles	2
18.	Discovery World Discovery World (TV channel) Discovery World is a European television network known as Discovery Civilisation from 1999 - 2008. Discovery World offers an experience of the very best factual programming from around the globe. Discovery World showcases a rich and colourful selection of high quality factual programmes from around...	English	2
19.	Investigation Discovery	English Estonian subtitles	2
20.	National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History and the Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual...	English	3
21.	Animal Planet Animal Planet Europe Animal Planet Europe is a version of Animal Planet. It broadcasts to several countries in Eastern and Central Europe.Many regions in Europe that previously received the Pan-European version of the channel, now receive a specific version for their regions, such as:*Animal Planet Nordic for the...	English	2
22.	Showtime Showtime Scandinavia Showtime Scandinavia is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Nordic countries operated by NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner...	English Estonian subtitles	3
23.	Cartoon Cartoon Network (Europe) Cartoon Network is a pan-European digital television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner and dedicated to showing animated programming... /TCM Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...	English	2
24.	Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (CIS) Nickelodeon is a children's channel broadcasting in the CIS countries, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Hungary, Serbia, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Malta, Maldives, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, that was launched on November 15, 1998. The channel is broadcast in Russian language...	English	3
25.	ESPN America	English	3
26.	Eurosport Eurosport Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...	English	2
27.	MTV Europe MTV Europe MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...	English	2
28.	EuroNews EuroNews Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....	English	3
29.	CNN International CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa is the European, Middle East and African version of CNN's "CNN International" satellite and cable television network...	English	3
30.	Fashion TV Fashion TV Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel. It was founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born president Michel Adam Lisowski, Fashion TV is the only 24/7 international TV network exclusively dedicated to fashion, beauty, glamour and style and has become...	English	2
31.	PBK Estonia	Russian	2
32.	TV3+ (Estonia) TV3+ (Estonia) 3+ Estonia is a private television channel, owned by the Modern Times Group broadcasting to the Russian language minority in Estonia from the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2003.-External links:*...	Russian	2
33.	Ren-TV Estonia	Russian	2
34.	Hustler TV	English	3