# MTV Max

MTV Max is a Finnish pay television channel owned and operated by MTV Oy. The channel started broadcasting in November 2006 and was originally dedicated to F1 coverage.

## History
### As MTV3+

In November 2002, MTV3 announced the launch of a digital-only channel named MTV3+ focusing mobile games and soap opera re-runs. They were granted a terrestrial mini-license and most of Finland's cable operators carried it.
The channel got a full license in January 2004 and with its possibilities, Formula 1, ice hockey's SM-liiga, Finnish Floorball League, boxing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and some other sports broadcasts were added to the channel's programming. But at the same time, the channel partially turned into a pay-TV channel with a one-time fee of €20 (for Formula 1 & SM-liiga, there was also an extra fee of €70 each). MTV3 used the old mini-license of MTV3+ to create another channel, MTV3+ Extra, which showed overtime periods of SM-liiga matches.
The channel did not focus solely on sports: movies, court sessions and live coverage of reality series were added, while the most notable broadcast was the Tony Halme drug trial in 2004.

### Relaunch as MTV3 Max

On 1 November 2006, 4 years from the channel's beginning, MTV3+ was quit with a very small notice of 28 hours. The channel got replaced by four new pay-TV channels, MTV3 MAX, MTV3 Fakta, Sub Leffa and Sub Juniori.

## Sports programming
### Motorsports

* Formula One
* GP2
* GP3
* Top Gear
* Documentaries branded as MAX.doc
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3

### Ice hockey

* Ice Hockey World Championships

### Ski sports

* FIS Cross-Country World Cup
* FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
* FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
* FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

## Other programming
### Talk shows

* The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
* Late Show with David Letterman

### Comedy

* The Office
* The Benny Hill Show

### Reality

* Dhani Tackles the Globe
* Hell's Kitchen
* Scrapheap Challenge

### Fictional

* 24

## MTV3's Formula One Team

* Niki Juusela - Current race commentary for live broadcasts from 2017.
* Oskari Saari - Race commentary for live broadcasts from 2004 to 2016. Matti Kyllönen has previously provided commentary for the hour-long race summary shown on MTV3.
* Erkki Mustakari - Reporter and interviewer as well as occasional co-commentator with Saari (such as replacing Jyrki Järvilehto in 2010).
* Mervi Kallio - On-track reporter and interviewer for races. Also occasional commentator for Friday practice sessions.
* Mika Salo - Saari's new co-commentator in 2011.
* Ossi Oikarinen - co-commentator since 2013.
* Toni Vilander - co-commentator since 2014.

## MTV3's Ice Hockey team

* Antero Mertaranta - Commentator, he commentary every Finnish hockey team game.
* Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
* Juha Taivainen - Commentator
* Juhani Tamminen - Co-commentator.
* Hannu Aravirta - Co-commentator.
* Pasi Nurminen - Co-commentator.
* Tero Lehterä - Co-commentator.
* Teemu Niikko - Reporter.
* Toni Immonen - Reporter.

## MTV3's Ski sports team
### Cross-Country

* Antero Mertaranta - Commentator.
* Toni Roponen - Co-commentator.

### Ski jumping

* Jani Uotila - Commentator.
* Toni Nieminen - Co-commentator.

### Nordic combined

* Mika Saukkonen - Commentator.
* Jani Rajalin - Commentator.
* Hannu Manninen - Co-commentator.

### Alpine skiing

* Antti Haajanen - Commentator.
* Sami Uotila - Co-commentator.

## MTV3's MotoGP team

* Marko Terva-aho - Commentator.
* Mika Kallio - Co-commentator.
* Matti Kiiveri - Co-commentator.
* Vesa Kallio - Co-commentator.