ETV LLC/History

### 1915

* Estonia Cargos falls into bankruptcy during the capitulation of Serbia, but manages to survive.

## 1920's

### 1929

* Estonia Cargos becomes media conglomerate "Estonia Media" with the launch of Radio EEE Vision TV and Radio Broadcasting in South Yugoslavia.
	+ Estonia Media ceases cargo trading after the rebrand.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in the UK.

## 1930's

### 1930

* Radio EEE Vision launches in France and the Weimar Republic/Germany.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Poland, Spain and Denmark.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Italy and Turkey.

### 1931

* Radio EEE Vision launches in Ukraine, Sweden and Benelux.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Ireland and the Baltics.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Portugal.

### 1932

* Radio EEE Vision launches in Belarus.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Finland and Norway.

### 1933

* Radio EEE Vision launches in Austria.
* Radio EEE Vision launches in Morocco.

### 1936

* Radio EEE Vision launches in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.

### 1937

* Radio EEE Vision rebrands as Kosovar Broadcasting Television (KBT).

### 1939

* KBT subsequently closes in Germany and Italy.
* KBT puts on emergency broadcasts in the UK, France and South Yugoslavia.

## 1940's

### 1944

* Europe TV Stations rebrands as RDE European Television.

### 1945

* RDE relaunches in Italy and Germany under emergency tape.
* RDE stops emergency broadcasts in the UK, France and South Yugoslavia.
* RDE launches in Czechoslovakia.

### 1946

* RDE launches in Leningrad and North Yugoslavia.

### 1948

* RDE launches in Egypt.
* RDE launches in Palestine and Jordan.

### 1949

* RDE rebrands as EBT.
* EBT stops emergency broadcasts in Italy.
* EBT stops emergency broadcasts in Germany, thus splitting the station into WWGR (West Germany) and WEGR (East Germany).

## 1950's

### 1956

* EBT begins test transmissions for a second channel.

## 1960's

### 1963

* EBT officially reveals the name of the second channel: "The Second Channel of the EBT"

### 1964

* EBT renamed to The First Channel of the EBTO.
* The Second Channel of the EBT renamed to the Second Channel of the EBTO.
* EBTO launches film division "EBTO Films".

### 1967

* EBTO Second Channel begins broadcasting in colour.

### 1968

* EBTO opens two amusement park resorts "EBTO Land" in Tallinn and London.

### 1969

* EBTO launches advertising agency "Advertising Agency of Estonia", thus making the channels commercial.

### 1971

* Two new EBTO Land resorts are opened in Leicester and Montpellier.

### 1972

* EBTO launches third channel "The Third Channel of the EBTO" focusing on anime. The third channel began broadcasting in colour, thus leaving the first channel in Black and White.
* EBTO Land opens in Budapest and Amsterdam.

### 1975

* EBTO is broke up:
	+ The group is renamed to "ETV Group".
	+ EBTO First Channel rebrands as Estonia TV.
	+ EBTO Second Channel rebrands as Estenne 2.
	+ EBTO Third Channel rebrands as EZ3.
	+ EBTO Films rebrands as ETV Films.
	+ All EBTO Land resorts rebrand as ETV Land.
* ETV Group launches media archive "Estonia Audiovisual Archives".

### 1977

* ETV commences colour broadcasts.
* ETV has plans on launching a fourth TV channel, focusing on programmes for millenials.

## 1980's

### 1983

* Fourth TV Channel officially tested as "Excel+".

### 1985

* ETV begins test broadcasts for the fifth and sixth channels.
	+ Fifth Channel: La Tallinn (Soon renamed to La Tall), focusing on educational programming.
	+ Sixth Channel: ETV6, focusing on scripted comedy.

### 1986

* La Tall officially launches.
* ETV6 officially launches as TV27.

### 1987

* TV27 rebrands as O27.
* The seventh channel, The Twenty-Eighth, launches, focusing on arts and cultural programming.