TV3 Mini

**TV3 Mini** is a television channel in Latvia, created on March 1st, 2020, replacing **Kanāls 2**. The channel is broadcasted in Latvian and its program consists of animated series and films for children and educational programs and films for families, which is aimed at a children's audience from 4 to 11 years of age.

## Kanāls 2

### Owner(s)

Modern Times Group (2012–2017)
All Media Baltics (2017–2019)
TV3 Group (2019–2020)

### Format

1080i (HDTV)

**Kanāls 2** was a television channel in Latvia, established on May 29, 2006. The channel is owned by TV3 Group. The channel broadcasts foreign and Latvian series, films, music videos of Latvian and foreign music performers, informative and entertaining programs, and past was cartoons. Until January 2012, the name of the channel was **Latvijas Mūzikas kanāls**, or **LMK** for short. The channel is available on almost all cable and digital television networks in Latvia, as well as on Lattelecom (now Tet) terrestrial television.

On November 8, 2019, the owners of the channel announced a change in the name and format of the channel, which was replaced by **TV3 Mini** on March 1, 2020, and its broadcast is oriented towards a children's audience.

On May 29, 2006, the channel Latvijas Mūzikas kanāls or LMK was created, where programs, charts, concerts and shows were shown. The channel broadcasts the latest, most relevant and popular music videos of Latvian music performers 24 hours a day. The channel program broadcasts ten original programs and several thematic music video blocks. The channel also offered an attractive morning program with music, cinema and fashion news and other current information. The LMK channel was rebroadcast by the LNT channel at night. Now, on Kanāls 2, song videos are shown in the morning from 05:00 to 08:00 and at night from 00:00 to 02:00.

In 2008, Latvijas Mūzikas Kanāls started creating "LMK Aktuālo klipu TOP 20", where viewers could vote for video clips on the channel's website for free and send paid text messages. Only the latest video clips received by the Latvian Music Channel could enter the top, and if the video clip received the fewest votes, the clip was dropped from the top. The format of the chart was limited and could only contain 20 videos at a time.

In 2011, the entertainment channel LMK together with the communication operator "OKarte" created the musical show "OKartes stage". The essence of the show was to allow the participants to express themselves freely and creatively - to create original songs, a stage image, take care of marketing and finances. All management related to the creation of music and formation of the group was completely transferred to the hands of the members themselves. During the week, the participants had to prepare a performance for the big concert on Friday - two songs that the participants performed one after the other at the concert. One song was an original song created by the participants in the show, the other was a well-known song that the participants performed in their own interpretation. Since the tone of the music industry is primarily set by the fans, the show's only decision-makers on seating arrangements at the concert were the television viewers. The group "Jātnieki" became the winners of the "OKartes stage" musical show.

On January 9, 2012, the Swedish media company "Modern Times Group" became the owner of TV5, LNT and Kanāls 2 television. On January 29, 2012, the LMK channel started working with a new brand - Kanāls 2. Simultaneously with the change of the LMK brand, the new Kanāls 2 offers both content and technological innovations.

On October 21, 2013, channel changed format 16:9 (But till 2017, some shows are 4:3), also same day changed the logo, however channel started used 16:9 since Summer 2013, but Ad break's and idents was still 4:3.

Since October 2017 the channel was a part of All Media Baltics, a company owned by investment firm Providence Equity Partners. Kanāls 2, as with other channels of the All Media Baltics group in the Baltic states, switched to HD broadcasting on 26 July 2018.

On November 8, 2019, the owners of the channel announced the change of the name and format of the channel, which was replaced by **TV3 Mini** on March 1, 2020, and its broadcast is oriented towards a children's audience.