Television and radio

Despite the wide reach of digital media in Estonia, traditional TV and radio programmes are still popular. Everyone can find something they like from the selection of television broadcasters and radio stations. TV and radio also promote other areas of culture, offering quality films, music and plays as well as live broadcasts of the most important events.

Television and radio statistics cover all radio and TV stations in Estonia. The statistics include information, such as:

  • how many TV and radio broadcasters there are in Estonia;
  • what is the duration of broadcasting;
  • how is the duration divided between Estonian and Russian language broadcasts;
  • how many people work in broadcasting.

All transmitting TV stations with valid broadcasting licences submit data to Statistics Estonia. Statistics on television and radio are used to monitor and plan the consumption of traditional media.

Public TV broadcasters 3
0.0%
2024
Private TV broadcasters 22
-8.3%
2024
Mean daily duration of broadcasting per TV broadcaster 1,281 minutes
9.5%
Employees of broadcasters 1,769
30.6%
Public radio broadcasters 5
0.0%
2024
Private radio broadcasters 29
-3.3%
2024

Mean daily duration of broadcasting by type of broadcast, 2024

Ühik: minutit

Fiction684
Other broadcasts86
News29
Sports broadcasts12

Mean daily duration of broadcasting per broadcaster by type of broadcast, 2024

 All broadcastersEstonian Public Broadcasting (per programme)
News65104
Informative broadcasts114355
Educational broadcasts....
Scientific broadcasts....
Cultural broacasts, excl. radioplays....
Radioplays....
Religious broadcasts952
Music broadcasts927761
Sports broadcasts412
Entertainment broadcasts13040
Advertising350
Other broadcasts4148

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