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.

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.

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

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.

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.