MTV Max
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| Country | Finland | 
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MTV Oy (Telia Company)  | 
| Sister channels | MTV3 (HD) MTV Sub (HD) MTV Ava (HD) MTV Aitio (HD) MTV Viihde (HD) MTV Urheilu 1 (HD) MTV Urheilu 2 (HD) MTV Juniori (HD)  | 
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2006 | 
| Replaced | MTV3+  (November 2002 – November 2006)  | 
| Former names | MTV3 Max (2006-2013) MTV Max (2013-2017) C More Max (2017-2023)  | 
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digita | Channel 40 HD Channel 42  | 
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
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
Comedy
Reality
Fictional
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.
 
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