Six Estonian digital channels is nearly 99% of Estonia’s territory, which is already much better than the old analogue television coverage,” stated the head of the Government committee for Estonia’s transition to digital television Jüri Pihel.
The digital signal coverage needs to be guaranteed at required quality free of charge on the entire Estonian territory before July 1 2010 when analogue television signal will be switched off and Estonia will transfer fully to digital signal coverage.
Where is Estonian?
Estonia is largely ready for transferring to digital television
Estonia is a low, flat country covering 45,226 square kilometers. It is about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Estonia has a long, shallow coastline (1,393 kilometers) along the Baltic Sea, with 1,520 islands dotting the shore. The two largest islands are Saaremaa (literally, island land), at 2,673 square kilometers, and Hiiumaa, at 989 square kilometers. The two islands are favorite Estonian vacation spots. The country’s highest point, Suur Munamägi (Egg Mountain), is in the hilly southeast and reaches 318 meters above sea level. Estonia is covered by about 1.8 million hectares of forest. Arable land amounts to about 926,000 hectares. Meadows cover about 252,000 hectares, and pastureland covers about 181,000 hectares. There are more than 1,400 natural and artificial lakes in Estonia. The largest of them, Lake Peipsi (3,555 square kilometers), forms much of the border between Estonia and Russia. Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake (270 square kilometers). The Narva and Emajõgi are among the most important of the country’s many rivers.
