and visuals. In 2016, LTV launched the online channel Visiem LTV ('LTV to all', also styled VISIEMLTV.LV) for foreign viewers, mostly targeted for the Latvian diaspora. The programming is a mix of LTV1 and LTV7 broadcasts that are not restricted by copyright laws and are available globally. Until 2021, the broadcaster was funded by grant-in-aid from the Latvian government (around 60%), with the remainder coming from television commercials. Although moving LTV to licence fee funding was long been debated, this was often opposed by the government, with media analysts believing that the real reason for this is that the government is reluctant to lose the control of LTV that state-funding gives it.After years of debate, in June 2018 the Saeima unanimously voted to amend legislation allowing the public broadcaster to exit the advertising market and be fully funded by the state budget. In 2020 the necessary funding was earmarked by the Government of Latvia, with Latvijas Televīzija and Latvijas Radio exiting the ad market effective January 1, 2021. Logos and identities LTV1 LTV7 (formerly LTV2) Visiem LTV See also Eastern Bloc information dissemination List of Latvian television channels References External links European Broadcasting Union 1954 establishments in Latvia Companies based in Riga Eastern Bloc mass media European Broadcasting Union members Publicly funded broadcasters State media Television channels and stations established in 1954 Television channels in Latvia