6 March 2012 Last updated at 05:38 ET

Estonia country profile

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• Media
• Leaders
• Timeline

Estonia has the reputation for being on the cutting edge of technology

Estonia's broadcasting industry has attracted foreign media groups; the main privately-owned TVs are run by Swedish and Norwegian concerns.

Eesti Televisioon (ETV) and Eesti Raadio (ER) are public broadcasters. Take-up of cable and digital terrestrial TV is extensive; the offering includes stations in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and Latvian.

Estonia has a reputation for being at the cutting edge of technology. By December 2011, more than 993,000 Estonians - 77.5% of the population - were using the internet (Internetworldstats.com).

The country held the world's first parliamentary "e-vote" in 2007. In 2012, US-based Freedom House found that Estonia had the greatest degree of internet freedom among 47 countries surveyed.

The press

• Postimees - daily, Estonian and Russian-language editions
• Eesti Paevaleht - daily
• Ohtuleht - evening tabloid
• Maaleht - weekly
• Aripaev - business daily

Television

• Eesti Televisioon - public, English-language pages
• TV3 - private
• Kanal 2 - private

Radio

• Eesti Raadio - public; four networks including flagship Vikerraadio
• Raadio Elmar - private, music
• Raadio Kuku - first private radio

News agency/internet

• Baltic News Service (BNS) - private
• Delfi - news portal, in Estonian and Russian