Yle TV1

Yle TV1 (Yleisradio - Finnish Broadcasting Company TV1; Finnish: Yle TV Yksi, Swedish: Yle TV Ett) is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish public broadcaster Yle. It is the second oldest (after TES-TV) and the oldest existing television channel in Finland. More than 70% of the channel's programs are documentaries, news, or educational programmes. Its name is commonly referred to as Ykkönen; it derives from Yle's ownership of channels Spots 1 and 2 by default in Finland; the other, spot 2 channel, is Yle TV2.

Yle TV1
Logo used since March 5, 2012
CountryFinland
Broadcast areaNational; also distributed in Norway, Sweden, Estonia and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable.
HeadquartersPasila, Helsinki
Programming
Language(s)Finnish
Karelian
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerYle
Sister channelsYle TV2
Yle Teema & Fem
History
Launched13 August 1957 (test transmissions)
1 January 1958 (regular programming)
Former namesSuomen Televisio (1958–1965)
TV-ohjelma 1 (1965–1972)
Links
Websitewww.yle.fi/tv1
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrialChannel 1
Channel 21 (HD)
Streaming media
Yle AreenaWatch live (Limited programming outside Finland)

History

The channel started test transmissions on 13 August 1957, and began regular broadcasts on 1 January 1958 as Suomen Televisio and the second Finnish TV channel at the time. When Yleisradio took over the Tampere-based[1] Tamvisio in 1964, Suomen Televisio was renamed TV-ohjelma 1 and Tamvisio became TV-ohjelma 2 – and when they started broadcasting in colour in the 1970s, they were rebranded again, as TV1 and TV2.

Logos and identities
  • Since 2005, this logo has been a logo bug to Yle TV1 until 2007.
    Since 2005, this logo has been a logo bug to Yle TV1 until 2007.
  • Yle TV1's seventh and previous logo used from April 2007 to 4 March 2012.
    Yle TV1's seventh and previous logo used from April 2007 to 4 March 2012.
  • Yle TV1's eight and current logo since 5 March 2012.
    Yle TV1's eight and current logo since 5 March 2012.
  • HD logo since 2012.
    HD logo since 2012.

Notable programming

Imports

Upcoming imports

References
  1. Hokka, Jenni: The changing local community of Finnish drama and comedy series. Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Nordisk Mediakonference August 2005, University of Tampere. Accessed: 17 December 2010.
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