Yle TV1

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Yle TV1
Yle TV1 logo.svg
Logo used since March 5, 2012
Country Finland
Broadcast areaNational; also distributed in Norway, Sweden, Estonia and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable.
Headquarters Pasila, Helsinki
Programming
Language(s) Finnish
Swedish (Rare option as alternate digital subtitles, sporadic original productions)
Northern Sami (Short daily newscasts)
Russian (Short daily newscast)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Yle
Sister channels Yle 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
Website www.yle.fi/tv1
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial Channel 1
Channel 21 (HD)
Streaming media
Yle Areena Watch live (Limited programming outside Finland)

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.

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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

Notable programming

Imports

Discontinued imports

Upcoming imports

Previous inports

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