Yle TV1

Yle TV1 (Yleisradio - Finnish Broadcasting Company TV1) is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Finnish public broadcaster Yle. It is the first and oldest television channel in Finland. More than 70% of channel's programs are documentaries, news or educational programmes. Its name is commonly referred to as Ykkönen; the name is derived from Yle's ownership of channel spots 1 and 2 by default in Finland; the other, spot 2 channel, is Yle TV2.

For other uses, see TV1 (disambiguation).
Yle TV1
CountryFinland
Broadcast areaNational; also distributed in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Estonia and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable.
HeadquartersPasila, Helsinki
Programming
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
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 terrestrial televisionChannel 1
DNAChannel 21 (HD)
Cable
ElisaChannel 1
DNAChannel 1
Channel 21 (HD)
STV (Estonia)Channel 34[1]
Com Hem (Sweden)Channel 175 (HD)[2]
Satellite
Thor 312.054 GHz H
Canal DigitalChannel 1 (HD) (Finland)
Channel 181 (Sweden)[3]

History

The channel started test transmissions on 13 August 1957, and began regular broadcasts on 1 January 1958 as Suomen Televisio. When Yleisradio took over Tampere-based[4] 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

2001-2012
  • Since 2005, this logo has been a logo bug to Yle TV1 until 2012.

2007-2012
  • Yle TV1's seventh and previous logo used from April 2007 to 4 March 2012.

Yle TV1 started using a new logo on 30 March 2007.

2012-present
  • Yle TV1's eight and current logo since 5 March 2012.
  • HD logo since 2012.

Notable programming

Imports

References
  1. "Üle 100 Kanali". STV (in Estonian). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "YLE1 HD". Com Hem (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. "TV-kanaler". Canal Digital (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. Hokka, Jenni: The changing local community of Finnish drama and comedy series. Nordisk Mediakonference August 2005, University of Tampere. Accessed: 17 December 2010.
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