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 Logo used since March 5, 2012 | |
| Country | Finland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National; 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 | |
| Launched | 13 August 1957 (test transmissions) 1 January 1958 (regular programming) |
| Former names | Suomen 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.