Yle TV1
Logo used since 5 March 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 |
| 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 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Yle Areena | Watch live (Limited programming outside Finland) |
Yle 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 television channel in Finland, after TES-TV, and is the oldest currently existing television channel in the country. More than 70% of the channel's programs are documentaries, news, or educational programmes. It is commonly referred to as Ykkönen, deriving from Yle's ownership of channels Spots 1 and 2 by default in Finland, with the other channel spot being Yle TV2.