| Yle TV1 | |
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| Launched | 1 January 1958 |
| Owned by | Yle |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 23.3% (2011, ) |
| Country | Finland |
| Broadcast area | Finland |
| Formerly called | Suomen Televisio (1958-1965) TV-ohjelma 1 (1965-1971) |
| Sister channel(s) | Yle TV1 HD Yle TV2 Yle Fem Yle Teema Yle TV2 HD Yle Fem HD Yle Teema HD |
| Website | www.yle.fi/tv1 |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 1 Channel 31 (HD) |
| dna Welho | Channel 21 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Thor 3 | 12.054 GHz H |
| Canal Digital | Channel 1 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Elisa | Channel 1 |
| dna Welho | Channel 1 Channel 21 (HD) |
Yle TV1 (YLE TV Yksi) 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 channel started broadcasting on 1 January 1958 as Suomen Televisio. When Yleisradio took over Tampere-based 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.