28-485: Yleisradio Oy ( lit. ' General Radio Ltd. ' ; Swedish : Rundradion Ab ), abbreviated as Yle ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈyle] ) (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company , is Finland 's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock company , which is 99.98% owned by
56-588: A "red" or leftist medium. This was true especially in 1965–69, during the term of Director-General Eino S. Repo , who got the position with the backing of the Agrarian League and President Kekkonen (a member of the Agrarian Party), as he was Kekkonen's personal friend. He was accused of favouring leftist student radicalism and young, left-leaning reporters with programmes critical of capitalism that demanded reforms to bring Finland closer to
84-595: A question in Parliament about the plans of Yle to end its availability on international shortwave bands. In his question, Hemmilä took up the low cost of the world band radio to the consumer travelling or living abroad. In her response, the Minister of Transport and Communications , Susanna Huovinen ( S ) noted that Yle would now be available via other means, such as satellites and the Internet. She also underlined
112-405: A status that could be described as that of a non-departmental public body . It is governed by a parliamentary governing council. Yle's turnover in 2010 was €398.4 million. In 2022, Yle's annual budget was about €560 million. Yle operates three national television channels, 13 radio channels and services, and 25 regional radio stations. As Finland is constitutionally bilingual —around 5.5% of
140-602: Is aktiebolag , often abbreviated (in Finland) to Ab . The Swedish abbreviation is sometimes included, as in Ab Company Oy , Oy Company Ab , or Company Oy Ab . The abbreviations have been styled in many ways, such as Oy , OY , O.Y. , or even O/Y . The English form is Ltd. Julkinen osakeyhtiö (pl. julkiset osakeyhtiöt ) means "public stock company" and is abbreviated to oyj ( pronounced [ˈoːˌʔyːˌjiː] ). A julkinen osakeyhtiö can be listed on
168-516: 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;
196-741: Is also frequently dubbed. In the field of international broadcasting, one of Yle's best-known services was Nuntii Latini , the news in Latin , which was broadcast worldwide and made available on the Internet . Yle was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki . Suomen Yleisradio (Finland's General Radio)
224-626: The Helsinki Stock Exchange . The term's Swedish equivalent is Abp ( publikt aktiebolag ). An oyj may be called a public limited company or public company in English and may use the abbreviation PLC or the term corporation in the company's English name, for example Finnair Plc , Remedy Entertainment Plc , Kone Corporation and Nokia Corporation . Yle TV1 Yle TV1 (Yleisradio - Finnish Broadcasting Company TV1; Finnish : Yle TV Yksi , Swedish : Yle TV Ett )
252-568: The Finnish state and employs around 3,200 people in Finland. Yle shares many of its organisational characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC , on which it was largely modelled. Yle was long funded by revenues obtained from a broadcast receiving license fee payable by the owners of radio sets (1927–1976) and television sets (1958–2012) and through a portion of the broadcasting license fees payable by private television broadcasters. Since 2013,
280-565: The Soviet Union, and Yle was given the nickname "Reporadio". After Repo resigned, he was demoted to director of radio broadcasting, on the communist -led People's Democratic League mandate. Repo resigned in 1969, but according to Yle, the "political mandate" remained, as Erkki Raatikainen was named director directly from the Social Democratic Party office. All directors after him until 2010 were Social Democrats. This
308-532: The Talvivaara mine (Terrafame mine). 60°12′11″N 24°55′32″E / 60.203135°N 24.92549°E / 60.203135; 24.92549 ( Iso Paja ) Osakeyhti%C3%B6 Osakeyhtiö ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈosɑkeˌʔyhtiø] ; " stock company "), often abbreviated to Oy ( pronounced [ˈoːˌʔyː] ), is the term for a Finnish limited company (e.g., Ltd , LLC , or GmbH ). The Swedish-language term
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#1732780845783336-473: The Yle tax, replaced the license fee in 2013. The tax ranges from 50 euros to 140 euros per person and per year, depending on income. Minors and persons with low income are exempt from the tax. In radio, Yle was a legal monopoly until 1985, when local radio stations were permitted, and maintained a national monopoly until 1995, when national radio networks were allowed. In the past, Yle has been seen in Finland as
364-406: The end of 2005. Three channels continued to be available as DVB audio services until they were shut down on 30 June 2016. Until the end of 2012, Finnish citizens paid Yle a license fee for the use of a television, set at 252 euros per year in 2012. The license fee was per location, which could hold several sets (e.g. in a living room as well as a bedroom). The public broadcasting tax, also known as
392-475: The end of 2006. Expatriate organisations had been campaigning for continued service, but their efforts did not succeed in maintaining the service or even in slowing the process. The decision also affected a high-powered medium wave on 963 kHz (312m). A smaller medium wave covering the Gulf of Finland region (558 kHz, 538m) remained on air for one more year. In November 2005, MP Pertti Hemmilä ( N ) submitted
420-734: The fact that Yle is not under government control, but under indirect parliamentary supervision. The Council for Mass Media in Finland criticized Yleisradio for restricting news reports about Prime Minister Juha Sipilä 's investments and business in 2017. The chief editor of Yle threatened that Yle would resign from the Council. PM Sipilä had been angry over Yle's reports on the Talvivaara mine and Katera Steel (a company owned by relatives of Sipilä). Several reporters were barred from publishing stories about political connections between Sipilä and companies owned by his relatives, and state financing of
448-409: The late 1970s. On 1 May 1977, Tv-uutiset (TV-news) and TV-nytt switched to colour. In 1996, Yle's operations in the Åland Islands were transferred to Ålands Radio and TV , and in 1998, Yle's transmitter network and related assets were spun off into a separate company called Digita Oy [ fi ] . In the 2000s, Yle established several new radio and television channels. In 2007, there
476-451: The license fee has been replaced by a public broadcasting tax (known as the Yle tax ) collected annually from Finnish citizens and corporations. The main part of the Yle tax is collected from individual taxpayers, with payments assessed on a sliding scale. Minors and those with an annual income less than € 7,813 are exempt. At the lower limit, the tax payable by individuals is €50 per annum, and
504-427: The maximum (payable by an individual with a yearly income of €20,588 or more) is €140. The rationale for the abolition of the television license fee was the development of other means of delivering Yle's services, such as the Internet , and the consequent impracticality of continuing to tie the fee to the ownership of a specific device. Yle receives no advertising revenue, as all channels are advertisement-free. Yle has
532-495: The next year under the name Suomen Televisio (Finland's Television), which was later renamed Yle TV1 . Television's popularity in the country grew rapidly. In 1964, Yle obtained TES-TV and Tamvisio , which were merged into Yle TV2 . In 1969, the Finnish Broadcasting Company began broadcasting television programmes in colour, but due to the high cost of colour technology, colour only became standard in
560-484: The other, spot 2 channel, is Yle TV2 . 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 Tamvisio in 1964, Suomen Televisio was renamed TV-ohjelma 1 and Tamvisio became TV-ohjelma 2, and when they started broadcasting in colour in
588-556: The population speaks Swedish as their native language—Yle provides radio and TV programming in Swedish through its Swedish-language department, Svenska Yle. As is customary in Finland, foreign films and TV programmes (as well as segments of local programmes that feature foreign language content, like news reports) are generally subtitled on Yle's channels. Dubbing is used in cartoons intended for young children who have not yet learned to read; off-screen narration in documentaries
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#1732780845783616-810: The radio battalion of the Finnish Defense Forces in Santahamina at the former Russian Empire Baltic Fleet officer casino, now Katajanokka casino starting in April 1923 and by Tampereen radioyhdistys, (Tampere Radio Society) in April 1924. Not until 1928 did Yle's broadcasts become available throughout the country. By the beginning of the 1930s, 100,000 households could listen to Yle programmes, and in 1933, Yle moved to Fabianinkatu 15, were it would stay until 1968 were it moved to Ylen Kesäkatu and then Mediatalo in 1978. In 1957, Yle made its first television broadcast tests, and regular TV programming began
644-518: Was a digital television switchover. A completely new digital channel, Yle Teema (Yle Theme) was introduced, and the Swedish-language FST ( Finlands Svenska Television, Finland's Swedish Television) was moved from its analogue channel to its digital one, YLE FST5 (later renamed Yle Fem). In addition to these four channels (TV1, TV2, Teema, and Fem), a fifth channel, YLE24, was launched in 2001 for 24-hour news programming. This channel
672-529: Was ended by the appointment of the right-wing National Coalition Party's Lauri Kivinen as director in 2010. During Finlandisation and the leftist radicalization of the 1970s, Yle contributed to Kekkonen's policy of "neutrality" by broadcasting the program Näin naapurissa about the Soviet Union. This program was produced in cooperation with the Soviets and supported Soviet propaganda without criticism. Kivinen's appointment in 2010 received much criticism, as he
700-555: Was founded in Helsinki on 29 May 1926. The first radio programme was transmitted on 9 September that year in a studio at Unioninkatu 20, generally considered the birthdate of regular broadcasting activities in Finland. The name Yleisradio was taken from the Defense Forces, where Yleisradio meant a radio broadcast that could be heard by everyone. Before YLE, Radio broadcasts were done by Radiola in Helsinki from March 23, 1924,
728-464: Was not well received by Yle management, which fired him that day. Wilska received substantial support after his termination. Yle has been criticised for buying many HBO series. It has responded by emphasising the suitability of series to channels with no ad breaks, citing HBO programming's quality and low price, and stating that American programmes constitute only 7% of its programming. The broadcasts on shortwave from Yle Radio Finland were closed at
756-473: Was previously head of Nokia Siemens Networks , which had sold monitoring equipment to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence , allowing them to arrest political dissidents throughout the protests in the fall of 2009. English-language newscaster Kimmo Wilska was fired on 13 October 2010 after pretending to be caught drinking on camera following an alcohol-related news story on Yle News . His stunt
784-678: Was replaced by YLE Extra, a channel attempting to cater to the youth, which was in turn decommissioned in 2007. Until 4 August 2008, the fifth channel was used to broadcast Yle TV1 with Finnish subtitles on programmes in foreign languages (without having to enable the TV's or digital set-top box's subtitle function). As of January 2014, all of Yle's TV channels except TV Finland are available in high definition. Former, discontinued, channels are Kolmoskanava , YLE24 , YLE Extra , YLE TV1+ [ fi ] (2008) and YLE HD [ fi ] (2011–2014). Yle phased out digital audio broadcasts by
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