TV Finland

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TV Finland is a Finnish television channel available in Europe via satellite and in Sweden, Norway and Estonia also on some cable television networks. The channel was originally created for free-to-air broadcast in Sweden as part of a reciprocal agreement between the Finnish and Swedish governments, that also established the SVT Europa (Originally SVT4) broadcasts in areas of Finland with Swedish speaking populations. As of 2006 it is broadcast on terrestrial free-to-air television in parts of Sweden, but digitalization threatens to stop both broadcasts.

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TV Finland is offered by Finland's National Broadcasting Company YLE, and its contents are taken from programs regularly broadcasted on public channels YLE TV1 and YLE TV2 (including Swedish language FST productions) and commercial channel MTV3. Programs are mostly local productions and national sports events, and they do not include commercials (commercial breaks and gaps between consecutive programs are filled with still screens). It includes the YLE teletext service.

[edit] TV Finland via satellite

Despite being owned by public YLE, TV Finland is not a free-to-air channel, but its reception requires a subscription with private broadcaster Canal Digital, which includes both a fee for the access card, and a yearly fee.