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This is Yle

Finland's national public service broadcasting company

Yle (Yleisradio, Finnish Broadcasting Company) is Finland's national public service broadcasting company. What do we do and why?

Yle Sales brings Finnish tv-programs available worldwide

A selection of Yle programs available worldwide

Yle Sales brings a selection of Yle programs available for tv-channels and other media services around the world.

International Programme Acquisitions

If you have a program to offer for Yle, let us know about it

If you have a program to offer for Yle, let us know about it!

Press releases

SuomiLOVE – Soundtrack of Love wins Formaatti-Finlandia award

Formaatti-Finlandia award for SuomiLOVE – Soundtrack of Love

Yle’s popular music entertainment programme SuomiLOVE – Soundtrack of Love was awarded as the best television format of 2016.

Midsummer of all time!

Hulahula Suomi was the biggest production ever in Finland.

This year Yle organized the biggest midsummer party ever seen in Finland. Hulahula Suomi, the production that covered the whole country, was part of the Suomi 100/Finland 100 -celebration.

Yle strengthens its independence, journalistic culture and management practices

Yle is to carry out changes in its operations.

Yle is to carry out changes in its operations. The changes focus on building stronger journalistic independence and quality.

Atte Jääskeläinen, director of news and current affairs at Yle, resigns from his position

Yle's Board of Directors discussed this matter on 29 May.

Audit by Olli Mäenpää: Yle operates independently – need for a stronger “firewall”

Mäenpää wants a change in social and political practices.

Generally speaking, Yle’s editorial processes and decision-making are appropriate, although there is room for improvement. The primary focus is on freedom of speech.

Yle to participate in the international MOOMIN series

MOOMIN will be seen during the spring of 2019.

The new, international animated MOOMIN series for television will be completed at the beginning of 2019.

Opinions

Gunilla Ohls: Yle adapts to fast changing media-usage

Our children, the next generation, are the drivers of change

Media consumption has quickly become mobile. Your personal mobile device feeds you with a constant stream of stimuli – more than you could possibly ever delve into. In Finland four out of five consumers have unlimited data plans in their mobile subscriptions, which encourages video content consumption.

Anssi Komulainen: Yle Beta is an incubator for future media experiences

Yle is inviting you on a quest for something new.

Yle Beta kicks off with AI content recognition and by exploring the possibilities of VR for events and conflict journalism. Because we intend to be a part of the media landscape in future, we have to to participate in the game right from the beginning.

Opinions

Yle in English

Yle Brochure in English

The basic facts of Yle in a handy form

The basic facts of Yle in a handy form, in English.

Contact Us

Yle international contact information in one page.

Do you want more information about Yle? Read here whom to contact.

How Yle works

Yle's organisation, management, and responsible editors.

Yle's customer relationships

How did we react the audience on television and radio?

Yle reached every individual in Finland, with the Presidential Independence Day Reception and Rio Olympics attracting large audiences.

Yle's financing and the cost structure

Yle is financed by a tax paid by individuals and companies.

Since 2013, Yle has been financed by a tax paid by individuals and companies.

Yle brand, visual image and logos

Instructions for using the Yle brand and logos

Detailed instructions for using the Yle brand and logos. You may also download logos through the links.

What do we offer to the public abroad?

Yle's programmes can be watched overseas

Follow our radio and tv channels in Yle Areena.

Yle Archive Sales

Yle Archive Sales offers collection of Finnish content.

In need of Finnish content? Yle Archive Sales offers a collection of almost half a million TV programmes and films.

Open data resources available in Yle

Explore our open data sets available for everyone.

Yle's strategy for 2016–2020

Yle 2020: Among Finns

Yle strengthens Finnish society and culture by providing everyone with information, education, insights and experiences.

Our internet vision

Developing the online services starts from the customer.

Ethical Guidelines for the Production of Programmes and Content

They bind all who work in Yle's programme productions.

Privacy statement

Yle's privacy statement

Yle’s services are governed by the principles of personal data protection

2016–2017

Annual reports

Yle publishes several reports yearly, where the company tells more about it's business during the year in question. In the report it reveals for instance more about Yles economic state, and how it uses the funds it's given by the finns, about it's meaning to the Finnish people and Yles position in the media field. It also accounts for how it's obligations by law have been fulfilled during the year in question.