Press releases
Merja Ylä-Anttila appointed CEO of Yle
She will join Yle on 1 September 2018.
Yle’s Board of Directors has appointed Merja Ylä-Anttila CEO of the company. She will join Yle on 1 September 2018.
Board of Directors' report and financial statements 2017
Annual financial report.
Annual financial report is available as an web article and an e-book.
- Yle, MTV, Elisa, Nokia, ENENSYS, Bittium and Qualcomm Showcase the Future of TV, Paving the Way to 5G Broadcast
- Merja Ylä-Anttila appointed CEO of Yle
- SuomiLOVE to be produced at Mediapolis in Tampere
- Immersive Media goes Disruptive!
- Crime in the Costa del Sol: The Paradise will start shooting in 2018
- There will be a change of CEO at Yle
- Yle’s Nuntii Latini to continue until spring 2019
- Yle acquires perpetual rights to Aki Kaurismäki’s film – all Kaurismäki’s films to be shown on Yle Teema and Yle Areena
- Yle’s Nuntii Latini to be broadcast for the last time in late December
SuomiLOVE to be produced at Mediapolis in Tampere
Popular SuomiLOVE will continue for at least two seasons.
SuomiLOVE, Yle's popular and award-winning music series, will move to Mediapolis studios in Tampere.
Crime in the Costa del Sol: The Paradise will start shooting in 2018
The Paradise is a story about memory.
Yle is producing a drama series together with the Spanish media company Mediapro.
There will be a change of CEO at Yle
Yle’s Board of Directors starts looking for successor.
The company’s Board of Directors starts looking for Lauri Kivinen’s successor.
Yle’s Nuntii Latini to continue until spring 2019
Nuntii Latini will continue on Yle Radio 1.
Yle’s weekly news review in Latin, Nuntii Latini, will continue on Yle Radio 1 until spring 2019. It will then celebrate its 30th anniversary.
Opinions
Ville Vilén & Marit af Björkesten: Protection of sources is an important part of Western democracy, not idle nonsense
Why Yleisradio refuses to hand over the Panama papers?
Why Yleisradio refuses to hand over the tax haven leak materials known as the Panama papers to the Finnish Tax Administration?
Kari Haakana: The Yle Areena player available to all Finnish residents in EU area 2018
Yle will make its Areena player portable.
A major change in the Yle Areena player next year will be implementing the EU regulation on cross-border portability.
- Ville Vilén & Marit af Björkesten: Protection of sources is an important part of Western democracy, not idle nonsense
- Kari Haakana: The Yle Areena player available to all Finnish residents in EU area 2018
- Gunilla Ohls: Yle adapts to fast changing media-usage
- Anssi Komulainen: Yle Beta is an incubator for future media experiences
- Jari Lahti: Personal Yle – Public Service Media at its best
- Lauri Kivinen: Complex world needs freedom of speech
- Ritva Leino & Cilla Lönnqvist: Areena is good and getting better
- Ville Vilén & Marit af Björkesten: Panama Papers should not jeopardise freedom of speech
Yle in English
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!
Yle's strategy
Yle strengthens the Finnish society and culture.
Yle strengthens the Finnish society and culture.
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.
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 municipal elections attracting large audiences.
How Yle works
Yle's organisation, management, and responsible editors.
Yle's organisation, management, and responsible editors.
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.
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.
Explore our open data sets available for everyone.
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.
Our internet vision
Developing the online services starts from the customer.
Developing the online services starts from the customer.
Visual data to give Yle better understanding of users
Understanding of online users helps Yle to serve the public.
Yle's Smart Data and Audience Insight team has come up with a new and unique way of predicting the age and gender distribution of online users. This helps Yle to serve the public better.
Yle's Code of Conduct
Guidelines for everyone who works or operates for Yle.
Guidelines for everyone who works or operates for Yle. The Code of Conduct crystallises the principles with which we will achieve and retain reliability and independence and will appreciate people.
Ethical Guidelines for the Production of Programmes and Content
They bind all who work in Yle's programme productions.
Yle's Ethical Guidelines for the Production of Programmes and Content are binding to all who participate in the production of programmes or contents at or for Yle.
2016–2017
Yle's annual reports
In Yle's annual reports you can find more information about the company's economic state, Yle's meaning to the Finns and Yle's position in the media field.
2017
The PDF archive of Yle's reports
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