This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. April 2010 was in in 1955. Prior to 1986, monopolized the Finnish television. All terrestrial stations stopped broadcasting on 1 September 2007 after introducing ; providers were allowed to continue analog broadcasting in their networks until 1 March 2008. Typically, foreign-language content is , retaining the original language. This includes interview responses in news or magazine programmes not given in the main language of that programme. Foreign programming intended for children is, however, usually dubbed into one of the national languages. Main article: Digital terrestrial television was launched on 21 August 2001. The analogue networks continued its broadcasts alongside the digital ones until 1 September 2007, when they were shut down nationwide. Before the analogue switchoff, the terrestrial network had three : MUX A, MUX B and MUX C. MUX A contained the channels of the public broadcaster and MUX B was shared between the two commercial broadcasters: and. MUX C contained channels of various other broadcasters. After the analogue closedown, a fourth multiplex named MUX E was launched. In addition the free-to-air broadcasts, two companies are providing encryption cards for pay television: and. Canal Digital was the first to launch, originally only offering four Canal+ channels the was added later on. Both packages got more channels with the launch of MUX E in September 2007: and was added to PlusTV and was added to Canal Digital, while , , and were added to both packages. TV1+ was closed on 4 August 2008 due to its low viewing share. Finland has started switchover that will be finished on 31. Analogue cable television were switched off in Finland on 1 March 2008, but digital cable television is widespread all over the country and its infrastructure used for services. All pay television uses digital broadcasts, DVB-C have been available since 2001. The first available were manufactured by and. After that the service merged with Canal Digital in late 1997. Competing pay television Viasat and 's channel started digital broadcasts in 1999. Pan-European HDTV-channel HD1 is available also in Finland. Most of the channels are the same throughout mainland Finland. In and the there is an extra multiplex available which provides encrypted channels from Sweden, along with respective local stations, and of course due to overlapping signals, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian stations are able to be seen near the border areas and vice versa. Channel Name Free-to-air Description 1. Yes documentaries, news, politics, satire, series, films 2. Yes news, sport, entertainment, series, films, children's programming 3. Yes films, series, sports, news 4. Yes films, series, sports, news 5. Yes culture, sciences and learning. Also programming by the department of Yle 6. Yes imported series, films, reality, chat shows 7. Yes entertainment, films, series, documentaries 8. Yes women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, films, series, documentaries 9. Yes men's programmes, reality, documentaries 10. Yes men's programmes, music, films, series, documentaries 11. Yes women's programmes, lifestyle 12. Yes series, films, documentaries 13. Yes women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, films, series, documentaries 14. Yes imported series and films 15. Yes programmes for minorities, religious programmes 16. Yes women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, films, documentaries 17. Yes nature, history, documentaries 28. Yes short-term broadcasts Upcoming DVB-T channels Channel Name Free-to-air Description Reference DVB-T2 channels No. Channel Name Free-to-air Description HD Frequency 21. HD Yes High-definition simulcast of Yle TV1 Yes VHF 22. HD Yes High-definition simulcast of Yle TV2 Yes VHF 23. HD No High-definition simulcast of MTV3 Yes VHF 24. HD Yes High-definition simulcast of Nelonen Yes UHF 25. HD Yes High-definition simulcast of TV5 Yes VHF 39. Yes High-definition simulcast of Estradi Yes UHF 40. No sports, outdoors, documentaries, programming for men No UHF 41. HD No High-definition simulcast of Eurosport Yes VHF 42. HD No High-definition simulcast of Eurosport 2 Yes VHF 43. No children's programming No UHF 44. No documentaries, science No UHF 45. No sports, teleshopping No UHF 46. No entertainment, music videos 13:00 - 07:00 hrs. No children's programming 07:00 - 13:00 hrs. No films No UHF 54. No series, films No UHF 55. No sports No UHF 58. No children's programming No UHF 62. No association football No UHF 62. No ice hockey No UHF 64. No sports No UHF 65. No ice hockey No UHF 66. No sports No UHF 67. No golf No UHF 68. No adult entertainment No UHF 69. No adult entertainment No UHF 80. No documentaries, science No UHF 83. No sports No UHF 84. No nature, history, documentaries No UHF 85. No nature, documentaries No UHF 89. No children's programming No UHF 90. No children's programming No UHF 92. No High-definition simulcast of MTV Max Yes VHF 94. No films No UHF 95. No High-definition simulcast of C More First Yes VHF 96. No High-definition simulcast of MTV Sport 1 Yes VHF 97. No sports No UHF 98. No High-definition simulcast of MTV Sport 2 Yes VHF 111. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 112. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 113. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 114. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 115. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 116. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 117. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 118. No Broadcasts from the No UHF 119. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Hockey Yes VHF 120. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Jääkiekko Yes VHF 121. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Urheilu Yes VHF 122. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Jalkapallo Yes VHF 123. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Golf Yes VHF 124. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Film Action Yes VHF 125. No films No UHF 126. No history No UHF 127. No High-definition simulcast of Viasat Film Premiere Yes VHF Channels 1988 1990 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 34 33 25 26. FST's output was included in the programming of YLE's two main television channels, and. Retrieved 23 July 2011. Archived from on October 6, 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Alma Media, Aamulehti Group, MTV Group. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011. Archived from on 28 May 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012. 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