31-735: (Redirected from Fst ) FST may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Finlands Svenska Television , now Yle Fem, the Swedish-language department of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Florida Studio Theatre , in Sarasota, Florida, United States Free Southern Theater , in Mississippi, United States Biology [ edit ] Fixation index (F ST ), in population genetics Follistatin ,
62-574: 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
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124-766: A fifth channel, YLE24, was launched in 2001 for 24-hour news programming. This channel 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
155-734: A mammalian glycoprotein (and gene) Education [ edit ] Franciscan School of Theology , in California, United States French School of Thessaloniki , in Greece The interdisciplinary field of food science and technology Government and politics [ edit ] Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency) , in Northern Ireland Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) , in Northern Ireland Financial Secretary to
186-579: 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
217-659: A radio broadcast that could be heard by everyone. Before YLE, Radio broadcasts were done by Radiola in Helsinki from March 23, 1924, 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
248-572: A separate company called Digita Oy [ fi ] . In the 2000s, Yle established several new radio and television channels. In 2007, there 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),
279-477: A significant amount of programming from SVT World , the international channel of Sweden's Public Broadcaster SVT. Yle 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 ,
310-453: 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 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
341-558: Is Finland 's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock company , which is 99.98% owned by 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
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#1732855135522372-481: Is constitutionally bilingual —around 5.5% of 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
403-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Finlands Svenska Television Yle Fem ( Yle Five ) was Yle 's Finland-Swedish national television channel, providing television programmes in the Swedish language in Finland . It was a public-service channel principally intended for Finland's Swedish-speaking minority . Creating understanding over
434-566: Is used in cartoons intended for young children who have not yet learned to read; off-screen narration in documentaries 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
465-571: The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki . Suomen Yleisradio (Finland's General Radio) 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
496-550: 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
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558-561: The United Kingdom Field sobriety testing Fiji Standard Time Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FST . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FST&oldid=1233531822 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
589-471: 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
620-538: 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 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
651-608: 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 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
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#1732855135522682-453: 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 the next year under the name Suomen Televisio (Finland's Television), which was later renamed Yle TV1 . Television's popularity in
713-406: 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
744-471: 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
775-724: 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
806-419: The language and culture border was also one of the channel's recognized objectives. Yle Fem was launched in 1988 as a late-evening programming block called FST ( Finlands Svenska Television , literally "Finland's Swedish Television" ) which was broadcast on Monday nights on Yle TV2 and on Tuesday nights on Yle TV1 , after the conclusion of MTV3 's Kymmenen Uutiset (10pm evening news) on either channel. It
837-468: 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, 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
868-525: 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
899-465: 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
930-467: 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
961-521: Was relaunched as its own dedicated channel called YLE FST on 27 August 2001, and was called YLE FST5 from 2006 to 2012, but the name was changed because the viewers thought the name was only a combination of letters (Fem is Swedish for five.). Initially, Finlands Svenska Television's output was formerly included in the programming of Yle's two main television channels, TV1 and TV2 . Yle Fem and Yle Teema were merged into one network on 24 April 2017, as Yle Teema & Fem . In addition, Yle Fem simulcasts