Yle

YLE Full Name Finnish Yleisradio Oy Swedish Rundradion Ab Is Finland's National Broadcasting Company Founded In 1926. YLE Is A Public-Broadcasting Organization Which Shares Many Of Its Characteristics With Its British Counterpart The BBC On Which It Was Largely Modelled. It Is Known As The "Finnish Broadcasting Corporation" In English. YLE Is A Public Limited Company Owned By The Finnish State With A 99.98 % Share . It Is Funded Primarily 90% Through A Television Fee Allocated By The Cabinet Which Is Between €208.15 And €215.4 Per Year As Well As Through Private Television Broadcasting License Fees. 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 2006 Was 383.5 Million Euro. Today YLE Operates Four National Television Channels 13 Radio Channels And Services And 25 Regional Radio Stations. Finland Being An Officially Bilingual Country – Around 5.5% Of The Population Have Swedish As Their Mother-Tongue – YLE Provides Radio And TV Programming In Swedish Through A Department Called Svenska YLE. As Is Customary In Finnish Television And Cinemas Foreign Films And Shows Are Generally Subtitled On YLE's Channels. Dubbing Is Used Exclusively In Cartoons Intended For Young Children Who Are Yet To Learn To Read. In The Field Of International Broadcasting One Of YLE's Best Known Services Is Nuntii Latini The News In Latin Which Is Broadcast Worldwide And Made Available Over The Internet. YLE Was Also One Of 23 Founding Broadcasting Organisations Of The European Broadcasting Union In 1950. YLE Hosted The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 In Helsinki Finland. -Wikipedia read less