TV5 (Finnish TV channel)
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| Country | Finland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | 90,4% of Finland |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Sister channels | Kutonen Frii TLC (Finland) |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 March 2004 (relaunched 10 September 2008) |
| Former names | VIISI (March 2004 - November 2004) TV Viisi (September 2008 - August 2011) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial | Channel 7 |
TV5 (TV Five) is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. The channel launched in March 2004 but it was replaced by The Voice TV Finland in November 2004. It started operating again in September 2008 on the same channel as The Voice. It transmitted every day from 6 pm to 1 am. In the fall of 2010, TV5 started using the same logo, identity, graphics, and branding as Kanal 5, a channel in Sweden also owned by SBS Discovery. TV5 and The Voice became separate channels on April 1, 2011. After that TV5 became the fastest growing channel, by viewers, in Finland in 2011.
Viewership numbers
[edit]TV5's current audience record is the final ice hockey match of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics between Finland and Russia, which was watched by an average of 1,239,000 viewers.
Logo and identities
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TV5's second logo from 2008-2010 -
TV5's sixth logo from 2019-2024
Programming
[edit]TV5 airs feature films, series and documentaries.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Absolutely Fabulous
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Beach Patrol
- Beauty and the Geek Australia
- Benidorm Bastards
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Dark Justice
- Farscape
- FBI
- Flashpoint
- Geordie Shore
- Grounded for Life
- Harry Enfield's Television Programme
- Home and Away
- Intervention
- Jon & Kate Plus 8
- Jersey Shore
- MacGyver
- Men Behaving Badly
- My Wife and Kids
- NCIS
- Numb3rs
- Operation Repo
- Packed to the Rafters
- Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
- Relic Hunter
- Rookie Blue
- Sexcetera
- That '70s Show
- The Blacklist
- The Catherine Tate Show
- The Fast Show
- The Friday Night Project
References
[edit]External links
[edit]| Yleisradio | |
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| Telia Company (MTV Oy) |
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| Sanoma (Nelonen Media) | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| Paramount Global | |
| Viaplay Group | |
| Nationwide Finnish |
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| Viasat World | |
| Defunct |
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