TV4 Fakta is a Swedish documentary channel owned by TV4 AB.
It started broadcasting in 2005.
Much of the programming is taken from the A&E Television Networks.
TV4 Fakta broadcasts from 15:00 to 01:00. Since December 2005, the remainder of the schedule is filled with the English language Euronews. TV4 AB bought a stake in Euronews in June 2006.
TV4 Fakta was the first channel owned by TV4 AB that wasn't broadcast from Sweden, instead it is broadcast from Finland where the advertising laws are more liberal. In November 2006, a Finnish version of the channel, called MTV3 Fakta, was launched in cooperation with MTV3.
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 ˆ208.15 and ˆ215.4 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 two departments: Finlands Svenska Television and Finlands Svenska Radio. As is customary in Finnish television and cinemas, foreign films and shows are generally subtitled on YLE's channels.
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