TV5 (Finland)

TV5
Launched 12 March 2004 (relaunched 10 September 2008)
Owned by SBS Discovery Media
(Discovery Communications)
Picture format 16:9
Audience share 2.6 % (2011, [1])
Slogan We love to entertain you
Country  Finland
Broadcast area 90,4% of Finland
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Formerly called VIISI
(March 2004 - November 2004)
TV Viisi
(September 2008 - August 2011)
Sister channel(s) Kutonen ( Finland)
Website www.tv5.fi
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial Channel 10
Cable
DNA Channel 10
Elisa Channel 15
Lumotv Channel 10
Anvia Channel 10

TV5 (TV Five) is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by SBS Discovery Media. The channel launched on 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 6pm to 1am. In the fall of 2010, TV5 started using the same logo, identity, graphics, and branding as Kanal 5, a channel in Sweden. 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.

Programming

TV Viisi airs feature films, series and documentaries.

References

  1. ↑ "Results From The TV Audience Measurement". Finnpanel. Retrieved 3 February 2012.


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