Nelonen Pro 1
| Nelonen Pro 1 | |
|---|---|
 Old logo | |
| Launched | 1 February 2010 as Nelonen Sport Pro |
| Owned by | Nelonen Media |
| Audience share | 0.2% (2010, [1]) |
| Country | Finland |
| Formerly called |
Nelonen Sport Pro (February 2010 - December 2010) |
| Replaced |
Urheilu+Kanava (June 2007 - February 2010) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Nelonen (HD) Nelonen Prime Nelonen Nappula Nelonen Maailma Jim Liv Hero Nelonen Pro 1 HD Nelonen Pro 2 (HD) Nelonen Pro 3 Nelonen Pro 4 Nelonen Pro 5 Nelonen Pro 6 Nelonen Pro 7 Nelonen Pro 8 |
| Website | www.nelonenpro.fi |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| PlusTV | Channel 47 |
| dna Welho |
Channel 59 Channel 101 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Channel 24 |
| Viasat | Channel 20 |
| Cable | |
| Elisa | Channel 225 |
| dna Welho |
Channel 450 Channel 243 (HD) |
Nelonen Pro is a package of Finnish sports-oriented television channels owned and operated by Nelonen.
The story of the channel originally goes all the way back to the launch of digital terrestrial television on 27 August 2001, when among the first DTT channels the free-to-air sports channel Urheilukanava was launched. Its sister channel Urheilu+kanava was launched in June 2007 as part of the PlusTV package. It broadcast as an encrypted pay channel, as opposed to its parent channel, which was free-to-air. Urheilu+kanava was replaced by Nelonen Sport Pro in February 2010 and Urheilukanava became Nelonen Sport at the same time. Nelonen Sport Pro was renamed to Nelonen Pro 1 and Nelonen Sport to Nelonen Pro 2 in January 2011. In February Pro 2 was encrypted.
Current programming
Ice hockey
Football
Golf
Other sports
- NFL
- FIBA
- Boxing
- MotoGP
- NASCAR
- Speedway
- Formula 3
- FIA GT Series
- Euroleague of basketball
- Salibandyliiga of floorball
- Superpesis league of Finnish baseball
Former programming
When the channel started out as Urheilu+kanava, they showed sports such as NASCAR, Campeonato Brasileiro, Campeonato Paulista (first time these sports were shown live in Finnish television), Spanish La Liga, Copa del Rey, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Ligapokal, Major League Soccer, NBA, WNBA, Nordic Trophy and the Swatch FIVB World Tour of beach volley. It also had its own news service, Urheilu+Studio, which was similar to Nelonen Sport's Studio, but ran from 1 hour to 2,5 hours from Tuesdays to Fridays.
References
- ↑ Sandell, Lena (2011-02-01). "Television viewing in Finland 2010" (PDF). Finnpanel. Retrieved 30 July 2011.