Yle Teema & Fem

Yle Teema & Fem is a Finnish free-to-air television channel operated by Yle, Finland's national public-service broadcaster. It began broadcasting on 24 April 2017 when Yle merged the separate Yle Teema and Yle Fem channels into a single service. The combined channel retained the editorial identities of both predecessors: Teema's emphasis on culture, education, science, history, the arts, films, classical music, and recorded performances, and Fem's role as an important home for Swedish-language programming in Finland. The channel is organized around Teema and Fem programming periods rather than functioning as a narrowly specialized single-genre station. Teema hours commonly feature documentaries, cultural events, films, music, history, and educational factual programmes. Fem hours provide Swedish-language news, current-affairs and factual programming, children's content, entertainment, Nordic drama, and lifestyle series. The service also carries Finnish- and Swedish-language subtitles where available, supporting accessibility across Finland's two national-language communities. A significant part of the channel's identity comes from its Nordic orientation. Yle Teema & Fem has broadcast Swedish and other Nordic films and series, including acquisitions from Sveriges Television during an initial post-launch scheduling period. Its programming has included Swedish-language public-service content, imported Nordic entertainment and drama, and series from other European markets. Notable programmes associated with the channel include the children's programme BUU-klubben, the lifestyle and cooking series Strömsö, Moominvalley, and Yle Nyheter TV-nytt, the principal Swedish-language evening news bulletin. The channel has also served as a distribution outlet for multilingual and minority-language material. The Sami-language news programme Ođđasat was previously shown on Yle Teema & Fem before being moved to Yle TV1. Through its combination of Finnish- and Swedish-language output, cultural programming, international acquisitions, and public-service news, the channel occupies a complementary position within Yle's television portfolio rather than competing primarily on mass-market entertainment. Its programmes are also made available through Yle's digital service, Yle Areena, including the channel's live stream and associated on-demand availability where rights permit.

Yle Teema & Fem was created as part of Yle's reorganization of its television services. Before the merger, Yle Teema was associated primarily with cultural, educational, artistic, scientific, documentary, and film programming, while Yle Fem provided Swedish-language television for Finland's Swedish-speaking audience and carried Nordic, factual, children's, and entertainment content. Yle combined the two services and launched Yle Teema & Fem on 24 April 2017. The merged channel was designed to retain both strands of the earlier services. The Teema side of the schedule emphasizes cultural life and learning, including recordings of performing arts, classical music, art and history documentaries, films, and themed programming. The Fem side maintains Swedish-language output, including the Swedish-language evening news bulletin Yle Nyheter TV-nytt, factual programmes, children's shows, entertainment, and Nordic drama and lifestyle content. This structure allows the channel to serve as both a culture-oriented public-service outlet and a principal television platform for Swedish-language programming within Yle. Yle Teema & Fem's catalogue includes domestic productions and acquisitions. Recognizable programmes associated with the channel include BUU-klubben, Strömsö, Moominvalley, and Yle Nyheter TV-nytt. The channel has also carried a broad range of imported programmes, including Nordic series and entertainment such as Solsidan, Doobidoo, Studio 65, Team Bachstad, Spise med Price, and Carmen Curlers, alongside selected productions from other European television markets. Some programmes listed in connection with the wider Yle schedule, such as Dogs of Berlin, Narcos, Patriot, and Ragnarök, were broadcast on Yle TV2 rather than necessarily forming part of Teema & Fem's core service. In its early schedule after the merger, the channel showed selected programmes acquired from Sveriges Television, Sweden's public broadcaster. This arrangement continued only for a limited period and is noted as ending in May 2017. The channel has also been connected with multilingual public-service distribution: Ođđasat, a Sami-language news programme, was previously shown on Yle Teema & Fem before moving to Yle TV1. Subtitling is an important part of the service's accessibility model. Programmes not originally made in Finnish or Swedish may be provided with subtitles in those languages, enabling the channel to reach audiences across Finland's linguistic communities. In addition to conventional broadcasting, Yle Teema & Fem is distributed digitally through Yle Areena, where viewers can access the channel's live stream and, subject to rights and availability, related programmes on demand. The channel's role within Yle is therefore complementary rather than centered on the largest possible general-entertainment audience. It combines cultural and educational public-service objectives with Swedish-language representation, Nordic exchange, international programming, children's content, and selected news and factual output. Its formation in 2017 created a single recognizable destination for these overlapping areas while leaving Yle's other principal television services to carry broader general-interest and news programming.

• 2017

  Yle Teema & Fem launches

  [1]Yle Teema & Femen.wikipedia.org

  Yle launches Yle Teema & Fem on 24 April following the merger of Yle Teema and Yle Fem.

• 2017

  Initial Sveriges Television programme exchange

  [1]Yle Teema & Femen.wikipedia.org

  The channel schedules selected programmes acquired from Sveriges Television during its initial post-launch period; this arrangement is reported to have ended in May 2017.

• Ođđasat changes channel

  [1]Yle Teema & Femen.wikipedia.org

  The Sami-language news programme Ođđasat is moved from Yle Teema & Fem to Yle TV1.

A public-service culture and minority-language channel combining Yle Teema's arts, education, science, documentary, film, and music remit with Yle Fem's Swedish-language, Nordic, children's, factual, and entertainment programming.

• Free-to-air television channel · 2017

  Yle Teema & Fem television service

  The core broadcast service launched in 2017 through the merger of Yle Teema and Yle Fem. It combines cultural, educational, scientific, arts, documentary, film, music, Swedish-language, Nordic, children's, factual, and entertainment programming.

• Digital streaming and catch-up service

  Yle Teema & Fem on Yle Areena

  Yle distributes the channel through Yle Areena, including a live television stream and associated programme availability subject to broadcast rights and scheduling.

• 2017

  Merger of Yle Teema and Yle FemM&A

  Background

  Yle operated two separate services with overlapping cultural, Nordic, and Swedish-language public-service functions.

  Action taken

  Yle consolidated the channels and launched Yle Teema & Fem on 24 April 2017.

  Aftermath

  The new service preserved Teema's culture and education remit while continuing Fem's Swedish-language and Nordic programming role.

  Source

• 2017

  Short-term Sveriges Television programming arrangementStrategy

  Background

  The newly merged channel sought to maintain a strong Nordic and Swedish-language schedule.

  Action taken

  Yle scheduled selected programmes acquired from Sveriges Television during the early period after launch.

  Aftermath

  The reported arrangement ended in May 2017.

  Source

1. 1Yle Teema & Femen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Yle Areena: Yle Teema & Fem live channelareena.yle.fi