NRK1
Country Norway
Broadcast areaNational; also distributed in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable and Scotland.
HeadquartersOslo
Programming
Language(s)Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Northern Sami (mostly in short daily newscasts)
Picture format16:9 / HD 720p
Ownership
OwnerNRK
Sister channelsNRK2, NRK3, NRK Super
History
Launched12 January 1954 (experimental);
13 April 1958 (first programme);
20 August 1960 (official)
Former namesNRK (20 August 1960 to 31 August 1996)
Links
Websitetv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1
Availability
Streaming media
NRK TVtv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1 (only in EEA)

NRK1 (pronounced as "NRK en" or "- ein") is the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's (NRK) main television channel.

History

Test broadcasts started on 12 January 1954, regular test broadcasts started on 13 April 1958 and regular broadcasts started on 20 August 1960. It is Norway's oldest and largest television channel and was the country's only free-to-air television channel until the launch of TV 2 in 1992.

The channel was formerly known as NRK Fjernsynet (NRK Television), but its name was colloquially abbreviated as just NRK or Fjernsynet ("the television"). On 1 September 1996, the channel renamed as NRK1 due to the launch of NRK2 that day.

Programming

Besides its own productions, the channel also broadcasts co-productions with other Nordic countries through Nordvision, as well as a significant amount of programmes from English-speaking countries like the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, all in the original language with Norwegian subtitles. Its news programme is called Dagsrevyen.

In 2010, NRK HD was launched, broadcasting at 720p. NRK HD was set to make its first official broadcasting from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony, but the first HD broadcast was Super Bowl XLIV, on 7 February 2010. NRK1 eventually turned full-time HD, with the separate SD feeds shutting down approximately in 2016.

The programming lineup has varied over the years, with an increased and high focus on daytime news in the 2020s, with newscasts almost uninterrupted from 06:30-20:00 on weekdays. Weekends during daytime are filled with culture and sports programmes. The most prestigious entertainment programmes are broadcast on Friday and Saturday nights, including Nytt på nytt, Beat for Beat, Stjernekamp, and Maskorama. Late night schedules after the 23:00 news (Kveldsnytt) consist mostly of documentaries and drama shows.

The channel de jure signs off sometime between 04:30 and 05:00, during which time it shows a TV guide, a news feed, and audio simulcast of NRK P1, until it signs back on at 06:30 for the morning news.

The channel (as well as its sister channels) maintain a basic teletext service as of November 2023, carrying news from NRK's newssites, a calendar, football results, TV and radio schedules, NRK company info, and departure and arrival schedules for Norwegian airports. An online feed of the teletext exists,[1] but most pages there lag days or months behind the TV feeds' teletexts.

The channel uses solely digital soft subtitles, with teletext subtitles no longer being used.

Logos and identities

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tekst-TV" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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