Television was introduced in Finland in 1957. Color television started in 1969. Prior to 1986, Yle monopolized the Finnish television. All terrestrial analogue stations stopped broadcasting on 1 September 2007 after introducing digital television; cable providers were allowed to continue analog broadcasting in their networks until 1 March 2008.
Typically, foreign-language content is subtitled, retaining the original language soundtrack. Foreign programming intended for children is, however, usually dubbed into one of the national languages. Regardless of the intended audience, many shows receive a Finnish and/or Swedish title which is used in programme schedules.
DVB-T Channels
Yle TV1 documentaries, news, politics, satire, series, films
Yle TV2 news, sport, entertainment, series, films, children's programming
MTV3 films, series, sports, news
Nelonen films, series, sports, news
Yle Fem programming by the Swedish department of Yle and SVT World's, news, series, films, documentaries
Sub imported series, films, reality, chat shows
Yle Teema culture, science, education, arts, documentaries, films
Liv women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, films, series, documentaries
Jim men's programmes, series, documentaries
TV5 entertainment, films, series, documentarie
Kutonen music, entertainment, films, series, sports
FOX series, films, documentaries
AVA women's programmes, lifestyle programmes, films, series, documentaries
Discovery Channel documentaries, science
Eurosport sports, teleshopping
MTV Nordic entertainment, music videos (1300 - 0700 hrs. only)
Nelonen Prime films, series (7pm-6am only, full-time on DVB-T2 channel 61)
Nelonen Nappula children's programming
Disney Channel children's programming (0700 - 1300 hrs. only)
C More First films
C More Series series, films
Nick Jr. children's programming
Defunct stations
| Tesvisio | (1956–1965) | Finland's first television station. Tesvisio was bought by Yle in 1964. The channel formed Yle TV2 in 1965 together with its sister station Tamvisio. |
| Tamvisio | (1957–1965) | Tesvisio's sister channel in Tampere area. The channel formed Yle TV2 in 1965 together with its sister station Tesvisio. |
| MTV | (1957–1992) | The predecessor of MTV3. Rented air time from Yle and Kolmoskanava. |
| Kolmoskanava | (1986–1992) | The predecessor of MTV3 owned by Yle, MTV and Nokia and also the first nationwide commercial television station. |
| PTV | (1989–1997) | The predecessor of Nelonen. By far the only consortium of local television stations with networked programming in Finland. Broadcast on cable and for the last few months also on analogue terrestrial. |
| TVTV! | (2000–2001) | The predecessor of Sub. |
| ATV | (1999–2002) | Local Gonzo-journalistic cable-channel in Helsinki area. |
| MoonTV | (1997–2003) | Urban culture cable channel in largest cities. The channel was shut down after its parent company filed for bankruptcy. |
| MTV3+ | (2002–2006) | Additional programming, interactive entertainment. Replaced by MTV3 Max in November 2006. |
| Nelonen Plus | (2003–2007) | Additional programming, interactive entertainment. Replaced by Jim in February 2007. |
| YLE24 | (2001–2007) | The 24-hour news channel of Yle, also Finland's first DTT channel. Simulcasted BBC News 24, Voice of America and Euronews outside broadcast hours. Discontinued in April 2007, replaced by YLE Extra. Euronews, VOA and BBC News bulletins have since moved to a graveyard slot on TV1. |
| YLE Extra | (2007) | Live events and youth entertainment channel of Yle. Television counterpart of the radio station YleX, which it often simulcasted outside normal broadcasting hours. Also simulcasted BBC Three without subtitles when premiering new British comedy shows. Discontinued in December 2007, replaced by YLE TV1+. |
| YLE TV1+ | (2008) | A simulcast of TV1 with no DVB subtitles, but having them burnt into the video stream. Discontinued in August 2008 to give additional space to broadcast the Beijing Olympics. |
| Diggari | (2004–2009) | Cable channel broadcasting cheap entertainment, mobile games, limited amounts of local programming and horse racing. Also worked as a barker channel for pay-TV-channels provided by cableco Finnet, which also owned Diggari. Focused operating outside the Helsinki area. Had an extra channel broadcasting nothing but mobile games for two years. |
| Urheilukanava | (2001–2010) | Sports channel, replaced by Nelonen Sport in February 2010 and further by Nelonen Pro 2 in January 2011. |
| Urheilu+kanava | (2007–2010) | Pay sports channel complementing Urheilukanava, replaced by Nelonen Sport Pro in February 2010 and further by Nelonen Pro 1 in January 2011. |
| klubi.tv | (2007–2011) | Music channel. Broadcast during the night. Discontinued in January 2011 |
| SuomiTV | (2009–2012) | General entertainment channel with Christian content, replaced by FOX in April 2012. |
| MTV3 Scifi | (2008–2012) | Discontinued in August 2012 |
| MTV Sarja | (2008–2014) | Discontinued in March 2014 |
| MTV Komedia | (2010–2014) | Discontinued in March 2014 |
| MTV Fakta XL | (2012–2014) | Discontinued in March 2014 |
| URHOtv | (2009–2014) | Sports channel. Discontinued in April 2014 due to financial problems. |