RÚV is the main television channel of

RÚV Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the count ...

, the Icelandic

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, launched in 1966. The

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channel broadcasts primarily news, sports, entertainment, cultural programs, children's material, original Icelandic programming as well as American, British and

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content. Among its highest-rated programs are the comedy sketch show ''

Spaugstofan Spaugstofan is an Icelandic comedy group, formed in 1985, best known for their namesake weekly Saturday night sketch comedy show that has been broadcast, with breaks, and under various names, on the public television channel Sjónvarpið, and la ...

,'' mystery drama '' Ófærð (Trapped)'' and '' Fréttir'' (''News''). It is the Icelandic Olympic Broadcaster and has also usually holds rights to the

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and

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competitions. It is a member of the

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and is responsible for selecting Iceland's entries to the

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History

In 1955,

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Keflavik Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Keflavik or AFRTS Keflavik (formerly Radio TFK) or Kanaútvarpið/Kanasjónvarpið or Keflavíkursjónvarpið, as it was commonly called by Icelanders, was the radio station of the Armed Forces at the Naval ...

started broadcasting an English language television service from

Naval Air Station Keflavik Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) was a United States Navy air station at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island. NASKEF was closed on 8 September 2006 and its faci ...

, which until 1977 was an over-the-air television station. Since there was much skepticism over the influence of the Keflavik station, and that it had sufficient coverage in Reykjavik, the Icelandic government began studying the possibility of a state-funded television service in 1963, eight years after the first American broadcasts. With the filing of the Television Committee Report in March 1964, it was concluded that no buildings in Reykjavik were appropriate to have a television studio, with the cost of modifying a building being 75 percent of the cost of construction. As there were no film or television studios in Iceland, all equipment had to be imported. The committee worked with the Icelandic Posts, Telegraphs and Telecommunications Corporation to build a 5,000-watt television transmitter at Skálafell mountain, with low-powered relay stations being built for cost-related reasons. In the period between 1964 and 1972, the total cost of the service was to be 224 million krónur, with three sources of financing: television licences, advertising and a levy on the import or assembly of television sets. With 2,500 sets available in Iceland in 1963, it was demanded that these sets should be licensed, with RÚV gaining 3.5 million krónur, 4.5 million if there were 3,000 sets in 1964. RÚV seized the opportunity to use commercial financing, which in some capitalist countries was seen as an "unnecessary evil". Low population (less than 250,000 at the time) and the success of advertising on state radio made it easy for state television to be sustained by commercials. The committee suggested that the television service shouldn't start before 8 pm, under the principle that the average family would be, at the average time of coming home (6 pm), listening to the main magazine program on radio; the television broadcast would, from 8 pm, extend for a period of two or three hours. No less than 40 percent of total content was to be produced in Iceland. The network made its first transmission on 30 September 1966 at 20:00 WET. To begin with, transmissions only took place on Wednesdays and Fridays, only gradually expanding to the rest of the week through the years (six days by September 1967), but there were no transmissions on Thursdays. In addition, no television was broadcast in July. Transmissions in July began in 1983. Sjónvarpið was the first public television channel in Iceland and also the first to broadcast in the Icelandic language. Having lost its monopoly and sharing the market with

Stöð 2 Stöð 2, literally Station 2, was an Icelandic subscription television channel. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting. Sister chan ...

a year before, Sjónvarpið ended the era of television-free Thursdays on 1 October 1987, resulting in the first full week of television in Iceland. The reason for the limited programming was due to the popular belief that Icelandic viewers wouldn't watch television during traditional dinner time, and that the Thursday break was justified due to the social norms at the time; had there been any television broadcasts on Thursdays at the time, it would have meant insufficient financing and staffing that wouldn't justify such broadcasts. For the July break, there were several possible explanations: the idea that it would give viewers a break from television, while for engineers it provided them with a period of maintenance of its equipment. At the time, if someone at RÚV took a vacation period, no one would be left to fill the job. In order to save money on operational costs, reruns weren't part of the schedule. After pressure from the public, television broadcasts in July started in 1983, but not on Thursdays. While the first station was headquartered in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

, repeaters were installed over the next years in

Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicized as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main town, Vestmannaeyja ...

(channel 5, on 30 September 1966),

Stykkishólmur Stykkishólmur () is a town and municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their living from fishing and ...

(channel 3, on 17 May 1967), Skálafell (channel 4, on 22 December 1967),

Hoffell Hoffell () is an area and a farmland in southeast Iceland. It is characterised by a large outlet glacier, Hoffellsjökull, and gabbro rock, which originally formed deep in the Earth's crust but is now visible due to uplift of the area and glacia ...

(channel 7, on 23 December 1967), (channel 6, on 1 December 1968) and

Hegranes Hegranes is the name of the peninsula between the branches of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Although Hegranes is called a peninsula (its name is derived from "heron" and "peninsula"), it is actually an island about 15 kilom ...

(channel 8, on 13 December 1968). Test colour transmission commenced in 1973 and started full-time in 1976. From 24 October 1975, imported programming in colour started, but by the early 80s, much of the hardware came from the black and white phase. The first colour news bulletin was broadcast on 30 September 1977, the day of the eleventh anniversary of the channel. From September 1981 onwards, the channel greatly benefited from

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's connection to the rest of the world via satellite, after producing the first filmed news item for export on 11 August it joined the

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network on 20 September for coverage of an Icelandic shipwreck using its satellite earth station. Starting on March 1, 1982, Icelandic television viewers were able to watch daily reports from abroad on their evening newscast. Live broadcasts from the rest of Europe, such as the

, commenced for the first time in May 1986. By the early 1980s, foreign programming was mostly sourced from the

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and the

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, as well as limited programming from a handful of other sources, mostly European countries such as

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, the

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and

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. As of 1983, the evening began at 7:45 pm with ''Táknmalsfréttir'', the sign language bulletin, followed by the main news (''Fréttir'') at 8 pm. An advertising segment started at 8:25 pm, lasting ten minutes. This was followed by an animated segment at 8:35 pm. At 8:45 pm, the schedule would change to either sports, cultural or comedy programming, followed by the second (of two) commercial breaks. At 9:10 pm the main programs started, with closedown being before 11pm. On Saturdays, programming was often from 4:30 pm to shortly after midnight. RÚV's

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service, ''Textavarpið'', was inaugurated on the 25th anniversary of Icelandic television in 1991. As late as 2000, television only aired for 8 hours each day, starting at around 4:35 pm and ending at around 12:35 am on weekdays. The number of hours of television aired per week changes every week and day, with transmissions during the weekend being the longest. RÚV currently starts at 7 am on Saturdays and Sundays. During the week, however, transmissions still start between 3 pm and 5:30 pm and end between midnight and 1:30 am. During downtime, the station carries its daily schedule and a news ticker, complete with audio from

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. Since its establishment in 1966, RÚV broadcast using the analogue

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standard over the very high frequency band until the analogue switchoff in 2015. Broadcasts were also previously available over Vodafone Iceland's

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and Síminn Breiðband

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services, which have both been discontinued. In 2004, RÚV became available over broadband and fibre

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systems of

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and

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. In May 2007, RÚV began direct satellite TV broadcasts supplemented by

Rás 1 Rás 1 (; ''Channel 1'') is an Icelandic radio station belonging to and operated by Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), Iceland's national public service broadcaster. Broadcast throughout Iceland on FM (92.4 and 93.5 MHz in Reykjavík), via DTV rad ...

and

over

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, in order to service fishing fleets around Iceland and remote areas where the terrestrial network does not reach.

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ran the service on

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, later on the

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satellite over

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, by contract until it ceased in mid-2025. The service was encrypted and was only available on request. Preparations for

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(HDTV) broadcasts began in 2012, when two new

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play-out systems were installed. Digital HDTV broadcasts commenced in 2014 following an agreement signed with

on 27 March 2013 to install and run two new shared digital multiplexes using

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(for HD transmissions) and

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(for SD transmissions) over

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bands. Analogue transmissions were shut down on 2 February 2015. Transmissions on the older

system in

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ceased on 3 June 2024, however

broadcasts in HD only remain. In 2021, television transmissions for the Reykjavík area were moved from Vatnsendi to

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, ending 70 years of broadcasting from the location.

Test cards

From the inauguration of ''Sjónvarpið'' in 1966 until as late as 1982, an electronically generated, heavily modified version of the Philips PM5540 monochrome

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was utilised during off-air hours, with the words ''Ríkisútvarpið SJÓNVARP'' occasionally appearing in the top and bottom black segments respectively. In the early-1970s, the

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test card was introduced for colour transmissions and gradually replaced the previous monochrome test card, with the time and date included in the PM5544 test card from 1995 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006. In 2009, the

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widescreen test card was introduced to replace its PM5544 forerunner. In 2011, the test card was discontinued when an overnight filler programme similar to ''

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'' was introduced during RÚV's off-air hours.

Distribution

Terrestrial broadcasts are in 1080i HD on a

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network operated by Sýn by contract until 2028. The broadcasts are

and reach 99.9% of the population. Due to the prevalence of fiber internet connections in Iceland, the most popular way to view broadcasts is through the internet. RÚV is available through managed

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systems on

and

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. RÚV also offers all of its content, through OTT services as well as on their website. RÚV also offers an app for

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and Android. Webcasts are open and free when accessed from Iceland, however some programming is not available internationally due to licensing issues. It is possible to login using an Icelandic digital ID to have full access to broadcasts internationally. As of 2024, RÚV's

channel, ''Textavarpið'', is still operating over DVB-T2, managed IPTV and on the web a
textavarp.is

Programming

RÚV broadcasts various original and foreign programming. Around 30% of Icelanders watch RÚV's nightly news, '' Fréttir''. RÚV is the Icelandic Olympic Broadcaster and has also usually holds rights to the

and

competitions. It is a member of the

and is responsible for selecting Iceland's entries to the

. Recent original programming that RÚV has produced is listed as follows (recurring and one-off):

Recurring

*'' Fréttir'', the main news programme at 7 pm. *''

Kastljós ''Kastljós'' () is an Icelandic news magazine and talk show on the Icelandic national television channel RÚV. Þóra Arnórsdóttir is the current editor and former host of the show. The hosts for 2019–2020 were Einar Þorsteinsson and Jóhan ...

'', a news/talk programme (similar to ''

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'') *''Kveikur'', an explanatory news programme (similar to

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's ''

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'') *''

Gettu betur ''Gettu betur'' () is an Icelandic team quiz show, broadcast on public television channel RÚV. Each team consists of three students from one of Iceland's high schools or colleges. Two teams play against each other in each episode. Two preliminary ...

'', a long-running

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, contested between teams representing Icelandic schools and colleges *''Vikan með Gísla Marteini'', an entertainment/talk show *''Landinn'', a programme about rural locations in Iceland *''

Áramótaskaupið ''Áramótaskaupið'' ("The New Year's Lampoon") is an annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on New Year's Eve by the state public service broadcaster RÚV. Initially aired on radio in 1948, and later moving to television in 1966, ...

'', a New Year's Eve comedy special, known for having historically been one of Iceland's most-watched television programmes. *''

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'', an ongoing series of televised Advent calendars. *''Stundin Okkar'', children's programme since 1966 *'' Söngvakeppnin'', annual music competition used to select Iceland's representative to the

Other original programming

* ''Verbúðin (Blackport)'', a series set in the 1980s in the

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. * '' Brot (The Valhalla Murders)'' * '' Ófærð (Trapped),'' a mystery drama series set in

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. * ''Ráðherran (The Minister)'' * ''Latibær (LazyTown)'' * ''

'' * ''

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'', a 4-part drama mini-series They have also aired other shows which were dubbed in the Icelandic language, such as

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, Butterfly Island, Bluey,

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, and many more.

References

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