DR1 (DR Et) is the flagship television channel of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). It became Denmark's first television station when it began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week.
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| Country | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Danish Realm |
| Headquarters | DR Byen Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Danish |
| Picture format | 16:9 720p (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | DR |
| Sister channels | DR2 DR Ramasjang |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 October 1951; 72 years ago (1951-10-02)[1] |
| Former names | Statsradiofonien TV (1951–1959), Danmarks Radio TV (1959–1964), DR TV (1964–1996) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DTT | Channel 1 |
| Streaming media | |
| DR TV | Watch live (only in EU and EEA) |
Besides its 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 Danish subtitles. Its news programme is called TV Avisen.
Colour television test broadcasts were started in March 1967, with the first large-scale colour broadcasting occurring for the 1968 Winter OlympicsinGrenoble, France.[2] DR officially ended "test" transmissions of colour television on April 1, 1970. However, it wasn't until 1978 that their last black-and-white television program (TV Avisen) switched to colour.[2]
On 16 May 1983 at 14:00 CEST, DR launched its first teletext information service, which is still available on all DR channels.[3]
In 2004 DR announced plans for a complete switch from a 4:3 screen ratio to 16:9 widescreen broadcasts. The switch occurred in 2006 when DR moved its production facilities from TV-Byen to DR Byen in Copenhagen. The last of DR1's productions to switch to widescreen was the daily news programme (TV Avisen) in November 2006.[4]
At midnight on November 1, 2009, the analogue broadcasts shut down nationwide and DR switched to digital broadcasting.[5][6]
In January 2012, DR1 switched from 576i SDto720p HD broadcasting.[7]
In April 2014, DR launched its HbbTV service on DR1, enabling on-demand streaming of DR content directly on an internet-connected television.[8]
As with most channels in Denmark, foreign TV programmes are shown in their original language but with Danish subtitles.
