Editing Public broadcasting (section)

==== Finland ====
[[Yle|Yle – The Finnish Broadcasting Company]], (pronounced /yle/) or Yleisradio (in Finnish) and Rundradion (in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]) is Finland's national public service media company. Founded in 1926, it is a public limited company majority owned by the Finnish state, employing around 2,800 people. Yle is funded by a special Yle tax. Yle has four television channels, three television channel slots, six nationwide radio channels and three radio services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2018 |title=This is Yle |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/about-yle/this-is-yle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901051524/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/about-yle/this-is-yle |archive-date=2019-09-01 |access-date=2019-09-20 |website=yle.fi}}</ref>

[[Yle TV1]] is the most viewed TV channel in Finland and [[Yle Radio Suomi]] the most popular radio channel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2019 |title=The most used contents of the year |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/04/23/the-most-used-contents-of-the-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307034832/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/04/23/the-most-used-contents-of-the-year |archive-date=2023-03-07 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=yle.fi}}</ref> Yle was the first of the Nordic public broadcasters to implement the Eurovision's portability regulation on its online media service Yle Areena.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2019 |title=Is your permanent place of residence in Finland? You can now take all video content on Areena with you when travelling within the EU |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/01/02/is-your-permanent-place-of-residence-in-finland-you-can-now-take-all-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603181529/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/01/02/is-your-permanent-place-of-residence-in-finland-you-can-now-take-all-video |archive-date=2019-06-03 |access-date=2019-09-20 |website=yle.fi}}</ref> Yle Areena is the most used streaming service in Finland, beating even Netflix that is the most popular streaming service everywhere else.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 January 2019 |title=New study: Netflix continues to dominate the streaming market |url=https://www.audienceproject.com/blog/key-insights/new-study-netflix-dominates-streaming-market/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920113610/https://www.audienceproject.com/blog/key-insights/new-study-netflix-dominates-streaming-market/ |archive-date=20 September 2019 |access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref>

Yle focuses highly on developing its digital services. In 2016 a Reuters Institute study of European public service companies show that Yle and BBC are the public service pioneers in digital development and performing the best while introducing innovative digital services in their news operations, developing mobile services and promoting the development of new digital approaches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can public service news organisations stay competitive in a digital environment? |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/can-public-service-news-organisations-stay-competitive-digital-environment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306223247/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/can-public-service-news-organisations-stay-competitive-digital-environment |archive-date=2023-03-06 |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism}}</ref> Yle's Voitto robot based on machine learning is the first personal news assistant in the world to give recommendations directly on the lock screen in the Yle NewsWatch application.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 October 2018 |title=The first of its kind in the world: Yle NewsWatch's smart Voitto assistant shows recommendations directly on the lock screen |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2018/10/12/the-first-of-its-kind-in-the-world-yle-newswatchs-smart-voitto-assistant-shows |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604032143/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2018/10/12/the-first-of-its-kind-in-the-world-yle-newswatchs-smart-voitto-assistant-shows |archive-date=2019-06-04 |access-date=2019-09-20 |website=yle.fi}}</ref>