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The '''Finnish Broadcasting Company''' (Finnish: Yleisradio Oy/Swedish: Rundradion Ab/Officially abbreviated to Yle) is the name of the state-owned Finnish radio and television agency, which was founded in Helsinki on May 29, 1926. Originally named as "O.Y. Suomen Yleisradio – A.B. Finlands Rundradio", the company started as a radio broadcaster, but during 1957, Yleisradio did test broadcasting on television. Suomen Televisio was launched with regular broadcasting, beginning next year on January 1, 1958. The first television newscast from Yleisradio aired on September 1, 1959. Following the acquisition of Tesvisio and Tamvisio in 1964, Yleisradio renamed its Suomen Televisio channel as TV-ohjelma 1 and its new second channel TV-ohjelma 2. Both of these channels were then later renamed simply to TV1 and TV2 respectively in 1971, and again as Yle TV1 and Yle TV2 since 2000. Both channels had separate programming blocks over the years (MTV and FST) and additional channels such as Yle Teema & Fem and TV Finland were created alongside the two channels. For three decades, Yleisradio was the sole television monopoly in Finland until the Finnish TV channel reforming happened in 1993, with MTV3 becoming its own commercial television station. In 1994, the company was renamed as Yleisradio Oy or simply Yle, while in 2012, the company's brand was revamped. Prior January 1992, Yle didn't use their company logo in any of their television channels.

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'''Nicknames:''' "Renkaat (Rings)", "Finnish Saturn Rings", "The Finnish Equivalent of Doordarshan's 80's Logo", "Finnish LSD", "The Invisible Saturn With 5 Differently Colored Rings"

'''Logo:''' On a white background, multilayered orange ripples emerge from the bottom left corner of the screen, followed by blue ripples on the bottom right, magenta in the top left, and green in the top right before all of them are wiped by a burst of yellow particles, dispersing around a invisible sphere. This is followed by subsequent burst of red, purple, blue, and green particles as the camera rotates to an angle below the bursts (which also speeds up the animation). Solid rings in yellow, orange, purple, blue and green, all in that order, then emerge from the sphere one by one. After the rings emerge and particles disappear for a second, "Y L E" then fades in below, forming the final product.

'''Trivia:''' Advertising graphic artist Herbie Kastemaa designed the new company logo nicknamed "Renkaat" (Rings for English) in 1990. Kastemaa used the company's previous logo for the basics of creating the new one (most notably the wavelength seen in the previous logo), as all five rings represent the company's news operations, sport, music, drama and entertainment.

'''Variants Note:''' Yle TV1 had a couple of different variants of this ident seen as startup and closedown idents. It should be noted that these variants were used as main idents for the channel during that time. For more information about variants, see the [[Yle TV1 (Finland)#7th Logo (January 1, 1992-1999)|7th Yle TV1 logo]].

'''FX/SFX:''' The ripples, the particles, the rings emerging.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dissonant, yet gentle-sounding synth and string ambient theme.

'''Availability:''' Extinct on TV.

* While this was one of the four variants that could be spotted as startup and closedown idents on Yle TV1, the main logo described here could be seen as a closedown ident in few occasions.  

* On Yle TV2, this logo was used as both the startup and closedown ident between January 1, 1992 and August 10, 1997.

'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is considered nostalgic to those who grew up in Finland and is considered a favorite to many there, though the dissonant music doesn't really mix well with the calm animation.

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'''Nicknames:''' "|YLE|", "Tolppa YLE Tolppa (Post YLE Post)", "Finnish Flashing Letters", "Dark Glossy Letters", "Finnish Deep Note"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the dark and glossy-textured text "|YLE|" with vertical lines on both sides, fading in from the background. Then a bright light reflects in the logo and moves from the bottom up to the top right corner. As we see the logo in a brighter tone, a small shimmer can be seen on top of the right vertical line, while a oblique light sweep is seen going through the logo.

'''Variants:'''

* Usually, a small year mark appears below the logo, when the lighting has reflected on it.

* An anniversary variant was used in 2001 when it premiered. It has the logo wiping in on a black background with a somewhat darker texture. As the lightning is about to reflect in the logo, it suddenly oscillates and disappears around the logo, while the following words appear on the top and bottom parts of the logo for a short amount of time until it wipes out on a black background:

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* A promotional variant exclusively for the 2002 DocPoint festival events was made to promote said event. The logo added additional text "DocPoint" and "Helsingin dokumenttielokuvafestivaali" in blue.

* A rare variant was made for promotional purposes in 2003. The logo started from the bright light flashing, the background was blue, and some additional text saying "Yksi sana. Tuhat tarinaa." This is translated to "One word. Thousand stories." Another variant with blue background from [[YLE Extra (Finland)|YLE Extra]] promo features text "Paljon sisältöä." (Roughly translated as "Lots of content.")

'''FX/SFX:''' The lighting effects and the shimmer on the clean CGI logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A rumbling, Deep Note-like sound, that ends with a soft one-note chime. After that, we hear short two piano notes.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

* Silence or the closing theme of the show is often heard.

* The DocPoint festival version has a woman announcer that said "DocPoint-festivaaleilla mukana Yleisradion TV1 uusi kino ja TV2 dokumenttiprojekti." (Yleisradio TV1's new kino and TV2's document projects are in the DocPoint festivals").

'''Availability:''' Common.

* Probably the most common closing logo in Finnish television, as it is featured at the end of almost every program (excluding news broadcasts and minor programs) on the Yle channels during that time and it could be easily spotted during re-airings. The first program known to have this logo at the end was ''Vuosi vaihtuu'', which ended right after the turn of the new year.

* Extended, enhanced variants are scarce and featured in the end of programs aired from late 2010 to 2013, such as ''Tosi tarina: Tervanpolttaja'' documentary. The last known original program to feature the enhanced logo was the third season of ''Pirunpelto'', that aired between December 2012 and January 2013.

'''Editor's Note:''': None.

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'''Nicknames:''' "yle", "Cyan Stamp", "Soft Cyan Box"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see three bright letters appearing one at a time, forming the word "yle" with a cyan block with soft edges popping in behind it. As the cyan block pops in, the black background gets brighter from the center point of the screen, becoming white. As the logo moves little bit closer, while we see a tiny sparkle on top of the "l".

'''Variant:''' A letterbox version of the logo exists on home video releases.

'''FX/SFX:''' The lighting effects on the background, popping letters and cyan block.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A four-note synth piano chime followed by a brief echoing that quickly fades out.

'''Availability:''' Current.  

* The opening logo could be spotted in almost every regular program or television show aired on Yle channels. However since 2016, the logo has quietly disappeared from television.

* Home video releases that have the aspect ratio of 4:3 feature the separate letterboxed logo.  

'''Editor's Note:''' None.

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