Country | Norway |
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Broadcast area | National; also distributed in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable and Scotland. |
Headquarters | Oslo |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Nynorsk Northern Sami (mostly in short daily newscasts) |
Picture format | 16:9 / HD 720p 16:9 / 576i (RiksTV "Neighbouring region" news) |
Ownership | |
Owner | NRK |
Sister channels | NRK2, NRK3, NRK Super |
History | |
Launched | 12 January 1954 (experimental); 13 April 1958 (first programme); 20 August 1960 (official) |
Former names | NRK (20 August 1960 to 31 August 1996) |
Links | |
Website | tv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
RiksTV | Channel 1 Channel 995 (Text-to-speech) Channel 999 ("Neighbouring region" news) |
Norlys (Denmark) | Channel 91 |
Televarpiđ (Faroe Islands) | Channel 7[1] |
Streaming media | |
NRK TV | Watch live (only in EEA) |
NRK1 (pronounced as "NRK en" or "- ein") is the main television channel of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).