TV5 | |
Launch Date: | 12 March 2004 (relaunched 10 September 2008) |
Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
Owner: | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
Country: | Finland |
Area: | 90,4% of Finland |
Headquarters: | Helsinki, Finland |
Former Names: | VIISI (March 2004 - November 2004) TV Viisi (September 2008 - August 2011) |
Website: | Official website |
Sister Channels: | Kutonen Frii TLC (Finland) |
Terr Serv 1: | Digital terrestrial |
Terr Chan 1: | Channel 7 |
TV5 (TV Five) is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. The channel launched in March 2004 but it was replaced by The Voice TV Finland in November 2004. It started operating again in September 2008 on the same channel as The Voice. It transmitted every day from 6pm to 1am. In the fall of 2010, TV5 started using the same logo, identity, graphics, and branding as Kanal 5, a channel in Sweden also owned by SBS Discovery. TV5 and The Voice became separate channels on April 1, 2011. After that TV5 became the fastest growing channel, by viewers, in Finland in 2011.
TV5's current audience record is the final ice hockey match of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics between Finland and Russia, which was watched by an average of 1,239,000 viewers.
TV5 airs feature films, series and documentaries.