TV channels Denmark

Danish broadcasting has a famously tidy architecture: one public-service institution, one government-owned national network with regional windows, and a civic layer that reaches from parliament to the Faroe Islands.

The Public Service Trio

DR1 is the flagship of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Denmark's oldest television channel, on air since 2 October 1951 - known to viewers simply as 1'eren, "the One" - and home of the TV Avisen news. DR2, launched in 1996 as the younger, more experimental sibling, took a sharper news-oriented profile after its 2013 relaunch, with hourly updates and the Deadline debate programme. DR3, launched on 28 January 2013 to replace DR HD and the DR Mama platform, addresses viewers aged roughly 15 to 39 with science and technology formats, music, humour, sport and fiction.

TV 2 and Its Regional Windows

TV 2 is Denmark's government-owned station, based in Odense, on air since 1988, combining national news and the Go'morgen Danmark morning show with a network of regional windows - and most of them are represented here. TV2 Østjylland covers East Jutland around Aarhus, TV 2 Fyn serves Funen from Odense, TV Midtvest has broadcast central Jutland from Holstebro since 1989, TV 2 Lorry addresses the capital region, TV2 Øst covers Zealand with Lolland, Falster and Møn, TV2 Nord is the newsroom of North Jutland, and TV 2/Bornholm broadcasts local news, talk and culture from Rønne on the Baltic island. The network's lifestyle offshoot TV 2 Fri, launched on 5 May 2013, is devoted to leisure and outdoor life.

Parliament, the Faroes and City Television

Three more names widen the picture beyond the two big families. Folketinget TV brings the Danish Parliament to the screen, broadcasting debates and proceedings live from the chamber at Christiansborg. Kringvarp Føroy is the national public radio and television company of the Faroe Islands, founded on 1 January 2005 through the merger of Útvarp Føroya and Sjónvarp Føroya, carrying Faroese news and programming. And TV Aarhus is the city's local station, delivering weekly news about Aarhus to households in and around Denmark's second city.