La 1 (, ''The One'') is a Spanish

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television channel owned and operated by

Televisión Española Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in ...

(TVE), the television division of state-owned

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(RTVE). It is the corporation's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and

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programming, including ''

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'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major

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, sports and special events.

History

It was launched on 28 October 1956 as the first regular television service in Spain. It was the only one until 15 November 1966, when TVE launched a second channel. As TVE held a

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on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first regional public television station was launched on 16 February 1983, when Euskal Telebista started broadcasting in the Basque Country.

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was launched on 25 January 1990, when Antena 3 started broadcasting nationwide. The channel was initially simply referred to as "Televisión Española" until the launch of its second channel in 1966. Since then it received other names, such as "Primera Cadena", "Primer Programa", "TVE-1", "TVE1" or "La Primera" until it adopted its current name "La 1" (''La uno'') in 2008. Its headquarters and main production centre is

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. Although almost all its programming is in Spanish and is the same for all of Spain, TVE has territorial centres in every

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and produces and broadcasts some local programming in

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s in each of them, such as local news bulletins, in the corresponding co-official language. On 1 January 2010, TVE stopped broadcasting

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on all its channels, with only self promotions, institutional campaigns and

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allowed. With analog service discontinued on 3 April 2010, it have only been available free-to-air through the

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(DTT) ever since. La 1 and Teledeporte started its DDT HD resolution simulcasts on 31 December 2013, initially in

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and later in

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Logos and identities

File:1er logo TVE.svg, 1956 to 1962 File:Logo de TVE (1960'-1991).svg, 1962 to 1983 File:Logo TVE--1 (1982-1991).svg, 1982 to 1990 File:Logo TVE-1 1984.svg, 1984 File:Logo TVE-1 1990.svg, 1989 to 1991 File:Logo TVE-1 1991.png, 1991 to 1992 File:TVE1 La Primera.png, 1992 to 1994 File:TVE1 (1992-2002).svg, 1994 to 2003 File:TVE1 logo.svg, 2003 to 2007The channel bug had the TVE branding at the bottom and three-dimensional effects. File:Logo TVE-1.svg, In use since 2008

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:1 (Spanish TV channel) RTVE channels 1 Television channels and stations established in 1956 Spanish-language television stations 1956 establishments in Spain