Network TVE Audience share 10.2% [1] (2013, ) Owner RTVE Motto Vive (It Lives) | Owned by RTVE Slogan Vive (It Lives) Headquarters Madrid | |
Launched 28 October 1956; 60 years ago (1956-10-28) Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
720p/1080i (HDTV) Founded 28 October 1956, Madrid, Spain TV shows Cuéntame cómo pasó, Águila Roja, Olmos y Robles, Operación Triunfo, The Ministry of Time Profiles | ||
La 1 (The One), is the flagship television channel of Spanish public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It was launched on 28 October 1956, being the first television service to ever operate in Spain.
Its programming is aimed to a wide range of audiences and includes news (Telediario & Informe Semanal), debate programmes, documentaries, sports and entertainment shows.
La 1 is state-owned and until 31 December 2009 it did show adverts in order to fund itself. On 31 December 2013, an HD simulcast called La 1 HD was launched. It airs in a 720p HDTV resolution.
Timeline of La 1 naming
Televisión Española (TVE), was the original name of the channel from 1956 until the launch of sister channel La 2 in 1965. It was renamed in 1965, as La Primera or Primera Cadena, (TVE1). Since 2008, its current name is La 1.