How Yle works
Yle operates four national television channels and six radio channels and services complemented by 25 regional radio programmes.
The television channels are Yle TV1, Yle TV2, Yle Teema, Yle Fem. In addition there is a high definition channel Yle HD.
The radio channels are Yle Radio 1, Yle Radio Suomi, YleX, Yle Radio Vega, Yle X3M and Yle Puhe.
YLE Mondo is a multilingual radio channel with English and Russian programs.
The websites are yle.fi, svenska.yle.fi, Areena and Elävä Arkisto.
Organisation
Yle's organisation consists of a Media unit, three content units, and an Operations unit.
The Media unit is responsible for the general planning of the Yle programme operations, the profiling of the publication channels, and the general coordination of content in television, radio, and in yle.fi. The Media unit includes the management of the television, radio, and online publications, as well as channel-specific editors, co-productions, marketing, research, international programme acquisitions, programming operations, and the Yle archive.
Director of Media is Ismo Silvo.
The News and Current Affairs unit is responsible for the Yle news, sports, and current affairs content, regional operations, and content development for all media. Director of News and Current Affairs is Atte Jääskeläinen.
The Creative Content unit includes all content in Finnish, such as factual programmes, science and education, culture, drama, entertainment, popular culture, children, youth, and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Creative Content unit is responsible for the content and development of these Finnish language genres. Director of Creative Content is Ville Vilén.
The Swedish Yle unit includes the development of the Swedish language content, as well as the planning and publication of chart and channel profiles for the Swedish language media.
Director of Swedish Yle is Marit af Björkesten.
The Operations unit is responsible for Yle's programme production as well as the management of the service operations related to the production, technology, and premises as one service matrix.
Chief Operating Officer of Operations is Janne Yli-Äyhö.
The joint operations plan and coordinate the development and general use of the Yle resources in order to achieve the objectives defined in the strategy. The company matrices are HR, Financial Affairs, Strategy, Legal Affairs, Communications, and Security.
Management Group
CEO Lauri Kivinen,
unit directors Ismo Silvo, Ville Vilén, Atte Jääskeläinen, Marit af Björkesten and Chief Operations Officer Janne Yli-Äyhö,
Director of HR Liisa Ojala-Walker,
Director of Financial Affairs Katri Westerberg,
Director of Strategy Gunilla Ohls,
Director of Legal Affairs Katri Olmo,
Director of Communications Reija Hyvärinen, and
Director of Marketing Päivi Nummi-Aho.
Responsible editors
Atte Jääskeläinen, Director, News and Current Affairs
– Executive Editor-in-Chief in news, current affairs, sports and regional content in Finnish, as well as news and current affairs programmes as well as related content in English, Russian and sign language.
Marit af Björkesten, Director, Swedish Yle
– Responsible editor in Swedish Yle's content modules.
Ville Vilén, Director, Creative Content
– Responsible editor in children, youth, learning, culture, entertainment and music events, and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
– deputy: Minna-Mari Parkkinen, Head of Yle Culture and Entertainment.
Ismo Silvo, Director, Media
– Responsible editor in content other than those listed above in all media (TV, radio, Internet).
– deputy: Riitta Pihlajamäki, Head of TV.
Piritta Näkkäläjärvi, Head of Sami Radio
– responsible editor in programmes in Sami.
Devotional programmes:
-in Finnish: Juha Rajamäki, Communications Centre, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
-in Swedish: Lucas Snellman, Church Center for Work in Swedish
-in Sámi language: Erva Niittyvuopio, The Chapter of the Diocese of Oulu
