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Nelonen is Finland's fourth TV channel. It serves most of Finland, bar Lapland (except on digital). It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on the 1st June 1997. The channel is mostly owned by the SanomaWSOY Oyj, which owns the Helsingin Sanomat & the Ilta-Sanomat newspapers. Much of it output is American and British imports, with Finnish subtitles. Its main market is the 15-30 demographic.
Despite its English name of Channel Four Finland, it isn't owned by Channel 4 (UK).