Sjónvarp Føroya

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Sjónvarp Føroya [ ˈʃœnvaɻp ˈfœɹja ] (SvF) means television of the Faroe Islands . SvF has been the first and only Faroese TV broadcaster since 1984 .

SvF is part of the public broadcaster Kringvarp Føroya and provides the 48,000 islanders with television broadcasts in Faroese across the country . SvF news is available as video downloads all over the world through the internet .

history

The plans for their own Faroese television go back to the 1960s . In 1969 the Løgting decided to set up a state fund to set up the public television station, but it was not until 1978 that the relevant law was actually established, which took place in 1981 under the name Sjónvarp Føroya . In 1983 an old furniture store in Tórshavn was converted into a television studio, and the first test program was broadcast on April 1, 1984 . On September 1st of that year, SvF finally started its regular operation.

Professionalization followed in the spring of 1985 when the state government of the Faroe Islands hired the Faroese TV pioneers (all freelance workers). From 1990 further buildings were bought in order to expand the station further.

Legal basis

The Faroe Islands Broadcasting Act obliges the state to ensure that every citizen can receive television. There are transmitter masts and repeater stations across the country to cover even the most remote Faroese villages and islands .

The director of the SvF is appointed by the Faroe Islands Minister of Culture. He hires more employees. Today SvF has around 50 employees. There is also a nine-member television council, which is also appointed by the Minister of Culture. One representative each from the following institutions can belong to the television council: University, church, youth council, trade unions, workers 'association, journalists' association, music school, writers 'association, Faroese sports association, pensioners' association and works council of the SvF.

Faroese television is obliged to provide objective reporting, guarantee freedom of expression, convey Faroese culture and cultivate the Faroese language.

Shipments in Faroese

In 1984 , the year it was launched , a total of 790 hours were broadcast, 143 hours of which were in-house productions in Faroese . The rest came from Denmark (e.g. American films with Danish subtitles and in-house productions by Danmarks Radio ). Of the Faroese broadcasts in 1984:

  • 58 hours of news and culture
  • 36 hours of services and prayer
  • 25 hours of children's and youth programs
  • 24 hours of sport and other things

The 2003 accountability report on the proportion of Faroese broadcasts says: Of the total of 2,799 hours broadcast, 741 hours (27%) were in Faroese. Of these, 448 hours (16.3%) were new in-house productions:

  • 148 hours of news and debates, including Dagur og vika , the main news program
  • 81 hours of various documentaries, information and cultural programs
  • 65 hours of church broadcasts
  • 55 hours of Faroese sports
  • 38 hours children's program
  • 29 hours game show "Gekkur"
  • 24 hour entertainment
  • 9 hours of cooking programs "Soleiðis"

The other programs in Faroese were partly repeats or foreign programs with Faroese subtitles. Some programs were even dubbed, such as foreign programs for toddlers that would not be understandable in Danish .

This 27% share of Faroese-language television broadcasts remained below the statutory target of at least one third of Faroese broadcasts. Financial reasons are held responsible for this.

Web links

The following programs can be downloaded from the Internet (each from an archive that goes back a few weeks and where the programs are set shortly after they have been broadcast):

  1. Dagur & Vika ("Day and Week" News)
  2. Mentanartíðindi (MT - cultural news every Friday)
  3. 3-2 (Kjakið - discussion rounds every Monday)