Nelonen Pro 1

Nelonen Pro 1
Old logo
Launched	1 February 2010 as Nelonen Sport Pro
Owned by	Viasat Nelonen Media
Audience share	0.2% (2010, )
Country	Finland
Formerly called	Nelonen Sport Pro (February 2010 - December 2010)
Replaced	Urheilu+Kanava (June 2007 - February 2010)
Sister channel(s)	Nelonen Nelonen HD Nelonen Kino Nelonen Perhe Nelonen Maailma JIM Liv Nelonen Pro 2
Website	www.nelonenpro.fi
Availability
Terrestrial
PlusTV	Channel 58
Cable
Elisa	Channel 225
DNA	Channel 126
Welho	Channel 126

Nelonen Pro 1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Nelonen.

The channel was launched in June 2007 as part of the PlusTV package. It broadcasts as an encrypted pay channel, as opposed to its parent channel, which is free-to-air. The channel was previously known as Urheilu+Kanava, but it was replaced by Nelonen Sport Pro in February 2010. Nelonen Sport Pro was renamed to Nelonen Pro 1 in January 2011.

Current programming

Ice Hockey

• Live SM-liiga matches (Match of the Month, semi-finals, and the finals)
• 5 live NHL matches weekly.
• 2-3 live KHL matches weekly.
• 2 HockeyAllsvenskan matches weekly
• 1 live Kvalserien match per round
• NHL on the Fly every game night.
• REMIX shows, which are mainly highlights from earlier matches of SM-liiga, NHL, KHL, HockeyAllsvenskan and Kvalserien.

Soccer

• Every UEFA Champions League match (1 live match per night on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, other games are delayed, finals are exclusive to YLE) plus highlights magazines and the Champions League Preview Show.
• 5 live FA Cup matches every round plus highlights magazines and the FA Cup Preview Show.
• 1-2 live Ligue 1 matches every weekend plus highlights magazines and the Ligue 1 Preview Show.
• Team England's home games
• DFB-Pokal
• Manchester United TV block programming
• REMIX shows, which are mainly highlights from earlier matches of FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and Ligue 1.

Golf

• Live PGA Tour coverage plus Inside the PGA Tour magazine
• Live PGA European Tour coverage
• Live PGA Tour of Australasia coverage
• Live Major Tournaments coverage
• Live Ryder Cup coverage
• Live World Golf Championships coverage
• Live Sunshine Tour coverage
• Live European Seniors Tour coverage

Basketball

• Euroleague
• FIBA

Other sports

• 2-4 live NFL matches weekly
• ATP Masters
• Complete coverage of all MotoGP classes
• Delayed coverage of NHRA events
• Superpesis, top division of pesäpallo

Former programming

When the channel started out as Urheilu+Kanava, they showed sports such as NASCAR, Campeonato Brasileiro, Campeonato Paulista (first time these sports were shown live in Finnish television), Spanish La Liga, Copa del Rey, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Ligapokal, Major League Soccer, NBA, WNBA, Nordic Trophy and the Swatch FIVB World Tour of beach volley. It also had its own news service, Urheilu+Studio, which was similar to Nelonen Sport's Studio, but ran from 1 hour to 2.5 hours from Tuesdays to Fridays.

External links

• www.nelonenpro.fi/