{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox television channel | name = 1FLTV | logo_size = 200px | logo = 1FL TV Logo.svg | logo_alt = | launch_date = {{start date and age|2008|8|15|df=yes}} | picture_format = 1080i HDTV | owner = Beatrix Schartl | country = Liechtenstein | language = German | website = {{URL|http://www.1fl.li/}} | sister_channels = | terr_serv_1 = | terr_chan_1 = }} '''1FLTV''' is Liechtenstein's first television broadcaster. It began operation on 15 August 2008 and broadcasts in German. Through cable networks, the channel is accessible to about 50,000 homes in Liechtenstein and a small portion of its neighboring Switzerland.<ref name=1fl.li>{{cite web|url=http://www.1fl.li/about|title=About us|publisher=1FL.TV|accessdate=23 April 2021|archive-date=5 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105031829/http://www.1fl.li/about|url-status=dead}}</ref> Before the channel launched, people in Liechtenstein watched Austrian and Swiss TV channels instead.
==History== On 15 August 2008, 1FLTV began operation after being licensed by the Liechtenstein government under the leadership of businessman Peter Kölbel.<ref name=esc824>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12220|title=Liechtenstein Gets a TV Station|last=Kuipers|first=Michael|date= 24 August 2008|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate= 24 August 2008|archivedate=25 August 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825081712/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12220}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1FLTV-Chef Peter Kölbel verstorben|url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/vermischtes/1fltv-chef-peter-koelbel-verstorben;art171,314469,B::pic167,1691773|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Vaterland online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sdtv.gr/news-2950.html|title= '1 FL TV', το πρώτο ιδιωτικό κανάλι στο Λίχτενσταϊν|date= 19 August 2008|work= sdtv.gr|language= Greek|accessdate= 24 August 2008|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080912155913/http://www.sdtv.gr/news-2950.html|archivedate= 12 September 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref>
Liechtenstein showed interest in participating in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 and 1976. Despite this, it was not possible because at the time Liechtenstein did not have a television station based in that country. If 1FLTV becomes an active member of the European Broadcasting Union, then Liechtenstein may have its national representation in Eurovision. There are financial costs associated with EBU membership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jiandani |first=Sanjay (Sergio) |date=2024-12-05 |title=Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV will not debut at Eurovision 2025 |url=https://esctoday.com/196812/liechtenstein-1-fl-tv-will-not-debut-at-eurovision-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday |language=en-US}}</ref> On 9 August 2022, the managing director of 1FLTV, Sandra Woldt, announced that the company would no longer seek EBU membership and participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, they would concentrate on reporting in their own country.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-08-27|author=Anthony Granger|date=2022-08-09|language=en-GB|title=🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 1 FL TV Rules Out Applying For EBU Membership|url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/08/09/liechtenstein-1fltv-ebu-membership/|website=Eurovoix}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It was announced in 2024 that Radio Liechtenstein was applying for EBU membership instead, but as no radio-only broadcaster has become a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest, this would not necessarily have solved Liechtenstein's participation problem, even if Radio Liechtenstein had not ceased operating in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2024-06-02 |title=🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: Radio Liechtenstein Applying for European Broadcasting Union Membership |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/06/02/radio-liechtenstein-european-broadcasting-union-membership/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Television}} * List of television stations in Europe
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{official website|http://www.1fl.li}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Television in Europe}}
Category:German-language television stations Category:Culture of Liechtenstein Category:Telecommunications in Liechtenstein Category:Television channels and stations established in 2008 Category:2008 establishments in Liechtenstein Category:Television in Liechtenstein