DR1
Colour television test broadcasts were started in March 1967, with the first large-scale colour broadcasting occurring for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. DR officially ended "test" transmissions of colour television on April 1, 1970, although it wasn't until 1978 that their last black-and-white television program ("TV Avisen") switched to colour. On exactly 16 May 1983 at 14:00 CEST, DR launched its first teletext information service, which is still available on all DR channels. In 2004 DR announced future plans for a complete switch from a 4:3 screen ratio to 16:9 widescreen broadcasts. The switch took place in 2006 when DR moved its production facilities from TV-Byen to DR Byen in Copenhagen. The last of DR1's own productions to switch to widescreen was the daily news programme ("TV Avisen") in November 2006. At midnight on November 1, 2009 the analogue broadcasts shut down nationwide and DR switched to digital broadcasting. In January 2012, DR1 switched from 576i SD to 720p HD broadcasting. In April 2014, DR launched its HbbTV service on DR1, enabling on-demand streaming of DR content directly on an internet-connected television. As is the practice with most channels in Denmark, foreign TV programmes are shown in their original language but with Danish subtitles.
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DR1 (DR Et) is the flagship television channel of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). Its news programme is called "TV Avisen".