Iceland competed for the first time, as the national broadcaster RÚV finally cemented their satellite television connections with the rest of Europe.

RÚV began radio broadcasting in 1930 and its first television transmissions were made in 1966.

RÚV is funded by a television licence fee collected from every income tax payer, as well as advertising revenue.

RÚV – which by the terms of its charter is obliged to " promote the Icelandic language, Icelandic history, and Iceland's cultural heritage " and " honour basic democratic rules, human rights, and the freedom of speech and opinion " – carries a substantial amount of arts, media, and current affairs programming, in addition to which it also supplies general entertainment in the form of feature films and such internationally popular television drama series as Lost and Desperate Housewives.

RÚV began radio broadcasting in 1930 and its first television transmissions were made in 1966.

On 31 March 2011, RÚV introduced a major re-branding of its stations, new logos, and a visual overhaul to its television channel.

RÚV – which by the terms of its charter is obliged to " promote the Icelandic language, Icelandic history, and Iceland's cultural heritage " and " honour basic democratic rules, human rights, and the freedom of speech and opinion " – carries a substantial amount of arts, media, and current affairs programming, in addition to which it also supplies general entertainment in the form of feature films and such internationally popular television drama series as Lost and Desperate Housewives.

* RÚV television ( also known as Sjónvarpið ), often referred to as " Stöð Eitt " or " Channel 1 "

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He then worked as a part-time journalist and photographer at the daily Morgunblaðið from 1961 to 1965 and was trained in broadcast journalism and television production in the UK and Sweden, then worked as a reporter and programme producer at Ríkisútvarpið ( RÚV ) TV.

For its longwave transmissions on 189 kHz RÚV uses Western Europe's tallest radio mast, the Hellissandur longwave radio transmitter.

Ríkisútvarpið ( RÚV ) ( English: ' The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service ') is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.

Ríkisútvarpið ( RÚV ) ( pronounced or ) () is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.

RÚV is funded by a broadcast receiving licence fee collected from every income tax payer, as well as advertising revenue.

Also popular viewing is the Eurovision Song Contest, to which RÚV has sent participants on Iceland's behalf since 1986.

* RÚV textavarp ( Teletext provided by RÚV ): textavarp. is ( Textavarp offers weather service as well in English: Weather Forecast )

Páll Magnússon, CEO of RÚV, the national broadcasting service, stated in an interview that this was most likely a record in the Western world.

Since 1986, the year in which its monopoly as the only permitted domestic broadcaster was ended, RÚV has faced competition from a number of private broadcasting companies, most notably the 365 corporation.

* Iceland: RÚV, Stöð 2

Examples include RÚV from Iceland using Rás 1 as the on-hold music.

" A short spinning thread ") was an Icelandic adaptation of the show, which aired on RÚV from 1998 to 2000.

In 1966 – 68 he hosted a series of educational TV programs on the ( then new ) Icelandic National Television ( RÚV ), in which he showed the audience some of the National Museum's artefacts and explained their historical context.

RÚV has been a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union since 1956.

Thus, many Danish, Norwegian and Finnish programmes are shown on SVT, while DR, NRK, YLE, SVF and RÚV show Swedish programmes.

RÚV has been a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union since 1956.

Headquarters of RÚV in Reykjavík.

In sports, RÚV traditionally carries live coverage of such major events as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, although it lost the right to broadcast the 2006 World Cup, having been outbid by commercial broadcaster 365 in 2002.

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