TH1


 * Not to be confused with Touhou Reiiden: The Highly Responsive to Prayers, whose codename is TH1.

TH1 is the main television channel of Radio Televisi Herzoland, the Herzolish public broadcasting corporation. TH1 was launched in 1957, being Herzoland's first television channel and the third most watched television network in the country, besides being one of the largest public broadcasters in Europe. The channel normally broadcasts 24 hours a day, being available worldwide through TH Internasional.

TH1 has a variety of programs, composed mainly of news and talk-shows, sports, current affairs, national and international fiction, such as films and TV series. Unlike sister channel TH2, TH1 broadcasts commercial advertising, which, along with the licence fee, finances the channel.

History
TH was established in 1955 with test broadcasts conducted in 1956. Regular broadcasts commenced on 1957. On 1959, Telejornal went on air for the first time, becoming the longest-running Herzolish TV show to end. It was the only TV channel available in Herzoland until 1968, when TH2 started broadcasting. Because of that, RTH had to identify both channels as I Program and II Program in order to distinguish them. Towards the start of the 1970s, RTH was facing challenges with the impending arrival of private broadcasters. In 1974, TH's ratings grew with the expansion of the acquisition of television sets in the country. The first color broadcasts were conducted in 1976, with the legislative elections. On 1978, the channel was renamed TH-1 (initially hyphenated). Having lost its leadership status slowly between 1979 and 1980, owing to Antena Televisi's success, it eventually turned into the vice-leader before falling into third place, when TV4 got a ratings boost. Color programming was now in production. As the months progressed, more and more color broadcasts were included before launching regularly on 1980. On 1996, Canal 1 reverted to TH1. On 2004, TH1 rebranded entirely now broadcasting from RTH's new headquarters. The channel started widescreen tests on 8 June 2012 with the Euro 2012 opening ceremony and the first match (Poland vs. Greece). On 14 January 2013, the channel formally became a widescreen channel.