![]() ![]() In terms of total TV viewing market share Germany's market leaders in 2022 were again the two biggest public-service channels (ZDF with 14.5% and Das Erste with 12.2%) and the two leading commercial channels (RTL with 7.4% and Sat.1 with 5.1%). This dominant market position of public and advertisement funded free TV channels in Germany explains why the German pay TV segment is significantly underperforming in an international comparison. The strongest revenue segment in Germany is public funding (€4,430 million in 2008), followed by advertising (€4,035 million) and subscription (1,150 € million). Today, with almost 40 million TV households, 365 TV channels licensed in Germany and a total market volume of €9,615 million in 2008, Germany represents one of the biggest and most diversified TV markets in the world. In addition, more private TV stations opened, becoming available through cable, satellite and in some cases, over the airwaves. the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting), as part of the ARD. (Previously RTL broadcast from Luxembourg but was only received in parts of Southwestern Germany).Īfter reunification, the TV stations of the German Democratic Republic were dissolved and the remnants were used to found new regional networks, e.g. The first two privately financed TV networks, RTL plus (short for Radio Television Luxemburg) and SAT 1, started their programming in West Germany in 1984. Its two channels became known as DDR1 and DDR2. In 1972, the DFF was renamed, dropping the pretense of being an all-Germany service and becoming Fernsehen der DDR (GDR Television) or DDR-FS. on both ARD and ZDF, vice chancellor Willy Brandt started the era of colour TV in West Germany by pressing a symbolic launch button at the International Radio and TV Fair in West Berlin.Įast Germany started DFF2 in 1969, and introduced colour programming on both channels. Unlike ARD, which was regionalized and had its roots in radio, ZDF was a centrally organized channel devoted solely to television. On 1 April 1963, the long-promised second TV network, the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television) started. ![]() Improvements in technology and programming, as well as reduced prices, led to a steady increase in licence holders, and the number of licenses passed the 1-million mark in October 1957. ![]() Basic principles in the central areas of entertainment, information and enlightenment were established and television plays developed as the medium's own specific art form. Meanwhile, the GDR was launching its own television service, Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), based on the Soviet model.Ī regular schedule began through the cooperation of all ARD members in 1954. Other regional networks also started to launch television in their own areas. In 1948 the British occupation forces allowed NWDR to broadcast television programmes for the British zone. Main articles: History of television in Germany and Deutscher Fernsehfunk ![]()
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