List of German language television channels

German language television channels include the following :

Germany

• ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands, Consortium of German public broadcasting services) — public, consisting of the following local public stations (which also provide regional programming in separate channels):
  • Das Erste (ARD)
    • EinsMuxx (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
    • EinsFestival (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
    • EinsPlus (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
    • Bayerisches Fernsehen
    • BR-alpha — German education channel, with TV courses
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
  • Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
  • Radio Bremen (RB)
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; merged on May 1, 2003 from the former Sender Freies Berlin and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
  • Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
  • Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
• ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) — public, Germany
  • ZDFinfokanal (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
  • ZDFdokukanal (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
  • ZDFtheaterkanal (Digital only via Satellite or Cable)
• KiKa Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV with support of ARD and ZDF
• Phoenix — public, non-commercial information, documentation, and news, jointly operated by ARD and ZDF
• RTL — private
  • RTL 2 — private
  • Super RTL — private
  • n-TV — news and economy channel, in cooperation with CNN
  • VOX — private
• Pro7Sat.1 Media AG
  • Pro 7 — private
  • SAT.1 — private
  • Kabel 1 — private
  • N24 — private news channel
• Tele 5 — private
• Neun Live — private, claims to be the first quiz channel
• MTV — private
  • MTV2 — private
  • VIVA — private (since August 2004 the Viva Stations became part of MTV)
  • VIVA2 /VIVA PLUS — private
• Premiere — pay TV network
  • Premiere 1-7 — pay TV channels
  • Premiere Direkt — pay-per-view TV channel
  • Premiere Erotik — erotic TV channel
  • Premiere Krimi — mystery story channel
  • Premiere Nostalgie — movies from the beginning of film history until 1970s
  • Fox Kids — children's TV channel
  • Disney Channel — children's TV channel
  • Junior — children's TV channel
  • Goldstar TV — German pop music channel
• DWTV — Deutsche Welle — international broadcasting service (available via satellite)

Austria

• ORF — Österreichischer Rundfunk
  • ORF1 — public
  • ORF2 — public
  • TW1 — public
• ATV+ — private
• pulsTV — private
• TW6 — private (satellite only)

Switzerland

• SRG SSR DRS — public
  • SF1 — public
  • SF2 — public
  • TeleClub — pay TV

International

• Arte — Public Franco-German culture channel (see also List of French language television channels)
• Euronews — news channel for Europe, with support of SSR
• 3sat — culture channel with support of ARD, ZDF, ORF and SFR
• Eurosport

Almost all of these can be received via the Satellites Astra-1(A-KR) on 19.2 degrees East.

See also

• Lists of television channels
• Television