German-Language Television Networks (Film Guide) - Ard (Broadcaster), Bayerischer Rundfunk, Belgischer Rundfunk, Deluxe Music, Deutsche Welle, Hessisch (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: ARD (broadcaster), Bayerischer Rundfunk, Belgischer Rundfunk, Deluxe Music, Deutsche Welle, Hessischer Rundfunk, Kabel Deutschland, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ORF (broadcaster), ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Radio Bremen, RTL Group, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Saarlandischer Rundfunk, Schweizer Fernsehen, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Sky Deutschland, Sport1 (Germany), Sudwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ZDF, ZDFinfo, ZDFkultur. Excerpt: Deutsche Welle (German pronunciation: ) or DW is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio in 30 languages (DW (Radio)). It has a satellite television service (DW (TV)), that is available in four languages, and there is also an online news site. Deutsche Welle, which in English means "German Wave," is similar to international broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, France 24, Voice of America, Radio Canada International, Radio Free Europe and Radio France Internationale. Deutsche Welle has broadcast regularly since 1953. Until 2003 it was based in Cologne, when it relocated to a new building, the "Schurmann-Bau," in Bonn's former government office area. The television broadcasts are produced in Berlin. Deutsche Welle's website is produced in both Berlin and Bonn. On February 6, 2012 Deutsche Welle underwent a significant rebranding. Deutsche Welle was inaugurated on 3 May 1953, with an address by West German President Theodor Heuss as its first shortwave broadcast. On 11 June 1953, the public broadcasters in the ARD signed an agreement to share responsibility for Deutsche Welle. At first, it was controlled by Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR). In 1955, when this split into the separate Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) networks, WDR assumed responsibility for Deutsche Welle programming. In 1960, Deutsche Welle became an independent public body after a court ruled that broadcasting from Germany was part of the federal government's foreign-affairs function. On 7 June 1962, it joined the ARD as a national broadcasting station. With German reunification in 1990, Radio Berlin International (RBI) of East Germany ceased to exist. Some of the staff and personnel of RBI joined Deutsche Welle, and it inherited some broadcasting apparatus, including the transmitting facilities at Nauen as well as RBI's frequencies. DW (TV) began