Das Erste
| Das Erste | |
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| Launched | 25 December 1952 |
| Owned by | ARD |
| Picture format |
16:9 576i (SDTV) 720p50 (HDTV 1080p50 (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 11.6% (2015, dwdl.de) |
| Country | Germany |
| Broadcast area | National; also distributed in other European countries on cable and satellite |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
| Formerly called | NWDR-Fernsehen (1952-1954) Deutsches Fernsehen (1954-1984) Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (1984-1997) |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| DVB-T | Channel 1 |
| Satellite | |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | 11.836 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 28106 Video PID: 101 Audio PIDs: 102 stereo, 106 Dolby Digital |
| Astra 19.2°E (DVB-S2 HDTV) (Europe) | 11.494 GHz Horizontal SR: 22000 FEC: 2/3 SID: 10301 Video PID: 5101 Audio PIDs: 5102 stereo, 5106 Dolby Digital |
| Hot Bird (13°E) (Europe, Middle East & North Africa) | 11.541 GHz Vertical SR: 22000 FEC: 5/6 SID: 3622 Video PID: 300 Audio PID: 301 |
| Cable | |
| Kabel Deutschland | Yes (SD and HD) |
| UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) | Yes (SD and HD) SD - Channel 005 (digital CH-D) |
| Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 153 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 54 (SD/HD) |
| YouSee (Denmark) | Channel 91 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| DasErste.de | Watch live |
| Horizon |
Horizon.tv (Netherlands only) Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
Das Erste (German: [das ˈʔeːɐ̯stə], The First) is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany. It is a joint production of Germany's regional public broadcasters acting through, and coordinated by, the ARD consortium, with the exception of Deutsche Welle. The channel was started officially on 25 December 1952 as NWDR-Fernsehen and renamed to Deutsches Fernsehen in 1954. Since 1996, the official brand is Das Erste, the full name Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (First German Television) is only used occasionally and not part of the station's corporate identity. In colloquial speech, the station is usually called Erstes Programm ("First Channel"), or by its metonym, ARD.
The channel's first experimental broadcast was on 27 November 1950 as the TV channel of the then NWDR, which in 1956 split into NDR and WDR. The regular NWDR television service started on 25 December 1952. Nationwide transmission began on 1 November 1954 within the ARD framework, under the name Deutsches Fernsehen ("German Television"). It was West Germany's only television channel prior to the establishment of ZDF in 1963.
The new channel consisted of jointly-produced shows such as the nightly news programme Tagesschau (on the air since 26 December 1952), as well as broadcasts produced individually by ARD member stations. The programs were coordinated by the Programmdirektion based in Munich. Besides several entertaining shows, ARD went political in 1957 when it launched its first political TV magazine, Panorama. Germany's first political TV show adopted the slogan "What is being talked about and what should be talked about" and pictured all aspects of postwar West German society—including conflict-laden topics, scandals, and other taboo topics, such as former Nazis who had held important roles.
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