Pro7
| ProSieben | |
|---|---|
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| Launched | 1 January 1989 |
| Owned by | ProSiebenSat.1 Media |
| Picture format |
576i 16:9 SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Audience share | 5.1% (2016, dwdl.de) |
| Slogan | We love to entertain you. |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Broadcast area | National Also distributed in: Austria Switzerland Italy (South Tyrol) Belgium Luxembourg Liechtenstein Netherlands Turkey Eastern Europe |
| Headquarters | Unterföhring, Germany |
| Sister channel(s) |
Sat.1 kabel eins Sixx ProSieben Fun ProSieben Maxx |
| Website | www |
ProSieben (IPA: /pʁozibən/, "sieben" is German for seven) is a commercial television station in Germany. It is largely distributed by cable and satellite and to a lesser extent DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial). It began operations on 1 January 1989. Since 2003 the station, part ProSiebenSat.1 Media, is owned by a group of investors led by Haim Saban. ProSieben is Germany's second largest privately owned television company. Although ProSieben produces some of its programming itself, it also airs many American imports. On 3 May 2012 ProSieben launched a payTV channel called ProSieben Fun. A third channel called ProSieben Maxx started broadcasting on 3 September 2013.
There are three different variants of the channel: ProSieben (for Germany), ProSieben Austria (for Austria) and ProSieben Schweiz (for Switzerland). The main difference is that they have different adverts and news for each target country.
The channel uses an English slogan: "We love to entertain you."
ProSieben broadcasts from the Astra 1L and 3A satellites and is uplinked by SES Platform Services (now MX1).
On 13 October 1988, ProSieben Television GmbH was founded as a successor to Eureka TV. The founding partners were Gerhard Ackermans (51 percent) and Thomas Kirch (49 percent). Shortly after, Thomas Kirch took completely complete control of the channel.
On 1 January 1989, ProSieben (known at the time as "Pro 7"), began broadcasting from Munich, broadcasting nine hours of programming a day. CEO was Georg Kofler from South Tyrol. ProSieben employed 70 employees at that time and claimed to reach 2.44 million viewers.
The station began broadcasting on the DFS Kopernikus satellite in July 1989. Broadcasting hours were gradually increased to 17 hours a day. ProSieben was also awarded the first terrestrial frequency in Munich for a private broadcaster. Starting on 8 December 1989, the station was broadcast via Astra 1A satellite.
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