heute (TV program)

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heute (German for today) is a news show on the German television channel ZDF. The main show is broadcast at 7PM, consisting of news of the day, weather forecasts and sports.

[edit] History

News broadcasts were made from the day the ZDF went operational, the name heute was decided upon by February 8, 1963.

heute was originally broadcast from 19.30 to 20.00 CET; on February 1, 1965 the show was split up into two parts - heute (19.30 to 19.45 CET) and themen des tages (19.45 to 20.00 CET). From January 1, 1969 the themen des tages was dropped to let the evening programs start earlier.

In 1973, the programme moved to 19.00 CET, where it is still seen today.

[edit] Programming today

The main show is seen at 19.00 CET and usually has a length of 20 minutes (including weather forecast).

Around 21.45 CET, a longer, in-depth show called heute-journal is broadcast, similar to Tagesthemen on Das Erste.

[edit] Trivia

Since the 1970s' heute's title tune contains the letters h-e-u-t-e in morse code (···· · ··- - ·).