List of television stations in Germany

As one of the largest industrial nations and with the largest population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations.

Public Channels

ARD, consortium of German public broadcasting services, consisting of the following public stations (which also provide regional programming in separate channels):

• Das Erste (The First) (ARD)
  • EinsExtra (Digital only via Cable or Satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
  • EinsFestival (Digital only via Cable or Satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
  • EinsPlus (Digital only via Cable or Satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
  • Bayerisches Fernsehen - Third TV channel for Bavaria.
  • BR-alpha — German education channel, with TV courses
• Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
  • HR Fernsehen
• Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
  • MDR Fernsehen
• Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
  • NDR Fernsehen
• Radio Bremen (RB)
  • Radio Bremen TV
• Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; established on 1 May 2003 from a merger of the former Sender Freies Berlin and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg)
  • RBB Berlin
  • RBB Brandenburg
• Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
  • SR Fernsehen
• Südwestrundfunk (SWR; established on 1 October 1998 from a merger of the former Südwestfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk)
  • SWR Fernsehen
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
  • WDR Fernsehen

• ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, "Second German Television"):
  • ZDFneo (Digital only via Cable, Satellite, and DVB-T), public
  • ZDFinfokanal (Digital only via Cable, Satellite, and DVB-T), public
  • ZDFtheaterkanal, now ZDFkultur (Digital only via Cable or Satellite), public
  • ZDFdokukanal (1997–2009) (Digital only via Cable, Satellite, and from 21:00 until 6:00 CET via DVB-T), public
• KI.KA Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV, with support of ARD and ZDF
• Arte — Public Franco-German culture channel from ARD, ZDF and France Télévisions
• 3sat - Cultural network from the ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting).
• Phoenix — public - with information, documentaries, news, jointly operated by ARD and ZDF
• Deutscher Fernsehfunk or "Fernsehen der DDR" operated the two (now defunct) television networks of East Germany

Private Channels

RTL Group

• RTL Television
• VOX
• RTL II
• Super RTL
• n-tv

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

• Sat.1
• ProSieben
• sixx

Viacom

• Viva
• Comedy Central
• Nickelodeon

Others

• DMAX
• kabel eins
• N24
• SPORT1
• Tele 5
• Das Vierte
• Anixe SD/HD

Pay-TV

sky Deutschland

sky

• sky Cinema
• sky Cinema +1
• sky Cinema +24
• sky Cinema Hits
• sky Action
• sky Emotion
• sky Comedy
• sky Nostalgie
• sky Krimi
• sky select
• sky sport Info
• sky sport 1
• sky sport 2
• sky Bundesliga

Disney

• Disney Channel
• Playhouse Disney
• Disney XD
• Disney Cinemagic

EM.TV

• Junior

TNT

• TNT Film (TCM)
• TNT Serie
• Boomerang
• Cartoon Network

ProSiebenSat.1

• kabel eins classics
• Sat.1 Comedy

FOX

• Fox Channel

MTV Networks

• MTV Germany
• MTV Music
• Nicktoons
• Nick Jr.

HD

• sky Cinema HD
• sky sport HD
• Disney Cinemagic HD
• Eurosport HD
• National Geographic HD
• Discovery HD

Others

• Discovery Channel
• National Geographic
• Nat Geo Wild
• Focus Gesundheit
• Spiegel Geschichte
• Animax
• beate-uhse.tv
• 13th Street
• RTL Crime
• RTL Passion
• RTL Living
• MGM
• AXN
• Syfy
• Kinowelt TV
• Heimatkanal
• Romance TV
• Motorvision
• sportdigital.tv
• Eurosport 2
• ESPN America
• Biography
• History
• Goldstar
• Classica
• Blue Movie

Special

• Big Brother

See also

• Television in Germany