List of television stations in Germany
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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.
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[edit] 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)
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
- Radio Bremen (RB)
- Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; established on 1 May 2003 from a merger of the former Sender Freies Berlin and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg)
- Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR; established on 1 October 1998 from a merger of the former Südwestfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
- 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
[edit] Private Channels
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Others
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[edit] Pay-TV
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
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