BRF TV

BRF TV
Country	Belgium
Broadcast area	German-speaking Community of Belgium
Programming
Language(s)	German
Ownership
Owner	Belgischer Rundfunk
History
Launched	4 October 1999; 25 years ago
Former names	KA3 (4 October 1999 – 4 October 2004)
Links
Website	Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
RTBF DVB-T Multiplex	Broadcast on Euronews from 18:45 to 21:45 CET

BRF TV (also known as BRF Fernsehen) is a German-language television channel in Belgium.

It is owned by the Belgian public broadcaster Belgischer Rundfunk and transmitted via cable in the German-speaking Community of Belgium and throughout the country via IPTV.

History

BRF's television activity started in 1993 with the broadcast of a slot on the Verviersian local cable channel Télévesdre^[1] with the weekly investigation programme Maskerade, which was later added by the news and current affairs programme MAG.^[2]

On 4 October 1999, BRF created KA3 (for KAnal 3), renamed to the current name five years later, on 4 October 2004^[3] as BRF-TV, a daily television programme produced and carried on cable in the German Community. The programme was made in co-operation with the Medienzentrum in Eupen and the Germanophone Community.^[4]

Programming

Blickpunkt: regional news program airs 15 minutes from Monday to Friday at 17:45, rebroadcast at 06:00 in the morning. This covers news, economic, cultural, political and sports in the region, followed by a weather report.
Blick ins Inland: To meet the information needs of viewers on the Belgian domestic politics, the BRF broadcasts the magazine every day with visuals from RTBF.
Treffpunkt: Monday talk show produced by the press center of the German-speaking Community of Belgium and presented by the facilitators of the BRF.
Fit & Gesund: program dedicated to health and well-being broadcast every second Thursday of the month in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
BRF-TV-Wochenrückblick: broadcast on Saturday at 12:45 and Sunday night at 22:45.

References

^ "TELEVESDRE S'ETEND A LA COMMUNAUTE GERMANOPHONE". Le Soir (in French). 22 June 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "BRF - Radio". www.brf.be. 24 April 1998. Archived from the original on 24 April 1998. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "BRF Fernsehen - Wir über uns". BRF. 26 December 2004. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Recherche". GrenzEcho (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2021.

External links

(in German) Official site of BRF TV

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[1] "TELEVESDRE S'ETEND A LA COMMUNAUTE GERMANOPHONE". Le Soir (in French). 22 June 1993. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[2] "BRF - Radio". www.brf.be. 24 April 1998. Archived from the original on 24 April 1998. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[3] "BRF Fernsehen - Wir über uns". BRF. 26 December 2004. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[4] "Recherche". GrenzEcho (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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