WDR Fernsehen
WDR Fernsehen is a German free-to-air television network owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" television stations that are offered within the federal ARD network. The station began broadcasting on December 17, 1965, as Westdeutsches Fernsehen (WDF), changing its name to West 3 in 1988, before settling for WDR Fernsehen in 1994.
| WDR Fernsehen | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 27 December 1965 |
| Owned by | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Picture format | 1080p HDTV (downscaled to 720p HDTV and 16:9 576i for the DTT and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
| Audience share | 2.2% (Germany) (April 2017, AGF) |
| Country | Germany |
| Broadcast area | North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
| Formerly called | Westdeutsches Fernsehen West 3 |
| Website | http://www.wdr.de/tv/ |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | North Rhine-Westphalia: Channel 3 |
| Satellite | |
| Astra 19.2°E (Europe) | 12422 H 27500 3/4 (HD/SD) Bielefeld, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Köln, Münster & Essen 12604 H 22000 5/6 (HD/SD) Aachen, Bonn, Duisburg & Wuppertal 11836 H 27500 3/4 (SD) Köln |
| Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 134 (HD) Channel 662 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| UPC Cablecom (Switzerland) | Mediabox: Channel 54 (HD, Mediabox) Channel 54 (SD, DigiCard) Channel 94 (HD, DigiCard) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 56 (SD) |
| Caiway (Netherlands) | Channel 43 (SD) |
| DELTA (Netherlands) | Channel 452 (SD) |
| Kabel Noord (Netherlands) | Channel 113 (SD) |
| IPTV | |
| Telekom Entertain (Germany) | Channel 39 (HD) |
| A1 TV (Austria) | Channel 53 (SD) Channel 353 (HD) |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 48 (HD) |
| T-Mobile (Netherlands) | Channel 393 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| WDR.de | Watch live |
| Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
| Horizon | Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
Originally airing only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the channel has become available across Germany with the advent of cable and satellite television. The station is also available free-to-air across Europe via Astra 19.2°E.
In November 2013, the channel faced a graphical rebrand.
News sub-regions
WDR Fernsehen operates eleven sub-regional opt-out services, each broadcasting a 30-minute local news programme entitled Lokalzeit at 19.30 each Monday to Saturday evening together with a shorter, 5-minute bulletin at 18.00 on Mondays to Fridays:
- Aachen: Lokalzeit aus Aachen
- Wuppertal: Lokalzeit Bergisches Land
- Bonn: Lokalzeit aus Bonn
- Dortmund: Lokalzeit aus Dortmund
- Duisburg: Lokalzeit aus Duisburg
- Düsseldorf: Lokalzeit aus Düsseldorf
- Cologne: Lokalzeit aus Köln
- Münster: Lokalzeit Münsterland
- Bielefeld: Lokalzeit OWL aktuell
- Essen: Lokalzeit Ruhr
- Siegen: Lokalzeit Südwestfalen
Programmes[1]
Children
- Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten (2007-present)
- Die Sendung mit der Maus (1971-present)
Entertainment
- Die Wiwaldi-Show (2012-2016)
- Zimmer frei (1996-2016)
Information
- Aktuelle Stunde (1983-present)
- Frau tv (1997-present)
- Lokalzeit (1996-present)
- Westpol (1992-present)
Series
- Eyewitness (Øyevitne) (2017)
- In aller Freundschaft (2003-present)
- Lindenstraße (1997-present)
- Phoenixsee (2016-present)
- Prey (Prey - Die Beute) (2015-2016)
- Rote Rosen (2007-2009)
- Sturm der Liebe (2005-2009)
- Schimanski (1998–2016)
- Tatort (2006-present)
- The Game (2015)
Sport
- Sport Inside (2007-present)
- Zeiglers wunderbare Welt des Fußballs, hosted by Arnd Zeigler (2007-present)
Talk
- B. trifft..., hosted by Bettina Böttinger (1993-2004)
- Domian, hosted by Jürgen Domian (1995-2016)
- Kölner Treff, hosted by Bettina Böttinger (2006-present)
Logos
References
- "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 May 2017.