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 Logo used since 2016 | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080p HDTV (downscaled to 720p HDTV and 16:9 576i for the DTT and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 December 1965 |
| Former names | Westdeutsches Fernsehen (1965–1988) West 3 (1988–1994) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.wdr.de/tv/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | North Rhine-Westphalia: Channel 3 |
| Streaming media | |
| WDR.de | Watch live |
| Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
| Horizon | Horizon.tv (Switzerland only) |
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.