 Logo used since 2001 | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Germany |
| Headquarters | Mainz, Germany |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | German |
| Picture format | |
| Ownership | |
| Key people | Norbert Himmler (director) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1963 |
| Replaced | ARD 2 (1961–1963) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Varies by location |
| Streaming media | |
| ZDF.de | Watch live (Germany only) |
| FilmOn | Watch live |
| ZiggoGO | ZiggoGO.TV |
| Canaldigitaal Live App | Watch Live |
ZDF (German: [ˌtsɛt.deːˈʔɛf] ), short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen[1] (German: [ˈtsvaɪtəs ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈfɛʁnzeːn] ; lit. 'Second German Television'), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany (Bundesländer). ZDF is financed by television licence fees and advertising revenues.[2]
The broadcaster is well known for its famous programmes heute, a newscast established in 1963, and Wetten, dass..?, an entertainment show that premiered in 1981, with a suspension from 2014 to 2021.[3] Norbert Himmler, ZDF's director general, was elected by the ZDF Television Council in 2021.[3]
- ^ "Facts and figures about ZDF". www.zdf.de. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "European Benchmarking: Public Service Broadcasters in the Digital Era" (PDF). Circom Regional. May 2002. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ a b "unternehmen.zdf.de". www.zdf.de.