DW-TV
DW-TV (pronounced in German as `day-vay-tay-fow) is a set of television channels provided by Deutsche Welle. The channels concentrate on news and information and first started broadcasting 1 April 1992. They are broadcast on satellite and produced in Berlin.
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History
DW (TV) began as RIAS-TV, a television station launched by the West Berlin broadcaster RIAS (Radio in the American Sector / Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor) in August 1988. The fall of the Berlin Wall the following year and German reunification in 1990 meant that RIAS-TV was to be closed down. On 1 April 1992 Deutsche Welle inherited the RIAS-TV broadcast facilities, using them to start a German- and English-language television channel broadcast via satellite, DW (TV), adding a short Spanish broadcast segment the following year. In 1995 it began 24-hour operation (12 hours German, 10 hours English, two hours Spanish). At that time DW (TV) introduced a new news studio and a new logo.
In 2001 Deutsche Welle (in conjunction with ARD and ZDF) founded the German TV subscription TV channel for North American viewers. The project was shut down after four years owing to low subscriber numbers. It has since been replaced by the DW-TV channel (also a subscription service).
Unlike most other international broadcasters, DW-TV doesn't charge terrestrial stations for use of its programming, and as a result its News Journal and other programmes are rebroadcast on numerous public broadcasting stations in several countries, including the United States, Australia and New Zealand. In the Philippines it is shown nationwide on Net 25.
In March 2009 DW-TV expanded its television services in Asia with two new channels: DW-TV Asia and DW-TV Asia+. DW-TV Asia (DW-TV Asien in German) contains 16 hours of German programming and 8 hours in English while DW-TV Asia+ contains 18 hours of English programmes plus 6 hours of German programmes.[1]
In August 2009 DW-TV's carriage in the United Kingdom on Sky channel 794 ceased, although the channel continues to be available via other European satellites receivable in the UK.[2]
Deutsche Welle relaunched their television channels on 6 February 2012, using the abbreviation DW for all its services. Deutsche Welle also revamped the television schedules.[3]
Deutsche Welle changed its schedules again on 22 June 2015, with DW in Asia and Oceania and DW (Europe) merged to become a 24-hour English news channel, discontinued English programs in DW (Arabia).[4]
Broadcasting
| DW | |
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| Launched | August 1988 (as RIAS-TV) 1 April 1992 (as DW-TV) 6 February 2012 (as DW (Europe)) 22 June 2015 (as DW, merge with Asia & Oceania feed) |
| Closed | 1990 (RIAS-TV), 5 February 2012 (as DW-TV) |
| Owned by | DW |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Slogan | "Made for minds." (English) "At the Heart of Europe" (English, until 2012) "Aus der Mitte Europas" (German, until 2012) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German English |
| Broadcast area | Europe Middle East Africa North Africa |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Hot Bird 8 (Europe, Middle East, North Africa) Atlantic Bird 3 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) |
11604 H 27500-5/6 3727 R 29950-7/8 |
| DW Platform DStv (South Africa) |
Channel 228 Channel 446 |
| Cable | |
| Naxoo | Channel 159 (Sweden) |
| UPC Poland | Channel 814 |
| R | Channel 203 |
| Streaming media | |
| Livestation | Watch (Free, 502 Kbit/s, German and English on same channel] |
| DW (Arabia) | |
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| Owned by | DW |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Arabic, German, English |
| Broadcast area | Middle East, North Africa |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Arabsat BADR4 (Middle East, North Africa) | 11,996 H 27,500-3/4 |
| Nilesat 102 (Middle East, North Africa) | 11,900 V 27,500-3/4 |
| DW (Asien) | |
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| Owned by | DW |
| Language | German |
| Broadcast area | Asia Oceania |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| AsiaSat 3S (Asia-Pacific) | 3760 H 26000-7/8 |
| DishHD (Taiwan) | Channel 6655 |
| Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) | Channel 37 |
| TVB Network Vision (Hong Kong) | Channel 94 |
| Cable | |
| HKBN bbTV (Hong Kong) | Channel 751 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 73 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 132 (Digital) |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 19 (Premium) Channel 132 (Digital) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 153 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 151 |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 255 |
| IPTV | |
| Mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 161 |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 403 |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 214 |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 765 |
| DW | |
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| Launched | March 2009 (as DW-TV Asia+) 6 February 2012 (as DW) 6 February 2015 (as DW, merge with Europe feed) |
| Owned by | DW |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Asia Oceania |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| AsiaSat 3S (Asia-Pacific) | 4071 H 14240-3/4 |
| Insat 4B (India) | 11490 V 27500-3/4 |
| Agila 2 (Southeast Asia) | 12544 V 21429-5/6 |
| Koreasat 5 (Korea & Southeast Asia) | 12470 V 25600-5/6 |
| Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| Cable | |
| Royal Cable (Philippines) | Channel 56 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 251 |
| IPTV | |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 156 |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | 104 |
| DW (Latinoamérica) | |
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| Owned by | DW |
| Slogan | "Desde el corazón de Europa (until 2012)" (Spanish) |
| Language | Spanish German |
| Broadcast area | Americas |
| Website | mediacenter |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Intelsat 21 (America) | 3840 H 27690-7/8 |
| DirecTV Latin America | Channel 770 |
| SKY Mexico (Mexico) | Channel 279 |
| Telefónica TV Digital (Chile, Colombia) | Channel 438 |
| Cable Mágico Satelital (South America) | Channel 438 |
| Cable | |
| Inter (Venezuela) | Channel 140 |
| VTR (Chile) | Channel 352 |
| DW (Amerika) | |
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| Owned by | DW |
| Picture format | (480p), (SDTV) (16:9 letterbox) |
| Slogan | "At the heart of Europe" |
| Country | US and Canada |
| Language | English German |
| Broadcast area | Americas |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| AMC 1 (North America) | 3740 V 29270-7/8 |
| Intelsat 21 (America) | 3840 H 27690-7/8 |
| Bell TV (Canada) | Channel 709 |
| DISH Network (USA) | Channel 9823 |
| GVT (Brazil) | Channel 146 |
| SKY Brasil (Brazil) | Channel 110 |
| Vivo TV (Brazil) | Channel 450 |
| Claro TV (Brazil) | Channel 134 |
| Cable | |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | Channel 195 |
| Shaw Cable (Canada) | Channel 194 |
| Comcast (USA) | Channel 315 (San Francisco Bay Area) |
| Time Warner (USA) | Channel 553 |
| NET (Brazil) | Channel 144 |
| IPTV | |
| TELUS TV (Canada) | Channel 2973 |
| FiOS TV (USA) | Channel 1787 |
DW-TV is broadcast via the satellites AsiaSat 3S, Insat, Nilesat 102, Atlantic Bird 3, Hot Bird 13B, AMC-1 and Intelsat 9.
DW-TV is also available on the Internet.
Satellite jamming
A transponder on Hot Bird 8, used by DW-TV among other stations, was jammed on 7 and 8 December 2009. Eutelsat, the operator of the satellite localised the emitter source in Iran.[5] The same happened between 10 and 13 February 2010.[6]
Programs
Business
- Global 3000 (covers globalization)
- Made in Germany (German business magazine-style show)
Cars and sports
- Bundesliga Kick Off! (soccer)
- Drive It!
- Kick off! (German version of Bundesliga Kick Off!)
- Motor Mobil
Culture
- Arts.21 (culture)
- Kultur.21 (German version of Arts.21)
- Kino ("The German Film Magazine"/Das Deutsches Film Magazin)
- Ideas for a Cooler World,[7][8] for climate change mitigation
Documentaries and features
- Faith Matters
- In Focus (documentaries and reports)
- Im Focus (German version of "In Focus")
- Germany 60 Years
- 60 x Deutschland (German version of "Germany 60 Years")
Lifestyle and entertainment
- Discover Germany (travel)
- Hin & Weg (German travel magazine, German version of Discover Germany)
- Euromaxx (lifestyle)
- Germany Today
- Deutschland Heute (German version of "Germany Today")
- In Good Shape (health, de in German)
- popXport (German music)
- Talking Germany
- Typisch Deutsch (Living in Germany)
- Shift
News and politics
- Conflict Zone— with Tim Sebastian[9]
- European Journal
- DW News
- heute
- Der Tag
- People & Politics
Talk show
- Quadriga
Science
- Tomorrow Today
- Projekt Zukunft
Channels
As of 22 June 2015, DW (TV) operates five channels:
- DW: Broadcast in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania (24 hours in English[10]).
- DW (Arabia): Broadcast in the Middle East and North Africa (24 hours in Arabic[11]).
- DW (Latinoamérica): Broadcast in Latin America (24 hours in Spanish).[10]
- DW (Amerika): Broadcast in the Americas (20 hours in German, 4 hours in English[12]).
- DW (Asien): Broadcast in Asia (24 hours in German).[10]
See also
- Television in Germany
- Deutsche Welle
- International broadcasting
- Al Jazeera
- BBC
- CCTV
- CNN
- Euronews
- France 24
- Euronews
- NHK World
- Press TV
- RT
- TeleSUR
- Corporate media
- State media
References
- ↑ Two New Dedicated Channels Provide Gateway to Europe: Two DW-TV channel launched in Asia Deutsche Welle.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ DW introduces new website and TV program
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- ↑ Iran stört wieder Empfang von Deutsche Welle TV via Sat Digitalfernsehen.de, 11 February 2010, online 15 February 2010
- ↑ Deutsche Welle: Ausstrahlung wieder vom Iran gestört DW-World.de, 11 February 2010, online 14 February 2010
- ↑ http://blogs.dw.de/ideasforacoolerworld_en
- ↑ Global Ideas | DW.DE
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ DW Arabic programming, "six hours of programming in Arabic".
- ↑ Programming schedule for DW Amerika
External links
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- Media in Berlin
- 24-hour television news channels in Germany
- Cable television in Hong Kong
- Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom
- English-language television stations
- German-language television networks
- Television channels and stations established in 1992
