List of television stations in Germany
As one of the largest industrial nations and with the largest population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations. == Public channels == === ARD === ARD, consortium of German public broadcasting services, consisting of the following public stations (which also provide regional programming in separate channels): Das Erste (The First) (ARD) ARD-alpha — German education channel, with TV courses One tagesschau24 Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) BR Fernsehen Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) hr-fernsehen Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) MDR Fernsehen Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) NDR Fernsehen Radio Bremen (RB) Radio Bremen TV Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; established on 1 May 2003 from a merger of the former Sender Freies Berlin and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg) RBB Fernsehen Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) SR Fernsehen Südwestrundfunk (SWR; established on 1 October 1998 from a merger of the former Südwestfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk) SWR Fernsehen Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) WDR Fernsehen === ZDF === ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, "Second German Television"): ZDFneo ZDFinfo === ARD & ZDF === KiKA Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV, with support of ARD and ZDF Arte — public Franco-German culture channel from ARD, ZDF and France Télévisions 3sat — cultural network from the ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting).
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