List of Television Stations in Germany - Public Channels

Public Channels

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)
    • tagesschau24 (digital only via cable or satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
    • EinsFestival (digital only via cable or satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
    • EinsPlus (digital only via cable or satellite and in some areas via DVB-T)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
    • Bayerisches Fernsehen — third TV channel in Bavaria.
    • BR-alpha — German education channel, with TV courses
  • 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 Berlin
    • RBB Brandenburg
  • 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 (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, "Second German Television"):
    • ZDFneo (digital only via cable, satellite, and DVB-T), public
    • ZDFinfo (digital only via cable, satellite, and DVB-T), public
    • ZDFkultur (digital only via cable or satellite), public
    • ZDFdokukanal (1997–2009) (Digital only via cable, satellite, and from 21:00 until 6:00 CET via DVB-T), public
  • KI.KA 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).
  • Phoenix — public - with information, documentaries, news, jointly operated by ARD and ZDF
  • Deutscher Fernsehfunk or "Fernsehen der DDR" operated the two (now defunct) television networks of East Germany

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