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, 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

Private Channels

RTL Group

• RTL Television
• VOX
• RTL II
• Super RTL
• RTL Nitro
• n-tv

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

• Sat.1
• ProSieben
• sixx
• kabel eins
• Sat.1 Gold
• ProSieben Maxx

Viacom

• Viva
• Comedy Central
• Nickelodeon

Others

• DMAX
• N24
• SPORT1
• Tele 5
• Disney Channel
• Anixe

Pay-TV

Sky Deutschland

Sky

• Sky Cinema
• Sky Cinema +1
• Sky Cinema +24
• Sky Cinema Hits
• Sky Action
• Sky Emotion
• Sky Comedy
• Sky Nostalgie
• Sky Krimi
• Sky select
• Sky sport Info
• Sky sport 1
• Sky sport 2
• Sky Bundesliga

Disney

• Disney Junior
• Disney XD
• Disney Cinemagic

Studio100 Media

• Junior

TNT

• TNT Film (TCM)
• TNT Serie
• Boomerang
• Cartoon Network

ProSiebenSat.1

• Kabel eins classics
• Sat.1 Emotions
• Pro7 Fun

FOX

• Fox Channel

MTV Networks

• MTV Germany
• MTV Music
• Nicktoons
• Nick Jr.

HD

• Sky Cinema HD
• Sky sport HD
• Disney Cinemagic HD
• Eurosport HD
• National Geographic HD
• Discovery HD
• FOX HD

Others

• Discovery Channel
• National Geographic
• Nat Geo Wild
• Focus Gesundheit
• Spiegel Geschichte
• Animax
• beate-uhse.tv
• 13th Street
• RTL Crime
• RTL Passion
• RTL Living
• MGM
• AXN
• Syfy
• Kinowelt TV
• Heimatkanal
• Romance TV
• Motorvision
• sportdigital.tv
• Eurosport 2
• SABC NEWS
• Biography
• History
• Goldstar
• Classica
• Blue Movie
• FOX

Special

• Big Brother

See also

• Television in Germany