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2015 In German Television
This is a list of German television-related events in 2015. Events *5 March – After winning '' Unser Song für Österreich'' with the song " Heart of Stone" and the chance to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Andreas Kümmert dramatically declined the opportunity and gives the prize to the runner-up, Ann Sophie instead. She will now perform her song " Black Smoke" at the contest in May. *24 April - 13-year-old Noah-Levi Korth wins the third season of ''The Voice Kids''. *5 June - Footballer Hans Sarpei and his partner Kathrin Menzinger win the eighth season of '' Let's Dance''. *28 August - Former footballer David Odonkor wins season 3 of ''Promi Big Brother''. *12 December - 29-year-old singer Jay Oh wins the ninth season of ''Das Supertalent''. *17 December - Jamie-Lee Kriewitz wins the fifth season of ''The Voice of Germany''. *22 December - Lusy Skaya wins the twelfth season of ''Big Brother''. Debuts *27 February - ''After the Fall'' (''Die Him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Germany
Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first public television station in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''. In 2000, the German television market had approximately 36.5 million television households, making it the largest television market in Europe. Nowadays, 95% of German households have at least one television receiver. All the main German TV channels are free-to-air. History In 1948 the British occupation forces allowed NWDR to broadcast television programmes for the British zone. Other regional networks also started to launch television in their own areas. Meanwhile, the GDR was launching its own television service, Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), based on the Soviet model. A regular schedule began through the cooperation of all ARD members in 1954. Basic principles in the central areas of entertainment, information and enlightenment were established and television plays devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Of Germany
''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality television, reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland'' and its The Voice (franchise), international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011. There are five different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, sign offs, and live shows. There have been twelve winners to date: Ivy Quainoo, Nick Howard, Andreas Kümmert, Charley Ann Schmutzler, Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, Tay Schmedtmann, Natia Todua, Samuel Rösch, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Paula Dalla Corte, Sebastian Krenz, and the latest Anny Ogrezeanu. The show was originally presented by Stefan Gödde. Since 2012, Thore Schölermann has presented the show. From 2015 until 2021, Schölermann together with Lena Gercke hosted the show. In the tenth season, Annemarie Carpendale replaced Gercke as the new host, for the first stages. In the eleventh season, Melissa Khalaj in the semi-final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Aller Freundschaft
(''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig. The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of the German TV channel ARD) and by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion GmbH in the studios of Media City Leipzig. The first broadcast was on 26 October 1998. Since then, approximately 600 episodes have aired. Initially, the focus was on three main characters and their friendship ''Dr. Roland Heilmann'', ''Dr. Achim Kreutzer'', and ''Dr. Maia Dietz''. Nowadays, there is a growing cast of 15–20 characters which the plot follows (of the original trio, only ''Dr. Roland Heilmann'' can still be seen in the program). Many actors were already acting in the television and cinema in the German Democratic Republic. Other locally renowned directors from the former GDR that contribute to the program include Celino Bleiweiß, Klaus Gendries, and Peter Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schloss Einstein
''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10- to 14-year-olds. The series combines the genres of comedy, action, drama (e.g., first love, problems with parents and schoolmates), and natural science. Scripts for the series are written by prominent television script writers. Current air times New episodes of ''Schloss Einstein'' are currently shown on Saturdays at 2:35 p.m. on channel KiKa. Older episodes are shown regularly from Monday to Friday at 2:10 p.m. on KiKa. History ''Schloss Einstein'' was developed and produced by by order of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD under the auspices of the MDR and WDR. Starting in September 2007, took over production of the series. Because the show has its own genre as a ''Kinder-Weekly'' (children's weekly), the producers had h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbotene Liebe
''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mallorca figured prominently in the show's story lines. First broadcast on 2 January 1995, ''Verbotene Liebe'' was originally broadcast in 24-minute episodes, five times a week. It expanded to 45-minute episodes on 21 June 2011 and trimmed back to 40-minute episodes on 23 January 2012 to accommodate an adjusted time-slot. In 2006, Pay-TV network Passion began broadcasting episodes of the show from the beginning. ''Verbotene Liebe'' was initially based on original story and character outlines from the Australian soap opera '' Sons and Daughters'', the show was also slightly influenced by the American soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'', before evolving into a show of its own as the series progressed. The show originally focused on two core families: t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unter Uns
''Unter uns'' (''"Between Us"'') is a German television soap opera, based on the Hungarian soap opera Barátok közt, first broadcast on RTL (German TV channel), RTL on 28 November 1994. It is centered on the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional 'Schillerallee' in Cologne. Since the show debuted, the baker's family Weigel is the series core family. ''Unter uns'' is not based on a foreign soap opera like ''Verbotene Liebe'' or ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. After ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'', the show was the second daily soap for RTL, followed years later in 2006 by ''Alles was zählt''. The show aired its 7,000th episode on 22 November 2022. Cast Current cast members Past cast members A † indicates characters that have died. Crossovers Over the years, ''Unter uns'' had three crossovers with other television shows. * In 1997, the character of Rebecca Mattern (played by Imke Brügger) had several crossover appearances wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten
''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's capital city Berlin. Over the years the soap opera tends to have an overhaul of young people in their late teens and early twenties, targeting a young viewership. Based on the Australian format ''The Restless Years'', which first was successfully adapted in the Netherlands as ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'', the German version took the scripts of the first 230 episodes, even though heavily rewritten, from the original. After the first year, ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' started using original material. The programme started off with low ratings and was panned by critics. However the network believed in the success of the show and by the autumn of 1993, a serial killer storyline helped to improve the ratings, making ''GZSZ'' a success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindenstraße
''Lindenstraße'' (literally "Linden Street") was a long-running German television drama series, broadcast by Das Erste. The first episode aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes were broadcast weekly until 2020. Its last timeslot on Das Erste was Sundays at 18:50. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show. This is a result of the original plan having been to show each episode on a Thursday night. Before the start of the series the programme's timeslot was switched to Sunday evening, but Thursday remained the day on which the events are normally shown as taking place, because the original concept of dramatizing the events of daily life as experienced by a group of characters on an ordinary weekday has continued unchanged. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes where the events take place on such special occasions as Christmas and Easter; also on important election days (especially general elections to the German Bundes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagesthemen
''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 '' Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's most important newscast. It is different in style and content from ''Tagesschau'' and is broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 22:15, Fridays at 23:15, Saturdays at varying times and Sundays at 22:45. On special news occasions, a ''Tagesthemen extra'' is also broadcast before the main show. Each ''Tagesthemen'' broadcast has a single host, a single newsreader for the news block, usually from the earlier ''Tagesschau'', a weather presenter broadcasting from Frankfurt, and a presenter for the sports block on the weekends. Previously recorded ''Tagesthemen'' newscasts can also be seen internationally via YouTube on Tagesschau's YouTube Channel. History In January 1978, ''Tagesthemen'' replaced the late edition of ''Tagesschau'', which had been broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heute-journal
''heute-journal'' (roughly ''Today's Journal'') is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network. History The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. Originally, it was broadcast at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. on Fridays. It has been broadcast at 9:45 p.m. since 1 January 1984.It is common for German television programs to be scheduled at 15 and 45 minutes after the hour. See thZDF schedule In 1991, the running time of the programme was extended to 30 minutes. 15-minute editions were added on Saturdays (in 1992) and Sundays (in 2000). The running time of the programme is sometimes extended to one hour, to cover special events or particularly important stories. During football matches, a short edition of ''heute-journal'' is generally broadcast during the half-time break, eliminating the second news summary, stock market report and the final report (usually related to science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heute
''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from cultural life or entertainment, and the sports news with an extra presenter. The weather forecast comes up about 19:22 after a break with commercials. For many years, the opening sequence of each broadcast featured an analogue clock, a signature element of the program. On July 19, 2021; the opening sequence switched to a digital clock along with updated graphics and music, along with a new anchor desk and set. The newscast ''heute'' of ZDF and the 20:00- ''Tagesschau'' of Das Erste are the main broadcasts of German public TV starting the evening programme. Advertisements can not be shown on public television in Germany after 8:00 pm. History The first ''heute'' broadcast took place on 1 April 1963, the day ZDF itself started broadcasting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagesschau (Germany)
''Tagesschau'' (German for ''Review of the Day'') is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD. The main edition of the programme is aired at 20:00 (08:00 pm) on Das Erste. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen, RBB Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, 3sat, Phoenix, and ARD-alpha. It also broadcasts for most of the day on tagesschau24. In addition, recorded ''Tagesschau'' newscasts can also be seen via YouTube internationally. History ''Tagesschau'' (literally "Day's Show", or loosely "(Re)view of the Day"; a play on the term ''Wochenschau'', the weekly newsreel formerly shown in cinemas) is both the oldest and the most watched news program on German television. The first edition was transmitted on ''Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk'' (North-Western German Broadcasting) on 26 December 1952. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
