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''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel
ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...
. 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 at 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
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are the main broadcasts of German public TV starting the evening programme.
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can not be shown on
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in Germany after 8:00 pm.


History

The first ''heute'' broadcast took place on 1 April 1963, the day ZDF itself started broadcasting. ''heute'' was originally broadcast from 19:30 to 20:00 CET; on 1 February 1965, the show was split into two parts - ''heute'' (19:30 to 19:45 CET) and ''themen des tages'' (themes/headlines of the day) (19:45 to 20:00 CET). From 1 January 1969 the ''themen des tages'' was dropped so the evening programs could start earlier. In 1971, Wibke Bruhns was the first female presenter. In 1973, its airtime was moved to 19:00, where it remains today. In April 1999 "heute in Europa" (today in Europe) was released and only Europe News a shown. In the year 2000 a new News Show with the name "heute - in Deutschland" (today - in Germany) came up. It shows news only from Germany. It is always 14:00 on ZDF, after the Mittagsmagzin. Since 2014, the main presenters of the 7pm broadcast have been
Petra Gerster Petra Gerster (; born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter. Early life and education Starting in 1973, Gerster studied German studies, Slavic studies, and literature with a grant of the German Academic Scholarship Foundat ...
and
Christian Sievers Christian Sievers (born 1969 in Offenbach am Main) is a German journalist and evening news anchor. Career After graduating secondary school with his ''Abitur'' in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and Freiburg. During his studies, he also wor ...
, who alternate weekly; Barbara Hahlweg acts as a stand-in if neither Gerster or Sievers are available.


Present-day

The main program usually has a length of 20 minutes (including a weather forecast). It is also broadcast on
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. At around 21:45 CET, a longer, more in-depth show called ''
heute-journal ''heute-journal'' (roughly ''Today's Journal'') is a German television news program broadcast on ZDF. 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 ...
'' is broadcast, which is similar to ''
Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' () is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Helge Fuhst, Aline Abboud, Ingo Zamperoni and . Second only to the 20:00 '' Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the ...
'' airing on
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alongside the ''
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''.


Identity

Since 1973, the program's title music was preceded by the letters h-e-u-t-e in
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(···· · ··- - ·). A redesign in 1984 resulted in an incorrect spelling being played out instead (h-e-ü-e ···· · ··-- ·), which was quickly corrected. In 1998, this was integrated with the title music, and the dots and dashes are no longer distinguishable. On 17 July 2009, a new
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debuted, featuring redesigned graphics and the integration of the title sequence to the studio in most editions. From 19 July 2021, the virtual studio got redesigned and at the start of the 7pm broadcast, it shows Germany, Europe, and the world before announcing the title and its presenters.


Presenters

7pm edition Sports news


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External links

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