Offener Kanal Essen (Open Channel Essen) is a public

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...

based in

Zeche Carl 150px, Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail Zeche Carl (Carl Mine) is a cultural centre set up by Essen Council in a former coal mine. History The mine was founded by the Hercules Company in Altenessen in 1855. It should not be confused with the He ...

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

, Germany. Alongside Offener Kanal Dortmund, Offener Kanal Essen was one of the two largest open channels in North Rhine-Westphalia (category A). On January 1, 2009, the Open Channel ceased operations. This includes the TV station as well as the offering of seminars or the rental of technology and editing suites. At the suggestion of the LfM NRW, the state media commission decided to no longer support open channels in their previous form.Jahresbericht 2008 der Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westfalen (LfM)
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