ZDFneo
| ZDFneo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | November 1, 2009 |
| Owned by | ZDF |
| Picture format |
16:9 576i50 720p50 (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 1.6% (2015, AGF[1]) |
| Country | Germany |
| Headquarters | Mainz, Germany |
| Sister channel(s) |
ZDF ZDFinfo ZDFkultur |
| Website |
neo |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DVB-T | Various; region dependent |
| Satellite | |
| Astra 1H (19.2°E) | 11953.50 H 77 22000 2/3 (DVB-S) |
| Astra 1KR (19.2°E) | 11361.75 H 11 27500 3/4 (HDTV DVB-S2) |
| Cable | |
| Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Yes (part of basic digital package)[2] |
| Streaming media | |
| ZDF.de | Watch live |
| FilmOn | Watch live |
ZDFneo is a German digital terrestrial television channel, programmed for an audience aged 18 to 45 to counter the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel, "ZDFdokukanal", on November 1, 2009.
Name
Although the channel's logo reads "zdf_neo", ZDF refers to the channel as "ZDFneo" in all written text.[3]
Availability
ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest of ZDFvision) via DVB-T digital terrestrial television, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C through German cable networks, and in DVB-S from the Astra 1H satellite.
Programmes
ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house. Shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies round out the schedule.
Repeats of ZDF programming
- Die Deutschen ("The Germans"; history)
- Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ("Follow your heart"; soap opera)
- Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("The way to happiness"; soap opera)
- Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! ("Lafer, Lichter, delicious!"; talk, cooking)
- Terra X (history)
- Abenteuer Wissen ("Knowledge Adventure"; science, history)
- Neues aus der Anstalt ("News from the (mental) institution"; cabaret)
- Heute Show (satire)
- Lena: Liebe meines Lebens ("Lena: Love of my Life"; soap opera)
- Neo Magazin Royale (late-night satire talk show; continuation of NeoMagazin mit Jan Böhmermann which was aired on ZDFneo)
Original programming
- Schulz & Böhmermann (talk show)
- Süper Tiger Show (comedy)
- neoMusik (music)
- neoLeben (living)
- Neo Magazin (Talk show)
- Der Straßenchor ("The Street Choir"; music)
- Hochzeitsfieber! ("Wedding Fever!"; living)
- Comedy Lab (comedy)
- Bambule (culture/current affairs)
Imported series
- 30 Rock (comedy)
- Mad Men (drama)
- Hart to Hart (drama; titled Hart aber herzlich)
- Miami Vice (drama)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (mystery)
- Spooks (drama; titled Spooks – Im Visier des MI5, engl. Spooks – In sight of the MI5)
- Hustle (drama; titled Hustle – Unehrlich währt am längsten, engl. Hustle – Dishonest it works much longer )
- Taking the Flak (dramedy; titled Taking the Flak – Reporter auf Kriegsfuß, engl. Taking the Flak – Reporters at war)
- In Plain Sight (drama)
- In Treatment (drama)
- Seinfeld (comedy)
- Free Agents (comedy; titled Free Agents – Zweisam einsam, engl. Free Agents – Twosome lonesome)
- How Not to Live Your Life (comedy)
- Being Erica (comedy)
- Weeds (comedy)
- Dirty Sexy Money (drama)
- Star Trek (Sci Fi; titled Raumschiff Enterprise, engl. Spaceship Enterprise)
- Midsummer Murders (detective drama; titled Inspector Barnaby)
- Luther (psychological crime drama)
External links
- neo
.zdf - Official ZDFneo website.de
References
- ↑ "AGF - MARKTANTEILE" (in German). Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fernsehforschung. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ↑ "Kabelfernsehen: Übersicht aller TV-Sender - Kabel Deutschland" [Cabel Television: overview of all TV stations - Kabel Deutschland] (in German). Kabel Deutschland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ZDFneo/status/6054336698 – "In our logo, we write "zdf_neo". In text we write "ZDFneo". But it all is one."
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