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DW-TV (German pronunciation:[ˈdeːveːteːˈfaʊ̯]) is a German multilingualTV news network ofDeutsche Welle. Focussing on news and informational programming, it first started broadcasting 1 April 1992. DW broadcasts on satellite and is uplinked fromBerlin. DW's English broadcast service is aimed at an international audience.
The predecessor of DW-TV wasRIAS-TV, a television station launched byRIAS, aWest Berlin broadcaster in August 1988. The fall of theBerlin Wall the following year andGerman reunification in 1990 led to the closure of RIAS-TV.
On 1 April 1992, Deutsche Welle inherited RIAS-TV's broadcast facilities, using them to start a German and English-language television channel broadcast viasatellite, DW (TV), adding a short Spanish broadcast segment the following year. In 1995, it began 24-hour operation (12 hours in German, 10 hours in English, two hours in Spanish). At that time, DW (TV) introduced a new news studio and a newlogo.
In 2001, Deutsche Welle (in conjunction with ARD andZDF) founded a subscription TV channel for North American viewers calledGerman TV. The project was shut down after four years due to low subscriber numbers. It was replaced by the DW-TV channel, which is also a subscription service.
Unlike most other international broadcasters, DW-TV doesn't charge terrestrial stations for use of its programming, and as a result itsDW News and other programmes are rebroadcast on numerouspublic broadcasting stations in several countries, including the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In thePhilippines, some English-language programmes are broadcast nationwide onNet 25 andPTV 4. In the U.S., some of its programs were distributed via theWorld Channel as well asMHz Worldview, although after the closure of MHz Worldview in 2020, a few stations have since offered a full carriage of DW-TV.
In March 2009, DW-TV expanded its television services in Asia with two new channels: DW-TV Asia and DW-TV Asia+. DW-TV Asia (DW-TV Asien in German) broadcasts 16 hours of German programming and eight hours in English while DW-TV Asia+ broadcasts 18 hours of English programmes plus six hours of German programmes.[1]
In August 2009, DW-TV ceased broadcasts onSky channel 794 in the United Kingdom. The channel continues to be available via other satellites receivable in the UK.[2]
Deutsche Welle relaunched their television channels and their schedules on 6 February 2012, using the abbreviationDW for all its services.[3]
Deutsche Welle changed its schedules again on 22 June 2015, with DW in Asia and Oceania and DW (Europe) merged to become a 24-hour English news channel. English programmes on DW (Arabia) and DW (Español) were discontinued.[4]
A transponder onHot Bird 8, used by DW-TV among other stations, was jammed on 7 and 8 December 2009.Eutelsat, the operator of the satellite localised the emitter source inIran.[5] The same happened between 10 and 13 February 2010.[6]
Faith Matters (Church ProgramGlaubenssachen in German)
DocFilm orDokFilm (documentaries and reports; formerly calledIn Focus andDocumentaries in English orIm Focus &Dokumentation in German)
Germany 60 Years (60 x Deutschland in German; no longer broadcast)
The Climate Cover Up -Big Oil's Campaign of Deception (2018);[12] New documents confirm big oil companies have known[13] the burning of fossil fuels impacts climate since 1957.[14]
DW (Arabia 2): This channel stopped broadcasting on the Astra 1M satellite on 15 December 2017 (replaced by DW (Arabia), but continues to broadcast on the Nilesat and Badr4 satellites, which reach both the Middle East and Europe.[24][25] DW Arabic is aimed at Arabic speakers who had come to Europe as refugees, and residents of the Middle East.[26]
DW (Deutsch): This channel stopped broadcasting on 1 September 2023, replaced by DW (Deutsch+). Previously broadcast in Asia-Pacific, in the eastern hemisphere and online (24 hours in German).[21][27]
DW (Deutsch+): Broadcast in the Americas, from 1 September 2023 in worldwide (20 hours in German, 4 hours in English).[28] This channel stopped broadcasting on 1 January 2024.[27][29]
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