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Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | Germany, also distributed nationally in: Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Luxembourg |
Network | ARD |
Headquarters | Leipzig,Germany |
Programming | |
Language(s) | German,Upper Sorbian |
Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) |
History | |
Launched | 1 January 1992; 33 years ago (1992-01-01) |
Replaced | DFF Länderkette |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
MDR Livestream | Watch Live |
MDR Fernsehen is a regional public service television channel owned and operated byMitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and servingSaxony,Saxony-Anhalt andThuringia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" that are offered within the federalARD network.
The regional news magazinesSachsenspiegel,Sachsen-Anhalt heute andThüringen Journal are broadcast respectively in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia at 7 p.m. daily.
Other popular shows includeEcht (Really), a science program including new research findings and experiments, and the history seriesMDR Zeitreise (MDR Time Travel).