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| Country | Germany |
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| Broadcast area | Germany Austria Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Berlin,Germany |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WeltN24 GmbH |
| Sister channels | N24 Doku |
| History | |
| Launched | 24 January 2000 (2000-1-24) |
| Former names | N24(2000–2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | welt.de |
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| Digital terrestrial television | Channel slots vary depending on location (HD) |
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| n24.de | welt.de (Germany only) |
Welt ([vɛlt], "World") is a Germanfree-to-air television news channel owned by WeltN24 GmbH.
On 21 September 2017, WeltN24 announced that N24 would be rebranded as "Welt" on 18 January 2018. WeltN24 also publishesDie Welt, a conservative-leaning newspaper.[1]
In the late 1990s, in the heat of thedot-com bubble ProSieben Media Group, then consisting of two TV channels (ProSieben and Kabel 1) whose programming largely consisted of US movies, sitcoms and series, tried to take over German television news channeln-tv, then owned byHandelsblatt andCNN. After the attempt failed, ProSieben Media purchased German newswire ddp (which later becamedapd) and announced the launch of its own news channel soon afterwards, by consolidating ProSieben's news department. The channel was launched on 24 January 2000 at noon, from ProSieben Media's headquarters inUnterföhring nearMunich. In collaboration withBloomberg Television, N24 provided live coverage of financial markets around the world. Apart from running its own network, Welt also providedProSieben andKabel 1 with newscasts.
In the same year, ProSieben Media AG purchased rival channelSat.1, located in Berlin, which had a news department of its own and ran a number of factual programmes. ProSieben Media AG renamed itself ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG afterwards. After the merger, N24 moved from Unterföhring to Sat.1's headquarters in Berlin in July 2001, and the news departments of Sat.1 and N24 were combined.
In 2002, ProSiebenSat.1's majority owner, KirchMedia, filed for bankruptcy. While ProSiebenSat.1 itself was not broke, an extended search for a buyer, during which ProSiebenSat.1 was effectively owned by KirchMedia's banks, created uncertainty at the company. This combined with the market crisis after the end of the dotcom bubble and 9/11, caused ProSiebenSat.1 to cut costs. It replaced a number of newscasts on N24, especially in the afternoons, the evenings and on the weekends, with cheaper documentaries. Business and stock market coverage was also cut dramatically, and remaining business reports were bought fromCNBC Europe instead of producing them in-house.[2] The reports featured CNBC's proprietary graphics. In 2007, N24 strengthened its business coverage, introducing daily programmes such asBörse am Mittag ["Stock Market Afternoon"] andBörse am Abend ["Stock Market Evening"]. The channel moved its headquarters in October 2008.[3]
In 2008, ProSiebenSat.1 sold its property in Berlin and announced that Sat.1 would move to Unterföhring, where ProSieben and Kabel 1 were already based. N24 would relocate within Berlin. In 2010, ProSiebenSat.1 sold N24 to a group of private investors, led by formerDer Spiegel editorStefan Aust. N24 was contracted by ProSiebenSat.1 to continue providing Sat.1, ProSieben and Kabel 1 with newscasts at least until 2016. In 2013, N24 was acquired byAxel Springer SE and combined withDie Welt to form WeltN24.
On 17 September 2016, a sister channel called N24 Doku launched free to air, which is a one-hour delayed timeshift channel of Welt in the afternoon and replaces some news broadcasts by documentaries in the morning.
In early 2024, following the loss of contracts to supply Pro7Sat1 properties with news and the closure of Bild TV, changes were made to the programming lineup. These included less news at weekends and more sport.
Welt runs news on the hour, every hour.
Welt previously broadcast a variety of programming, with more than seven hours of live programming per business day. CNBC correspondentsSilvia Wadhwa,Patricia Szarvas, Roland Klaus, Michael Mross and Bruni Schubert reported live from theFrankfurt Stock Exchange, theLSE and theNYSE throughout the day.
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| Country | Germany |
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| Broadcast area | Germany |
| Headquarters | Berlin,Germany |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WeltN24 GmbH |
| Sister channels | Welt |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 2016 (2016-9-17) |
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| n24.de | welt.de |
On 9 June 2016, WeltN24 announced the launch of N24 Doku as the timeshift channel of N24 in the autumn of 2016. On 20 July 2016, it was announced that the broadcaster would start on 17 September 2016.
On 27 April 2012 the SES Astra satellite platform has been showing an Austrian subfeed of N24 (transponder 3, 11,244 GHz horizontal, SR 22,000, FEC 5/6). Nothing has been reported to the press about the launch of the station. A few days later, the transmitter was switched off again. On 16 July 2012 the broadcasting code N24 HD Austria was launched. On 2 April 2016, N24 Austria started its broadcast viaAstra 1N. On 18 January 2018 N24 Austria was replaced by N24 Doku Austria. On 1 February 2021, the Austrian feed was discontinued.
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