RBB Fernsehen (stylized asrbb fernsehen) is a Germanfree-to-air television channel owned and operated byRundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) and servingBerlin andBrandenburg. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" that are offered within the federalARD network.
On 1 May 2003,ORB-Fernsehen was renamed toRBB Brandenburg andSFB1 toRBB Berlin. However, until 28 February 2004, two different programs continued to be broadcast. On 10 November 2003, the joint broadcastsrbb um 6 andzibb – zuhause in Berlin und Brandenburg started. On February 29, 2004, the merger of both stations torbb Fernsehen took place. In the summer of 2004, the programIm Palais went on the air and from 23 September 2004,Kurt Krömer started his own show. On January 23, 2007,polar bear Knut made his first appearance in a contribution to theBerliner Abendschau, which later triggered a Knut cult. From then on the rbb produced several documentaries about the polar bear forrbb Fernsehen andDas Erste. On 5 September 2009rbb Fernsehen andArte broadcast the 24-hour documentary about Berlin in real time24h Berlin. This was shot exactly one year before by 80 shooting teams inHD quality. Until November 2009,Michael Kessler drove through Berlin with the in October 2006 startedBerliner Nacht-Taxe.
At the end of 2009, the rbb announced the cessation of the cinema magazineFilmvorführer and the environmental and science programOzon [de] which was already aired atDeutscher Fernsehfunk since November 1989.Ozon should be divided into the two formats "Ozon – Die Reportage" and "Ozon – Der Film", which should deal in 30 minutes only with a theme of science and environmental protection. The programs projectionist was set at the end of 2009. After protests against the cessation ofOzon the program has been continued since May 2010 as a monothematic report unter theOZON unterwegs label.[1][2][3] Since 10 May 2010,Brandenburg aktuell is broadcast with a new design and a newly designed studio. As of 23 August 2010, a new series withMichael Kessler (Kesslers Expedition) was started.
Since 13 August 2012, rbb Fernsehen broadcast with a new design and the new sloganDas volle Programm ("The full program").[4] In addition to an expanded regional offer, documentation and entertainment were also broadcast.
On 28 August 2017, design and slogan were changed again.Bloß nicht langweilen ("Do not get bored") replacedDas volle Programm.
There is a separate program window broadcast every day for 30 minutes starting at 7.30 pm whereBrandenburg aktuell is broadcast on the Brandenburg transmitters andBerliner Abendschau on the Berlin one's.
