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ZDFinfo

Logo used since 2011
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany
Headquarters	Mainz, Germany
Programming
Language	German
Picture format	1080pHDTV (downscaled to720p and16:9576i for theHDTV andSDTV feeds, respectively)
Ownership
Owner	ZDF
Sister channels	ZDF ZDFneo
History
Launched	27 August 1997(as ZDFinfokanal) 5 September 2011(as ZDFinfo)
Former names	ZDF Infokanal
Links
Website	info.zdf.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Various; region dependent
Streaming media
ZDF.de	Watch live

ZDFinfo is a Germanfree-to-air documentarytelevision channel owned byZDF. It was launched on 27 August 1997 asZDFinfokanal,^[1] and it became ZDFinfo on 5 September 2011.^[2] On 1 May 2012, ahigh-definitionsimulcast the channel was launched.^[3][4]

ZDF offered another documentary channel,ZDFdokukanal, between 2000 and 2009.

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