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Logo used since 2017 | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mainz,Germany |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) 720p (1080p(DVB-T2 only)) (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ZDF |
| Key people | Markus Schächter |
| Sister channels | ZDF ZDFinfo |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2009; 16 years ago (2009-11-01) (SD) 30 April 2012; 13 years ago (2012-04-30) (HD) |
| Replaced | ZDFdokukanal |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Region dependent |
| Streaming media | |
| ZDF.de | Watch live |
ZDFneo is a Germanfree-to-air television channel, programmed for an audience aged 25 to 49[1] to complement the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcastersZDF andARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channelZDFdokukanal on 1 November 2009.
On 1 October 2017, the channel was to receive a new on-air design and a new broadcasting logo;[2] this was brought forward to 26 September 2017. The logo and on-air design was created by Julia David.[3]
ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest ofZDFvision) viaDVB-Tdigital terrestrial television, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted inDVB-C through German cable networks, and inDVB-S from theAstra 1H satellite.
Since 30 April 2012, ZDFneo has been broadcast in HD (720p).[4] The channel was initially only scaled up by576i, since ZDFneo had no HD-capable playout at this time. Since mid-May 2015, the channel is broadcast in native HD quality.
ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house. Shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies round out the schedule.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Annual average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2010[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2011[11] | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| 2012[12] | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| 2013[13] | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| 2014[14] | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |
| 2015[15] | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.8% | |
| 2016[16] | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.4% | |
| 2017[17] | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
As the lead Art Director at FEEDMEE Design at the time, I had the great pleasure of developing not only the new on-air channel identity, but the new logo and off-air concept as well.