Sonntag, 21. September

ZDF was launched on April 1st, 1963. This would give the Federal Republic of Germany its second channel and was funded through a license fee and advertising, and controlled by public organisations. It was created to ‘compete’ with ARD, the first channel, which was considered ‘too critical of the government’. ZDF intended to be independent of federal and local government, and rebalance political discourse. By the 1970s, it was felt that the fixed logo of the station was incompatible with the hete

ZDF: Was steckt hinter dem Fernsehsender?

ZDF-Verjüngung: Diese beliebten Formate müssen daran glauben