Tagesschau
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Tagesschau is a German national and international television news service produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk
(NDR) on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD
.
The main edition of the programme is aired at 8 o'clock p.m. on Das Erste
. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen
, RBB Fernsehen
, SWR Fernsehen
, WDR Fernsehen
, hr-fernsehen, 3sat
, Phoenix
, EinsExtra
and EinsPlus
.
(Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg
.
The main 15-minute bulletin is broadcast at 20.00 CET each evening with shorter bulletins broadcast throughout the day. The end of the 8:00 p.m. bulletin, 8:15, marks the beginning of prime time on German television. An attempt by commercial station Sat.1
to begin their prime time schedule at 8:00 p.m. was so unsuccessful that it was discontinued after only a few weeks.
In 1978, the late edition of Tagesschau was replaced by Tagesthemen
(Subjects of the Day or "Themes of the Day"), a half-hour programme featuring more in-depth reports, analysis and commentary. The programme continues to air at 10:00 p.m. each evening. A late-night magazine-style programme, Nachtmagazin (Night Magazine), airs at around 12:30 a.m. A weekly review programme entitled Wochenspiegel (Mirror of the Week) is produced by the Tagesschau production team and airs on Sundays around lunch time.
The program's trademark continues to be the eight o'clock chime followed by a recorded announcement, usually spoken by the chief newsreader Jan Hofer
, "Hier ist das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen mit der Tagesschau" ("This is First German Television with the Tagesschau"). The Tagesschau theme music has remained the same since 1956, although the arrangement has been modernized several times, most recently in 2000.
Today, the 8:00 p.m. bulletin remains the only flagship news programme on German television where newsreaders read stories directly from a hard copy of the script. Teleprompter
s are used for all other bulletins.
Tagesschau aired its 20,000th broadcast on December 31, 2010.
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...
(NDR) on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
.
The main edition of the programme is aired at 8 o'clock p.m. on Das Erste
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen
NDR Fernsehen
NDR Fernsehen is a regional television channel targeting northern Germany, specifically the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hamburg and Bremen. It is broadcast by both Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Radio Bremen, although NDR provides most of the output as they are...
, RBB Fernsehen
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is an institution under public law for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, situated in Berlin and Potsdam...
, SWR Fernsehen
SWR Fernsehen
SWR Fernsehen is a German regional television channel targeting the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is produced by Südwestrundfunk and is one of eight regional "third channels" broadcast by the ARD members....
, WDR Fernsehen
WDR Fernsehen
WDR Fernsehen is a regional public service television station owned & operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" that are offered within the federal ARD network....
, hr-fernsehen, 3sat
3sat
3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. The programming is in German and is broadcast primarily within Germany, Austria and Switzerland .3sat was established for cultural...
, Phoenix
Phoenix (German TV station)
Phoenix is a publicly-funded television station in Germany which is produced jointly by public broadcasting organizations ARD and ZDF. Its programming consists of documentaries, news broadcasts, special events coverage, and discussion programmes...
, EinsExtra
EinsExtra
EinsExtra is a digital television channel from the German broadcaster ARD, available as part of the ARD digital package of channels. It launched on 30 August 1997....
and EinsPlus
EinsPlus
EinsPlus is a digital television channel from the German broadcaster ARD, available as part of the ARD digital package of channels. It launched on 23 April 2005 as EinsMuXx...
.
History
Tagesschau (literally "Today Show", or loosely "Review of the Day"; a play on the term Wochenschau, the weekly newsreel formerly shown in cinemas) is both the oldest and the most watched news program on German television. The first edition was transmitted on NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) on December 26, 1952. Initially broadcast three times a week, the programme expanded in 1956 to air Monday to Saturday, with Sunday editions beginning in 1961. The nightly 8pm edition of Tagesschau is watched by up to 10 million viewers, equivalent to a 33% audience reach. Currently, the bulletin is produced by NDRNorddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein...
(Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
.
The main 15-minute bulletin is broadcast at 20.00 CET each evening with shorter bulletins broadcast throughout the day. The end of the 8:00 p.m. bulletin, 8:15, marks the beginning of prime time on German television. An attempt by commercial station Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
to begin their prime time schedule at 8:00 p.m. was so unsuccessful that it was discontinued after only a few weeks.
In 1978, the late edition of Tagesschau was replaced by Tagesthemen
Tagesthemen
Tagesthemen is one of Germany's prime daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow. Second only to the 8:00 PM Tagesschau Tagesthemen is the most important newscast of the ARD...
(Subjects of the Day or "Themes of the Day"), a half-hour programme featuring more in-depth reports, analysis and commentary. The programme continues to air at 10:00 p.m. each evening. A late-night magazine-style programme, Nachtmagazin (Night Magazine), airs at around 12:30 a.m. A weekly review programme entitled Wochenspiegel (Mirror of the Week) is produced by the Tagesschau production team and airs on Sundays around lunch time.
The program's trademark continues to be the eight o'clock chime followed by a recorded announcement, usually spoken by the chief newsreader Jan Hofer
Jan Hofer
Jan Hofer is a German journalist and television presenter.- Life :From 1970 to 1974 Hofer studied Business economics in Cologne. Hofer has been the German commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. Hofer works as television presenter in TV news programme Tagesschau on German television...
, "Hier ist das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen mit der Tagesschau" ("This is First German Television with the Tagesschau"). The Tagesschau theme music has remained the same since 1956, although the arrangement has been modernized several times, most recently in 2000.
Today, the 8:00 p.m. bulletin remains the only flagship news programme on German television where newsreaders read stories directly from a hard copy of the script. Teleprompter
Teleprompter
An autocue is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. Using a teleprompter is similar to the practice of using cue cards...
s are used for all other bulletins.
Tagesschau aired its 20,000th broadcast on December 31, 2010.
Chief anchors
- 1964–1987 Karl-Heinz Köpcke (newsreader since 1959)
- 1987–1995 Werner VeigelWerner VeigelWerner Veigel was a German journalist and news presenter.After finishing school he began to work in a travel agency. In 1950 he started as a news presenter on Radio Hilversum. In 1954 Veigel began to work as journalist on Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk. Since 1966 he worked for TV news programm...
(newsreader since 1966) - 1995–1999 Dagmar BerghoffDagmar BerghoffDagmar Berghoff is a German radio and television presenter. Originally an actress, she became known as a reader of the evening news for ARD.-Biography:...
(newsreader since 1976) - 2000–2004 Jo Brauner (newsreader since 1974)
- 2004–present Jan HoferJan HoferJan Hofer is a German journalist and television presenter.- Life :From 1970 to 1974 Hofer studied Business economics in Cologne. Hofer has been the German commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. Hofer works as television presenter in TV news programme Tagesschau on German television...
(newsreader since 1986)
Current presenters
by number of years on the Tagesschau- Jan Hofer, since 1986
- Ellen Arnhold, since 1987
- Jens Riewa, since 1994
- Claus-Erich Boetzkes, since 1995
- Susanne Daubner, since 1999
- Thorsten Schröder, since 2000
- Laura Dünnwald, since 2001
- Marc Bator, since 2001
- Susanne Holst, since 2001
- Astrid Vits, since 2004
- Michail Paweletz, since 2004
- Tarek Youzbachi, since 2004
- Judith RakersJudith RakersJudith Rakers is a German journalist and television presenter.-Biography:Rakers grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. After graduating from the Pelizaeus-Gymnasium Paderborn from 1995 to 2001, she studied journalism and communication studies, German philology and modern and...
, since 2005 - Caroline Hamann, since 2007
Former presenters
in alphabetical order- Ina Bergmann, 1997–2001
- Dagmar Berghoff, 1976–1999
- Jo Brauner, 1974–2004
- Elfi Marten-Brockmann, 1981–1984
- Lothar Dombrowski, 1967–1974
- Klaus Eckert, 1978–1983
- Karl Fleischer, 1960–1994
- Jan Thilo Haux
- Eva HermanEva HermanEva Herman is a German author and television presenter. She worked as a news presenter on the nationwide Tagesschau news programme from 1989 to 2006 and also presented various other television programmes for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk until 2007...
, 1989–2007 - Georg Hopf, 1975–1985
- Horst Jaedicke
- Silke Jürgensen, 2002–2005
- Karl-Heinz Köpcke 1959–1987
- Franz Laake, 1988–1993
- Siegmar Ruhmland, 1960–1963
- Diether von Sallwitz
- Manfred Schmidt, 1962–1964
- Robert Schröder, 1988
- Susan Stahnke, 1992–1999
- Wilhelm Stöck, 1965–1984
- Martin Svoboda
- Harry Teubner, 1978–1980
- Martin Thon
- Werner Veigel, 1966–1995
- Cay Dietrich Voss, 1952–1962
- Wilhelm WiebenWilhelm WiebenWilhelm Wieben is a German journalist, actor and author.Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen. After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin. Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen. From 1972 to 1998 Wieben was a news presenter on the TV channel...
, 1972–1998 - Daniela Witte, 1985–1988
- Günter Wiatrek, 1974–1975
- Claus Wunderlich, 1959–1962