ZDFneo
Encyclopedia
ZDFneo is a German digital terrestrial television
channel, programmed for an audience aged 18 to 45 to counter the primarily older-skewing main programmes of public broadcasters ZDF
and ARD
. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel, "ZDFdokukanal", on November 1, 2009.
digital terrestrial television
, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C
format through German cable networks, and in DVB-S
format from the Astra 1H satellite.
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
channel, programmed for an audience aged 18 to 45 to counter the primarily older-skewing main programmes of public broadcasters ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
and ARD
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel, "ZDFdokukanal", on November 1, 2009.
Name
Although the channel's logo reads "zdf_neo", ZDF refers to the channel as "ZDFneo" in all written text. Outside ZDF, however, either form is considered to be correct.Availability
ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest of ZDFvision) via DVB-TDVB-T
DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...
digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C
DVB-C
DVB-C stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable and it is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital television over cable...
format through German cable networks, and in DVB-S
DVB-S
DVB-S is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Satellite; it is the original Digital Video Broadcasting forward error coding and demodulation standard for satellite television and dates from 1994, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997...
format from the Astra 1H satellite.
Programmes
ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house, with shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies rounding out the schedule.Repeats of ZDF programming
- Die Deutschen ("The Germans"; history)
- Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ("Follow your heart"; soap opera)
- Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("The way to happiness"; soap opera)
- Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! ("LaferJohann LaferJohann Lafer is an Austrian chef living in Germany.Johann Lafer became well-known through his televised cooking show and his numerous cookbooks...
, Lichter, delicious!"; talk, cooking) - Terra X (history)
- Abenteuer Wissen ("Knowledge Adventure"; science, history)
- Neues aus der AnstaltNeues aus der AnstaltNeues aus der Anstalt is a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Georg Schramm...
("News from the (mental) institution"; KabarettKabarettKabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...
) - Heute Show (satire)
- Lena: Liebe meines Lebens ("Lena: Love of my Life"; soap opera)
Original programming
- Süper Tiger Show (comedy)
- neoMusik (music)
- neoLeben (living)
- Der Straßenchor ("The Street Choir"; music)
- Hochzeitsfieber! ("Wedding Fever!"; living)
- Comedy Lab (comedy)
Imported series
- 30 Rock30 Rock30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
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(drama) - Miami ViceMiami ViceMiami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
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(drama; titled Hustle – Unehrlich währt am längsten, engl. Hustle – Dishonesty is the best policy) - Taking the FlakTaking The FlakTaking the Flak is a comedy drama which aired on BBC Two in summer 2009. It is set in a fictional Central African country that is the middle of a civil war. A team of BBC journalists arrive from London, to the annoyance of the local BBC stringer Harry Chambers , and send reports back to BBC News...
(dramedy; titled Taking the Flak – Reporter auf Kriegsfuß, engl. Taking the Flak – Reporters at war) - In Plain SightIn Plain SightIn Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
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(comedy) - Free AgentsFree AgentsFree Agents is a romantic black comedy starring Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after just 4 episodes aired.-Plot:Alex works for CMA, a...
(comedy; titled Free Agents – Zweisam einsam, engl. Free Agents – Twosome lonesome) - How Not to Live Your LifeHow Not to Live Your LifeHow Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark, about a neurotic twenty-nine year old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. On 27 May 2011 it was announced by the new BBC Three controller Zai Bennett that the...
(comedy) - Being Erica (comedy)
- WeedsWeeds (TV series)Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
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(Sci Fi; titled Raumschiff Enterprise, engl. Spaceship Enterprise)