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After reunification, the TV stations of the German Democratic Republic were dissolved and the remnants were used to found new regional networks, e.g. the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting), as part of the ARD. In addition, more private TV stations opened, becoming available through cable, satellite, and in some cases, over ...
Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first regular television service in the world, [1] named Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow. In 2000, the German television market had approximately 36.5 million television households, making it the largest television market in ...
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service.
Introduction of color television in countries by decade. This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests, closed-circuit demonstrations and broadcasts available from other countries are not included, while including dates when the last black-and-white stations in the country switched to color or shutdown all black-and ...
The Fernsehsender "Paul Nipkow" (TV Station Paul Nipkow) , also known as Deutscher Fernseh-Rundfunk (German Television Broadcasting), in Berlin, Germany, was the first regular television service in the world. [1] [2] [3] It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944.
The two most-watched television broadcasts in Canadian history occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. For the gold medal game of the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics , played between the United States and Canada, confirmed 16.6 million Canadians watched the whole game, roughly one-half of the country's entire ...
A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tubes .
ZDF (German: [ˌtsɛt.deːˈʔɛf] ⓘ), short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen [1] (German: [ˈtsvaɪtəs ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈfɛʁnzeːn] ⓘ; lit. ' Second German Television '), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.