List of television stations in Germany

As one of the largest industrial nations and with the largest population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations.

## Public channels

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### ARD

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ARD, consortium of German public broadcasting services, consisting of the following public stations (which also provide regional programming in separate channels):

* Das Erste (The First) (ARD)
* ARD-alpha — German education channel, with TV courses
* One
* tagesschau24
* Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
* BR Fernsehen
* Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
* hr-fernsehen
* Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
* MDR Fernsehen
* Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
* NDR Fernsehen
* Radio Bremen (RB)
* Radio Bremen TV
* Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; established on 1 May 2003 from a merger of the former Sender Freies Berlin and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg)
* RBB Fernsehen
* Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
* SR Fernsehen
* Südwestrundfunk (SWR; established on 1 October 1998 from a merger of the former Südwestfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk)
* SWR Fernsehen
* Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
* WDR Fernsehen

### ZDF

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* ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, "Second German Television"):
* ZDFneo
* ZDFinfo

### ARD & ZDF

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* KiKA Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV, with support of ARD and ZDF
* Arte — public Franco-German culture channel from ARD, ZDF and France Télévisions
* 3sat — cultural network from the ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting).
* Phoenix — public - with information, documentaries, news, jointly operated by ARD and ZDF

### DFF (defunct)

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* Deutscher Fernsehfunk or "Fernsehen der DDR" operated the two (now defunct) television networks of East Germany

## Private channels (Free-TV)

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### RTL Deutschland

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* RTL Television
* VOX
* RTL Zwei
* RTL Up
* Nitro
* Super RTL
* n-tv
* Toggo Plus
* VOXup

### ProSiebenSat.1 Media

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* Sat.1
* ProSieben
* kabel eins
* sixx
* Sat.1 Gold
* ProSieben Maxx
* kabel eins Doku

### Paramount Global

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* Comedy Central
* Nickelodeon
* MTV Germany

### Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

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* DMAX
* Eurosport 1
* TLC
* HGTV
* Tele 5

### WeltN24

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* Welt
* N24 Doku

### High View Group

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* Deluxe Music
* Deluxe Dance by Kontor
* Deluxe Flashback
* Deluxe Rap
* Deluxe Rock
* Schlager Deluxe

### Others

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* Anixe (DE)
* center.tv
* DF1
* Flux.tv
* Disney Channel
* SPORT1

## Pay television channels

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Sky Deutschland

### Sky

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* Sky Cinema Premieren
* Sky Cinema Premieren +24
* Sky Cinema Action
* Sky Cinema Best Of
* Sky Cinema Classics
* Sky Cinema Family
* Sky Cinema Fun
* Sky Cinema Special
* Sky Cinema Thriller
* Sky Crime
* Sky Documentaries
* Sky Krimi
* Sky Nature
* Sky One
* Sky Replay
* Sky Showcase
* Sky Sport News
* Sky Sport Top Event
* Sky Sport Bundesliga
* Sky Sport Premier League
* Sky Sport F1
* Sky Sport Tennis
* Sky Sport Golf
* Sky Sport Mix
* Sky Sport UHD
* Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD
* Sky Sport 1 - 11
* Sky Bundesliga 1 - 10

### RTL Deutschland

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* RTL Crime
* RTL Passion
* RTL Living
* GEO Television
* Toggo Plus

### ProSiebenSat.1 Media

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* Sat.1 emotions
* ProSieben Fun
* kabel eins classics

### Mainstream Media

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* Heimatkanal (DE)
* Romance TV (DE)
* Goldstar (DE)

### Warner Bros. Discovery Germany

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* Animal Planet Germany
* Discovery Channel Germany
* Eurosport 2
* Cartoonito
* Cartoon Network
* WarnerTV Comedy
* WarnerTV Film
* WarnerTV Serie

### Paramount Global

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* MTV
* MTV Music
* Nicktoons
* Nick Jr.

### NBCUniversal

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* 13th Street
* Syfy
* Universal TV

### High View Group

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* AXN Black
* AXN White

### A&E Networks

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* Crime + Investigation
* History

### Others

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* Spiegel Geschichte (DE)
* Beate-Uhse.TV
* Kinowelt TV
* Motorvision (DE)
* Sportdigital
* Stingray Classica
* Blue Movie (DE)
* National Geographic Channel
* Nat Geo Wild

## Regional channels

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* Baden TV
* HD Campus TV
* filstalwelle
* KraichgauTV
* L-TV
* Regio TV Bodensee
* Regio TV Schwaben
* Regio TV Stuttgart
* Rhein-Neckar Fernsehen
* RTF.1
* augsburg.tv
* Niederbayern TV Deggendorf-Straubing
* Franken Fernsehen
* Herzo.TV
* intv
* Niederbayern TV Landshut
* ITV Coburg \+ ITV info
* Kulmbach TV
* münchen.tv
* münchen2
* Oberpfalz TV
* Regionalfernsehen Oberbayern
* Niederbayern TV Passau
* allgäu.tv
* TV Oberfranken
* TV Mainfranken (tvm)
* TVA - TVAktuell
* Alex Offener Kanal Berlin (Wedding)
* Spreekanal
* BFtv
* Elbe-Elster-Fernsehen
* jüterbog-tv:
* KW-TV
* Lausitz TV
* luck-tv:
* Neiße Welle Guben (NWG)
* Oderland.TV
* Oder-Spree Fernsehen (OSF)
* Fernsehen für Ostbrandenburg (ODF)
* OHV TV
* PotsdamTV
* Usedom TV
* rangsdorf-tv:
* sabinchen-tv:
* SKB Stadtfernsehen Brandenburg
* Strausberg TV
* teltOwkanal
* tv-lu
* WMZ TV
* Radio Weser.TV
* Hamburg 1
* Tide (Bürger- und Ausbildungskanal)Tide TV
* noa4
* Offener Kanal Fulda
* Offener Kanal Gießen
* Offener Kanal Kassel
* Offener Kanal Offenbach/Frankfurt
* OF-TV
* rheinmaintv
* Rok-tv - FiSCH - TV Fernsehen in Schwerin
* Greifswald-TV
* Grevesmühlen-TV
* MV1
* neu'eins
* rok-tv
* Rügen TV & Stralsund TV
* tv.rostock
* TV-Schwerin
* Vorpommern TV
* Wismar TV
* Ems TV
* Friesischer Rundfunk
* H1 (Fernsehen)
* oldenburg eins
* os1.tv
* Radio Weser.TV
* regiotv
* TV38
* CityVision
* nrwision
* Studio 47
* :OKTV Südwestpfalz
* naheTV
* Offener Kanal Kirchheimbolanden
* RheinLokal
* OK Weinstraße
* OK-KL
* OK:TV Mainz
* OK54 Bürgerrundfunk
* OK-TV Ludwigshafen
* OK4
* rheinahr.tv
* Rhein-Neckar Fernsehen
* TV Mittelrhein
* wwtv
* Coswiger Infokanal K3
* Dresden Fernsehen
* Dresdeneins
* eff 3
* Elsterwelle
* eRtv - euro-Regional tv
* Infokanal Crimmitschau
* Kabeljournal Flöha
* KabelJournal Chemnitzer-Land
* kanal 8 dresden
* kanal 8 sport
* Kanal 9 Erzgebirge
* Kanal Eins
* Leipzig Fernsehen
* Mittel Erzgebirgs Fernsehen
* Mittelsachsen TV
* mwdigital
* Nordsachsen TV
* Pirna TV/Prohlis TV
* punkteins oberlausitz TV
* Regio TV Borna
* Riesa TV
* Sachsen Fernsehen
* TV Westsachsen (TV W)
* Torgau TV
* TV Zwönitztal/tele-Journal
* TV-Laußig
* tvM Meissen Fernsehen
* Vogtland Regional Fernsehen (VRF)
* kulturmdTV
* MDF.1
* Offener Kanal Magdeburg
* Offener Kanal Merseburg-Querfurt
* Offener Kanal Wettin
* punktum
* RAN1
* Regionalfernsehen Bitterfeld-Wolfen (RBW Regionalfernsehen)
* Regionalfernsehen Harz (RFH)
* TV Halle
* Kiel TV
* Offener Kanal Flensburg
* Bad Berka TV
* JenaTV
* Kabel Plus
* Rennsteig.TV
* Saale-Info-Kanal
* salve.tv
* Stadtkanal Steinach
* Südthüringer Regionalfernsehen (SRF)
* Telemedien Rudolstadt
* tv.altenburg

## Defunct television channels

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* 9Live
* Bild TV
* Das Vierte
* Disney Junior
* Disney XD
* Düzgün TV
* EinsPlus
* Fox Channel
* GIGA Television
* Junior
* K1010
* MTV2 Pop
* MTV Brand New
* Musicbox
* Onyx.tv
* Sky Comedy
* Terranova
* TIMM
* TM3
* Toon Disney
* VH-1 Deutschland
* VIVA
* VIVA Plus
* VIVA Zwei
* XXP
* ZDFdokukanal
* ZDFkultur
* ZDF Musikkanal
* ZDFtheaterkanal

## See also

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* Television in Germany
* Media of Germany

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