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ZDF Television Council Discusses the Broadcaster’s Digital Strategy
ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter presented the Television Council with new proposals for developing the broadcaster’s digital strategy. To reach viewers under 50 more effectively in future, the digital documentary channel is to be converted into a family channel.
Ruprecht Polenz Remains Chair of the ZDF Television Council
At its meeting in Mainz on Friday, the ZDF Television Council re-elected Ruprecht Polenz as its chair by a large majority. The 62-year-old CDU member of the Bundestag from Münster has headed the body since 2002.
More and More Programmes with Subtitles
More than 3,600 programmes in ZDF’s schedule, representing around 126,000 minutes of broadcasting, were subtitled via teletext last year.
ZDF Has Fulfilled Its Programming Commitments to Viewers
ZDF has largely achieved the goal set out in its voluntary commitment to produce stimulating, innovative and sought-after programming for viewers. ZDF Director General Markus Schächter reached this conclusion in a review of ZDF’s programming outlook for 2007–2008 before the ZDF Television Council.
3sat Remains One of the Largest Supporters of Culture in the German-Speaking World
In 2009, 3sat will remain the cross-border cultural channel for the German-speaking world. ZDF Director General Markus Schächter told the ZDF Television Council that high-quality programmes in classical music, theatre and literature were planned for 3sat in the coming year.
ZDF and ZEIT ONLINE Launch Extensive Video Partnership
Starting today, ZEIT ONLINE will present the ZDF news format “ZDF 100 Sekunden” on its website, www.zeit.de. ZEIT ONLINE will also offer additional ZDF video reports on its site. All of the reports are content that ZDF has already produced for its own editorial operations.
Benedict Around the Clock on ZDF
The broadcaster will show the concluding Mass with Pope Benedict XVI from World Youth Day in Sydney and offer a video blog by young participants.
ZDF Expands Cooperation with Turkey
Collaboration with broadcaster TRT on programmes for target groups and children’s television.
Digital Television Has a “Strong and Important Future”
ZDF Director-General Schächter opens EBU technology conference in Mainz.
ZDFmediathek Nominated for the Grimme Online Award
ZDFmediathek has been nominated for the Grimme Online Award in the newly created Special category.
Further ZDF Productions and Co-Productions Nominated for Banff TV Festival
Alongside the ZDFonline production "Die Gustloff in 3-D", a multimedia animation accompanying ZDF's two-part film "Die Gustloff", five further ZDF productions and co-productions have been nominated for the renowned international Banff TV Festival in the Canadian province of Alberta.
BAF: A Visit from ZDF
Claus Kleber Visited the Bavarian Academy for Television and Admired the New Newsroom
ZDF Co-Productions Receive German Film Awards
Three German Film Awards went to co-productions involving ZDF.
Golden WebSpatz for ZDF tivi Online Pages
At the German children’s-media festival “Golden Sparrow” in Gera and Erfurt, the ZDF tivi online pages at http://www.tivi.de received the Golden WebSpatz award.
“Gustloff” in Canada
ZDFonline production "Die Gustloff in 3-D" nominated for the Banff TV Festival in the "Interactive Programme Support" category
Girls’ Day at ZDF Headquarters and Regional Studios: 300 Girls Learn About TV Production and Broadcasting Careers
With more than 300 places at its headquarters and regional studios, ZDF is offering an extensive program for the nationwide Girls’ Day initiative on Thursday, 24 April. The broadcaster will open its doors to girls in grades 5 to 10 and offer opportunities to learn about technical careers in television production.
Das Erste in HDTV for the 2009 World Athletics Championships
ARD, together with ZDF, will broadcast the 2009 World Athletics Championships in the new high-resolution television format High Definition Television (HDTV).
Filming Begins on ZDF Cinema Co-production “So glücklich war ich noch nie”
Filming begins in Berlin on the ZDF cinema co-production directed and written by Alexander Adolph, with production continuing through 21 May.
Director-General Schächter: ZDF Has Set Its Path to HDTV
High-definition television an important pillar in the changed digital world
Do Not Allow a Step Backwards in Youth Media Protection
ZDF Rejects Statements by the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media.
Germans Call for More Media Education
That is the result of a Politbarometer survey that ZDF has just conducted on the protection of minors in the media.
FDP: Schächter’s Censorship Accusation Is Absurd
Responding to ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter's criticism of the limits on public-service broadcasters' online activities in the 12th Interstate Broadcasting Amendment Treaty, the FDP parliamentary group's media expert Hans-Joachim Otto states::
March TV Market: RTL Scores Across Genres
In March, RTL again leads among viewers aged 14 to 49. With a 15.8 percent audience share, it is ahead of ProSieben at 12.1 percent, Sat.1 at 10.9 percent, VOX at 7.4 percent and ZDF at 7.1 percent. Among the total audience, RTL places behind ZDF and ARD with an 11.7 percent share.
VDZ Welcomes Restrictions on ARD and ZDF’s Online Press
The VDZ Association of German Magazine Publishers regards the criticism voiced yesterday in Mainz by ZDF Director-General Prof. Markus Schächter of a single provision in the draft redefining ARD and ZDF's functional remit under broadcasting law as unobjective and misleading.
ZDF and ARD Lead German TV in Q1 2008
ZDF and ARD jointly led German television in the first quarter of 2008, each reaching a 13.3 percent audience share from January through 30 March.
41st Mainz Television Criticism Days on “Commodity or Value?“ Open
ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter: Public-Service Broadcasters' Online Prospects Must Match the Development Guarantee
Berchtesgadener Land Switches to DVB-T
Digital terrestrial television launches in Berchtesgadener Land and the Traunstein district on 29 April 2008.
ZDF Monday Cinema Shows “Catwoman” as a Free-to-Air TV Premiere
Cat power against blonde poison: Halle Berry and Sharon Stone engage in the ultimate catfight in the fantasy thriller "Catwoman".
ZDF Yearbook 2007 Published
Under the title "The Course Is Set", Markus Schächter outlines the course being set for public-service broadcasting in the report volume of the ZDF Yearbook 07.
Staff Changes at ZDF
On June 1, 2008, Robert Amlung will take over as head of ZDF's newly created Digital Strategies unit within the Director-General's office.
Easter highlights in ZDF’s children’s and youth programming
For Easter, ZDF tivi, ZDF's children's and youth programming, presents a potpourri of television premieres, repeats of children's book classics and all three Erich Kästner film adaptations.
Die Gustloff opens on ZDF with 8.45 million television viewers
"Die Gustloff" opens on ZDF with 8.45 million television viewers
Documentary on the subject interests 5.31 million late on Sunday evening
Exozet Creates VFX for ZDF’s Die Gustloff
Exozet Effects created digital water and compositing work for ZDF’s two-part drama about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.
ZDF advocates retaining advertising and sponsorship in its main channel
The current media policy debate is once again calling for public-service television to give up advertising in favour of private providers. ZDF rejects this demand for the following reasons:
Protecting minors in the media requires preventive measures
The Chairman of the ZDF Television Council, Ruprecht Polenz, has invited the state media authorities and the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) to another joint exchange of experience on protecting minors in the media.
ZDF and ARD need advertising
"Public-service broadcasting needs revenue from advertising and sponsorship". ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter used this concise formulation at the ZDF Television Council meeting to sum up the arguments against publicly voiced demands to give up advertising in favour of private television providers.
World Athletics Championships to provide the starting signal for HD television
Preparations for regular operation from August 2009 / Long simulcast phase / Cable carriage still uncertain
ZDF Schedules Historical Drama Die Gustloff
DIGITAL PRODUCTION will feature a Production Spotlight on ZDF’s Die Gustloff in issue 03/08.
Joint press statement by VDZ, ARD and ZDF
Yesterday in Berlin, VDZ President Prof Dr Hubert Burda, ARD Chairman Fritz Raff and ZDF Director-General Markus Schächter met for an exchange of views on the internet activities of ARD and ZDF.
ZDF Extends Two Director Appointments
ZDF has renewed the appointments of administrative director Hans Joachim Suchan and production director Andreas Bereczky for five years.
ZDF buys TV production company
ZDF Enterprises wants to acquire Hamburg production company doc.station in full.
The Gustloff in 3D at ZDFonline
Online offering with extensive information on the two-part television film.
30th birthday of the TV heavyweights
They went on air together 30 years ago: "Tagesthemen" (ARD) and "heute-journal" (ZDF) have classified and evaluated world events every evening since January 2, 1978.
ZDF is the month’s best at the end of the year
ZDF ended December 2007 as market leader. In the end-of-year sprint, the channel was ahead of ARD (13.1 percent), RTL (11.1 percent) and Sat.1 (9.4 percent), with a 13.4 percent market share.
PHOENIX Again Achieves a Record Result
PHOENIX again achieves a record result in the 2007 broadcasting year: In the eleventh year of its existence, the ARD and ZDF events and documentary channel achieves a market share of 0.9 percent. This corresponds to an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared with 2006.
ZDF Programme Director Bellut: “We Have Achieved the Most Important Goals”
ZDF and ARD will also end the final month of 2007 shoulder to shoulder as market leaders. "With current market shares of 13.3 and 13.2 percent, ZDF and ARD are presently showing their actual competitive strength. That counts especially because far more viewers sit in front of the television in the winter months than in the other seasons," said ZDF Programme Director Dr. Thomas Bellut.
ZDF Parts Ways with Andrea Kiewel
ZDF is parting ways with presenter Andrea Kiewel at the turn of the year. ZDF Director General Markus Schächter stated in Mainz: "Surreptitious advertising in ZDF programmes is not acceptable. Andrea Kiewel's appearances in several programmes, in connection with the now-known details of her PR contract with the Weight Watchers organization, have destroyed the basis of trust between us."
ARD and ZDF Each with One Programme on Mobile 3.0’s DVB-H Platform
ARD with "Das Erste" and ZDF with its main programme will be broadcast nationwide unencrypted and barrier-free on Mobile 3.0's new DVB-H platform.
Claus Kleber Stays with ZDF
Claus Kleber remains head and chief presenter of the "heute-journal". ZDF Director General Markus Schächter welcomed the decision today in Mainz: "Claus Kleber is the top man in German TV journalism. I am very pleased that he is staying with us. As anchor of the most important news magazine on German television, he stands for continuity, professionalism and closeness to viewers."
Integration Week on ZDF Set an Accent in the Social Discussion
ZDF succeeded in making the subject of "integration" accessible to a broad public with its programme focus "Shared Apartment Germany".
ZDF Television Council to Be Responsible for Approving New Digital or Telemedia Offerings in Future
The ZDF Television Council has adopted a new procedure in Mainz for new or changed digital or telemedia offerings. The so-called three-step test is thus being introduced on a trial basis before the 11th Interstate Broadcasting Amendment Treaty comes into force.
KEF Subsequently Changed Methodology for Online Costs
ZDF Director-General rejects accusation of breaking his word.
ZDF Television Council to Be Responsible for Approving New Digital or Telemedia Offerings in Future
Chairman Polenz: "Strengthening committee oversight" / In the three-stage test, third-party statements are included in deliberations
Online Costs: ZDF Director-General Defends Himself Against Accusations
"KEF subsequently changed methodology for online costs" / ZDF Director-General rejects accusation of "breach of promise" / Self-commitment had an agreed basis since 2004
ZDF with the Strongest Growth of All Broadcasters. “Wetten, dass..?” Most-Watched Programme in November 2007.
With 0.4 percentage points, ZDF recorded the strongest growth of all major broadcasters in Germany in market shares in November 2007 and reached a value of 13.2 percent (ARD: +0.1 / 13.4 percent MS; RTL: -0.8 / 12.1 percent MS; Sat1: +0.1 / 10.0 percent MS).
Expansion of DVB-T in Rhineland-Palatinate
Viewers in the Kaiserslautern area who receive their TV programmes digitally via antenna from the Kaiserslautern-Dansenberg transmitter must restart the automatic channel scan on their DVB-T receiver on December 4. The reason is a change of channels.
ARD and ZDF Spent Too Much Money on Online
According to calculations by the KEF fees commission, the public-service broadcasters spent more money on internet- activities than they had granted themselves. ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio are said to have violated their self-commitment not to spend more than 0.75 percent of licence fee revenues on online
ZDF successful at “Eyes and Ears Awards”: Sports design and athletics spot honored
At this year’s "Eyes and Ears Awards", ZDF received two main prizes and three further distinctions.
Acht Frankfurt honored for ZDF Sport sports design
As part of Medientage München 2007, Eyes & Ears of Europe, the European association for design, promotion and marketing of audiovisual media, honored the best production achievements of the year in 32 categories for the ninth time with the international ‚Eyes & Ears Awards’.
ZDF will end the license-fee period with a “black zero”
Director General Schächter: 2008 is a year of important media-policy decisions / Investment backlog after strict austerity course
“World Class” on the ZDF info channel
New series on the ZDF info channel presents successful ideas and their protagonists
ZDFvision Adds Selectable Digital Subtitles
ZDFvision adds user-selectable German subtitles over cable and satellite, with DVB-T excluded by technical limitations.
ZDF tivi Online Game Wins GIGA-Maus
ZDF tivi's Startklar für 1, 2 oder 3 wins a GIGA-Maus award for an online game about preparing a television studio.
ZDF News Studios Target Late 2008 Launch
ZDF's Mainz news complex will house two digital studios serving television, internet and mobile-TV output from late 2008.
German Internet Use Reaches 40.8 Million
The 2007 ARD/ZDF Online Study finds 62.7 percent of Germans aged 14 or over online, with growth led by women and people over 60.
“Public broadcasters must be involved in digital development
During a tour of the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of the Federal States, Kurt Beck, defended the digital strategy of ARD and ZDF from attacks by private competitors
ZDF Launches On-Demand Television at IFA
ZDF launched its new media library at IFA in Berlin with presenters and actors from across the broadcaster's programming.
ZDFinfo Channel Expands via DVB-T
The ZDFinfo channel became available free over DVB-T on 1 September 2007. Existing viewers need to run a new automatic channel scan.
What makes children happy? Two-day ZDF specialist congress
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of “Tabaluga tivi”, ZDF is holding an international and interdisciplinary specialist congress titled “Wunschlos glücklich?” at the ZDF broadcasting center in Mainz on November 15 and 16, 2007.
ZDF is market leader in July
With a market share of 12.6 percent, ZDF is market leader in July 2007. RTL is in second place with 12.4 percent. ARD is in third position with 12.2 percent, and SAT.1 remains in fourth place with 9.6 percent.
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg sets up new degree programmes
"Interactive Media" and "Education and Science"