Tagesschau (Germany)
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GermanyTagesschau is the name of the television news service produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD.
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[edit] History
The Tagesschau (literally "a look at the day" – a development of the term Wochenschau, the name of the weekly newsreel formerly shown in cinemas) is both the oldest and the most widely watched of German television newscasts. The first edition was transmitted on NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) on 26 December 1952, the programme initially going out just three times a week. From 1956, it was broadcast daily from Monday to Saturday, and in 1961, it became a daily programme. The Tagesschau has a daily viewership of some 10 million: equivalent to an audience reach of around 33%. Today it is produced by NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg.
The 15-minute bulletin broadcast at 20:00 each evening is the Tagesschau's most widely viewed edition. Other, generally shorter bulletins are broadcast throughout the day. In 1978, the late edition of the Tagesschau was replaced by the longer, half-hour Tagesthemen ("Subjects of the Day"), normally broadcast around 22:30 and including background discussion. At around 0:30 on weekday nights, Nachtmagazin ("Night Magazine") also includes an analysis of the preceding day's events. The Tagesschau team is also responsible for the weekly news review Wochenspiegel ("Mirror of the Week").
Although the arrangement has been modernized several times, the Tagesschau's theme music has remained the same since 1956 (when it replaced the music originally adopted in 1952) .
The end of the Tagesschau at 20:15 marks the start of the prime time in German television. An attempt by Sat.1 to start their prime time at 20:00 failed miserably. The Tagesschau has become an icon in German culture and its significance can be seen in the fact that it is considered impolite to telephone someone during the broadcast.
Today, the Tagesschau is the only remaining major news show on German television where the readers do not use a teleprompter.
[edit] List of Tagesschau's principal presenters
[edit] Current presenters
by number of years on the Tagesschau
[edit] Other former presenters
in alphabetical order
