| heute | |
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Part of the opening sequence to heute. These are integrated into the virtual studio. |
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| Also known as | heute journal (21:45) heute nacht (late-night) heute in europa (Today in Europe, 16:00) heute in deutschland (Today in Germany, 14:00) heute mittag (Today at Midday, 12:00) |
| Format | News |
| Presented by | Petra Gerster Matthias Fornoff Barbara Hahlweg Ralph Szepanski |
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| Producer(s) | ZDF |
| Running time | Main bulletin: 20 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ZDF |
| Original run | 1963 – present |
heute (German for today) is a news show on the German television channel ZDF. The main show is broadcast at 7 PM, or 19:00, consisting of news of the day, weather forecasts and sport. The opening sequence of each broadcast features an analogue clock as a trademark.
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News broadcasts were made from the day the ZDF went operational, the name heute was decided by February 8, 1963.
heute was originally broadcast from 19.30 to 20.00 CET; on February 1, 1965 the show was split up into two parts - heute (19.30 to 19.45 CET) and themen des tages (19.45 to 20.00 CET). From January 1, 1969 the themen des tages was dropped to let the evening programs start earlier.
In 1973, the programme moved to 19.00 CET, where it is still seen today.
The main show is seen at 19.00 CET and usually has a length of 20 minutes (including weather forecast).
Around 21.45 CET, a longer, in-depth show called heute-journal is broadcast, similar to Tagesthemen on Das Erste.
For most of the newscast's run, the programme's title music was preceded by the letters h-e-u-t-e in morse code (···· · ··- - ·). Since 1998 this was integrated with the title music, although the dots and dashes are not distinguishable.
Since 17 July 2009 a new virtual studio was implemented with redesigned graphics and the integration of the title sequence to the studio in most editions.[1]