| Tagesschau | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News Programme |
| Theme music composer | Hans Carste |
| Opening theme | "Hammond Fantasy"[1] |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Language(s) | German |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | NWDR, NDR |
| Location(s) | Hamburg |
| Running time | 5–15 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Das Erste several other ARD channels |
| Original run | December 26, 1952 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Tagesthemen |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Tagesschau is a German national and international television news service produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD.
The main edition of the programme is aired at 8 o'clock p.m. on Das Erste. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen, RBB Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, 3sat, Phoenix, EinsExtra and EinsPlus. It can also be seen in the United States through the Roku streaming player.[2]
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Tagesschau (literally "Today Show", or loosely "Review of the Day"; a play on the term Wochenschau, the weekly newsreel formerly shown in cinemas) is both the oldest and the most watched news program on German television. The first edition was transmitted on NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) on December 26, 1952. Initially broadcast three times a week, the programme expanded in 1956 to air Monday to Saturday, with Sunday editions beginning in 1961. The nightly 8pm edition of Tagesschau is watched by up to 10 million viewers, equivalent to a 33% audience reach. Currently, the bulletin is produced by NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg.
The main 15-minute bulletin is broadcast at 20.00 CET each evening with shorter bulletins broadcast throughout the day. The end of the 8:00 p.m. bulletin, 8:15, marks the beginning of prime time on German television. An attempt by commercial station Sat.1 to begin their prime time schedule at 8:00 p.m. was so unsuccessful that it was discontinued after only a few weeks.
In 1978, the late edition of Tagesschau was replaced by Tagesthemen (Subjects of the Day or "Themes of the Day"), a half-hour programme featuring more in-depth reports, analysis and commentary. The programme continues to air at 10:00 p.m. each evening. A late-night magazine-style programme, Nachtmagazin (Night Magazine), airs at around 12:30 a.m. A weekly review programme entitled Wochenspiegel (Mirror of the Week) is produced by the Tagesschau production team and airs on Sundays around lunch time.
The program's trademark continues to be the eight o'clock chime followed by a recorded announcement, usually spoken by the chief newsreader Jan Hofer, "Hier ist das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen mit der Tagesschau" ("This is First German Television with the Tagesschau"). The Tagesschau theme music has remained the same since 1956, although the arrangement has been modernized several times, most recently in 2000.
Today, the 8:00 p.m. bulletin remains the only flagship news programme on German television where newsreaders read stories directly from a hard copy of the script. Teleprompters are used for all other bulletins.
Tagesschau aired its 20,000th broadcast on December 31, 2010.
by number of years on the Tagesschau
in alphabetical order