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ZDFneo

Logo used since 2017
Country	Germany
Headquarters	Mainz, Germany
Programming
Picture format	576i ( 16:9 SDTV) 720p ( 1080p (DVB-T2 only)) ( HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ZDF
Key people	Markus Schächter
Sister channels	ZDF ZDFinfo
History
Launched	1 November 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-01) (SD) 30 April 2012; 11 years ago (2012-04-30) (HD)
Replaced	ZDFdokukanal
Links
Website	www.zdfneo.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Region dependent
Streaming media
ZDF.de	Watch live

ZDFneo is a German free-to-air television channel, programmed for an audience aged 25 to 49 ^[1] to counter the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel ZDFdokukanal on 1 November 2009.

History

On 1 October 2017, the station was to receive a new on-air design and a new broadcasting logo; ^[2] this was brought forward to 26 September 2017.

Distribution

ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest of ZDFvision) via DVB-T digital terrestrial television, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C through German cable networks, and in DVB-S from the Astra 1H satellite.

Since 30 April 2012, ZDFneo has been broadcast in HD ( 720p). ^[3] The program was initially only scaled up by 576i, since ZDFneo had no HD-capable playout at this time. Since mid-May 2015, the program is broadcast in native HD quality.

Programmes ^[4]

ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house. Shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies round out the schedule.

Repeats of ZDF programming

• Die Deutschen ("The Germans"; history)
• Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ("Follow your heart"; soap opera)
• Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("The way to happiness"; soap opera)
• Der letzte Zeuge (2009–present)
• Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! (" Lafer, Lichter, delicious!"; talk, cooking)
• Terra X (history)
• Abenteuer Wissen ("Knowledge Adventure"; science, history)
• Neues aus der Anstalt ("News from the (mental) institution"; cabaret)
• Helen Dorn (2014–present)
• Heute Show (satire)
• Lena: Liebe meines Lebens ("Lena: Love of my Life"; soap opera)
• Neo Magazin Royale ( late-night satire talk show; continuation of NeoMagazin mit Jan Böhmermann which was aired on ZDFneo)

Original programming

• Schulz & Böhmermann (talk show)
• Iss oder quizz (game show)
• Süper Tiger Show (comedy)
• neoMusik (music)
• neoLeben (living)
• Neo Magazin (Talk show)
• Der Straßenchor ("The Street Choir"; music)
• Hochzeitsfieber! ("Wedding Fever!"; living)
• Comedy Lab (comedy)
• Bambule (culture/current affairs)

Imported series

Logos

• 
  ZDFneo (2009–2017)
• 
  ZDFneo HD (2012–2017)
• 
  ZDFneo (since 26 September 2017)

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2009 [7]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010 [8]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011 [9]	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
2012 [10]	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%
2013 [11]	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.0%
2014 [12]	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.5%	1.4%	1.3%	1.4%	1.3%
2015 [13]	1.4%	1.5%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%	1.6%	1.8%	1.6%
2016 [14]	1.5%	1.6%	1.5%	1.7%	2.0%	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	2.6%	2.4%	2.1%
2017 [15]	2.5%	2.7%	2.9%	2.5%	3.0%	3.0%	2.8%	3.2%	3.3%	2.9%

References

External links

• Official website (in German)

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