Information and links for video and TV in German. See links to German broadcasters below.
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deutsches Fernsehen right in your own home in the USA. Learn how and why, based on my personal experience.
How do you listen to German radio or watch German television on the Web? Here's a helpful FAQ that answers the most frequently asked questions about streaming audio and video.
This German public broadcasting site links to "Das Erste" (TV) and the radio sites that are part of this network. (See more links for
Das Erste Online and other ARD-TV sites below.
Bavarian radio and television online. Select from many broadcast choices.
Podcasts as audio or video. Links for easily subscribing via iTunes or RSS.
The "German Wave" (Deutsche Welle) has a new Web site and a new format. DW broadcasts radio and TV in many languages via satellite and on the Web. Also available in the US via the Dish Network.
"Das Erste"–as the name implies–was (and is) Germany's first public broadcasting radio and TV network.
EuroNews broadcasts on the Web and via satellite in seven languages, including German and English.
A great site devoted to German detective and crime series such as "Derrick" and "Tatort."
Official Web site of the popular German TV series. A nice site with screen savers, streaming video, and other attractions. The video trailer preview of the next episode requires the Quicktime plug-in.
The popular
Seifenoper (soap opera) from ARD ("Das Erste"). Video and audio of selected episodes and trailers.
The online German-language MTV site. "Musik-News, Chats, Events–und alles im gewohnt-MTV-mässigen Design."
NWI no longer broadcasts RTL-Aktuell news in German in North America, but DW German news in English is still available.
The German version of CNN and partly owned by that US TV news service, offers news, sports, and weather in German–as text or in streamed RealVideo.
N24 news television is a private German television cable/satellite broadcaster. Some RealVideo.
Record German TV programming from various German-language TV networks (ARD, RTL, Pro7, SAT1).
Oesterreichischer Rundfunk online. Austria's national radio and TV broadcast service. Also see "Der ORF im WWW."
A page of links to all of ORF's regional broadcasters in Austria and their Web sites.
"Wir sind wir" is an interesting German music video (RealOne) about German history.
German TV and news as streaming video.
RealVideo and other features from ProSieben.
Die Fusion von SFB (Sender Freies Berlin) und ORB. Am 1. Mai 2003 hat der RBB offiziell die Rechtsnachfolge von ORB und SFB angetreten.
Video and text news from the private German TV broadcaster RTL. News stories as RealVideo.
This sat/cable TV broadcaster, is a consortium of several German-language broadcasters.
Südwestrundfunk (TV and radio) for southwest Germany. Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz. No online video.
Das Programm von Südwestfernsehen (für Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz). Infos als Text, kein Video.
Listen to, read, or watch (RealVideo) Germany's nightly news broadcast. News, sports, weather. Also available as a free video podcast from iTunes. A nice site.
An online German TV programm guide with downloadable software for finding and viewing digital TV broadcasts in German.
The name doesn't sound German, but this is a German TV magazine online.
Vox is a German premium TV service - movies, US series (Amy McBeal) and more.
The online TV news and sports service of Germany's ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen).
