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ZDF

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Television channel.name: ZDF
Television channel.logo: 200px|class=skin-invert
Television channel.logo_size: 200px
Television channel.logo_caption: Logo used since 2001
Television channel.key_people: Norbert Himmler (director)
Television channel.country: Germany
Television channel.language: German
Television channel.area: Germany, Europe
Television channel.headquarters: Mainz, Germany
Television channel.replaced: ARD 2 (1961–1963)
Television channel.terr_serv_1: Digital terrestrial television
Television channel.terr_chan_1: Varies by location

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Contents

History
Interstate agreement
Launch
Election of the management
Finances
Transmission and reception
Terrestrial
Cable
Satellite
Other channels
Design
Administration
Director general
Supervising board
Television board
Membership
Programming
Children
Culture
Documentaries
Entertainment
Information
Series
Sport
Talk
Audience share
Germany
References
External links

ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany (). ZDF is financed by television licence fees and advertising revenues.

The broadcaster is well known for its famous programmes , a newscast established in 1963, and , an entertainment show that premiered in 1981, with a suspension from 2014 to 2021. Norbert Himmler, ZDF's director general, was elected by the ZDF Television Council in 2021.