ZDFdokukanal

ZDFdokukanal
	ZDFinfokanal; ZDFtheaterkanal
History
Launched	1 April 2000; 24 years ago
Closed	31 October 2009; 14 years ago
Replaced by	ZDFneo
Links
Website	www.zdfdokukanal.de
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T	Various; region dependent

ZDFdokukanal was a TV station which operated between 1 April 2000 and 31 October 2009 and was part of the digital TV package offered by ZDF.

Distribution

The program was broadcast nationwide via TV cable networks (DVB-C) and the satellite

KiKa

. It was also included in the IPTV offer of some DSL providers.

Programming

The station broadcast documentaries on nature, science, history and society.

In May 2009, the station was transformed into a youth and family channel, with fewer documentaries and more entertainment programming. On 19 August 2009, ZDF announced that the station would cease broadcasting as of 31 October 2009.^[1] ZDFdokukanal was then replaced by ZDFneo.

Since the

2008 European Football Championship

to enable more matches to be broadcast.

References

^ Pressemitteilung: Der ZDFdokukanal geht, ZDFneo kommt – Start der öffentlich-rechtlichen Alternative für jüngere Zuschauer vom 19. August 2009, als PDF-Datei (12 kb)

External links

Official website (in German)

[1] Pressemitteilung: Der ZDFdokukanal geht, ZDFneo kommt – Start der öffentlich-rechtlichen Alternative für jüngere Zuschauer vom 19. August 2009, als PDF-Datei (12 kb)

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