Watch ARD Live from Germany
Das Erste is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. Das Erste is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are members of the ARD.
The channel was officially launched on Christmas Day, 25 December 1952 as NWDR-Fernsehen and renamed to Deutsches Fernsehen in 1954. Since 1996, the official brand is Das Erste; the full name Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (First German Television) is still used before every major news edition.
Website: https://www.ard.de/
Live stream ARD: https://www.ardmediathek.de/live
Die ARD ist ein Rundfunkverbund, der aus den Landesrundfunkanstalten und der Deutschen Welle besteht. Sie wurde 1950 gegründet und bildet gemeinsam mit dem Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehen und dem Deutschlandradio den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk in Deutschland. Die ARD wird zum Großteil aus dem Rundfunkbeitrag finanziert und beinhaltet gemeinsame Programme und Angebote wie Das Erste, die ARD Mediathek sowie die Tagesschau.
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