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3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. The programming is in German, and is broadcast primarily within Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

3sat was established for cultural programming broadcasts, over satellite networks. The network was founded as a cooperative network by Germany's ZDF, Austria's ORF and Switzerland's SRG SSR idée suisse (formerly SRG). 3sat's broadcasting began on 1 December 1984. The ZDF network provides leadership within the cooperative, though decisions are made through a consensus of the cooperative's partners. A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit, in an egalitarian fashion. ... Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), loosely translated to Second German Television Service, is a public service German language television network based in Mainz. ... ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk) is the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. ... SRG SSR idée suisse is the business name of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation -- in German: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG), in Romansh Societad svizra da radio e televisiun, in Italian: Società svizzera di radiotelevisione (SSR), in French: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision (SSR). ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1990, the former DFF (Deutscher Fernsehfunk - English: German Television Broadcasting) of the German Democratic Republic became a cooperative member of 3sat, and a name change to 4sat was considered. Eventually it was decided to keep the original 3sat name. DFF's membership was dissolved in 3sat on 31 December 1991 as the broadcaster itself ceased to exist per Germany's Unification Treaty. East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As of 1 December 1993, ARD joined 3sat as a cooperative member. This followed ARD's creation of their satellite channel "Eins Plus" (One Plus). 3sat today broadcasts programming 24/7. 3sat is available on the European satellite Astra, cable television and digital terrestrial television. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Current logo The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Cooperative association of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), or simply ARD, is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels (SDTV) and/or better quality of picture (EDTV, HDTV) and sound (AC3, Dolby Digital) through a conventional aerial instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ...

Television Series

• "3sat börse" (3sat Market), Fridays 9:30 pm
• "DENKmal" ("Think about it" - the name is a pun on the German word for monument), a knowledge quiz, transmitted once a month on a Saturday evening at 7:20 pm. During the quiz there are six puzzles taken from biographies.
• "Delta", a general knowledge sereis. Transmitted fortnightly, Thursdays at 9 pm.
• "FOYER", a theater series. Transmitted fortnightly, Saturdays at 7:20 pm.
• "hitec" ("High Tech"), reports on science and technology, Sundays at 4 pm.
• "Kulturzeit" ("Cultural Time"), weekdays, 7:20 pm.
• "nano", "The World of Tomorrow," weekdays 6:30 pm.
• "neues", Computainment, Saturdays at 5 pm.
• "tips&trends", a series covering products for the home, automobile, fashion and sport, Saturdays at 5:30 pm.

Web link

3sat.online Homepage (in German)