Das Erste
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Das Erste is the flagship national television channel of ARD, an association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany, jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that
The studio of the news programme Tagesschau
Statues of characters from Die Maus, a popular children's series
Deutscher Fernsehfunk
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk was the state television broadcaster in the German Democratic Republic from 1952 to 1991.
Das Erste
…gigantic reach and could be accessed freely in neighboring countries and also in East Germany, where the channel recorded audiences much larger than the Deutscher Fernsehfunk (the former public broadcaster).Exceptions for the signal included Dresden, located in a deep valley in southeastern East Germany, and the area around…
Televisions on display in Leipzig, tuned to DFF (1968)
A 1980 test pattern, broadcast on the renamed DDR-F1
The "Fernseh-Lieblinge" (Television Favorites) were the most popular actors on East German television. These are 1987's prizewinners.
Gerhard Behrendt with Sandmännchen