German TV and Radio
German TV is good for you!And much more fun than sitting in the classroom! Watching TV in German and listening to German radio - whether over the internet, via satellite or cable - is a great way of keeping your “ear in” and getting used to a variety of German accents.
Newscasters speak German clearly, but for a challenge, try watching regional programmes or a soap opera. "Lindenstrasse" is the classic German soap broadcast by the German channel DasErste, and is based on the UK’s Coronation Street. And as an added bonus, you’ll get to learn more about German culture and language. Listening to German spoken by a variety of people is also good training for your
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TV channels available online or via satelliteHere are a few German language channels I highly recommend watching: 3sat is a free, qualitative, public German tv network. It is a joint project, run by the German broadcasters ZDF and ARD, the Austrian ORF and Swiss SRG SSR. It is available on the European Astra satellites at 19.2° East, via cable. It is primarily aimed at audiences in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. arte is a free Franco-German TV network with a focus on European culture, and broadcast in both German and French (German audiences automatically hear French text dubbed into German). DasErste Home of the Lindenstrasse. Watch news and programmes online and in video format. ntv (Nachrichten TV) - news channel, watch TV news online in livestream format (you have to put up with a 10 second advert first) Phoenix is a joint project channel run by ARD and ZDF and provides livestreams and video streams. ORF is the news portal for the Austrian national sender. Programmes available for streaming (click ORF on demand) include the news programmeZeit im Bild. This website takes to you the ORF’s TV and radio offerings. (The IPTV offerings all seem to be in English...) NDR(NordDeutsche Rundfunk) - click on Zuschauerservice (viewer services) and then Video Podcasts where you can watch podcasts of a variety of programmes. Deutsche Welle (German Wave)television (DW-TV) news programmes are also available in the US and Canada: The DISH Network offers a monthly subscription German Language Package which includes Deutsche Welle, EuroNews, German Kino Plus (films) and PROSIEBENSAT.1 WELT (collection of programmes from the 2 German TV channels, Pro Sieben and Sat 1.).
German Radio Channels – listen onlineradio ARD.de- listen using the online player. ORF radio- all the national Austrian stations available to stream and listen from your PC. This is probably your best bet for finding a radio station:
Try listenlive.eu- a portal to all European radio stations which stream live on the internet. Just choose a German-speaking country (Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) and then try out some of the German radio stations listed.
Happy viewing and listening!
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