As one of the largest industrial nations and with the largest population in the European Union, Germany today offers a vast diversity of television stations.
Public channels
ARD
ARD, consortium of German public broadcasting services, consisting of the following public stations (which also provide regional programming in separate channels):
ZDF
- ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, "Second German Television"):
ARD & ZDF
- KiKA Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV, with support of ARD and ZDF
- Arte — public Franco-German culture channel from ARD, ZDF and France Télévisions
- 3sat — cultural network from the ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting).
- Phoenix — public - with information, documentaries, news, jointly operated by ARD and ZDF
DFF (defunct)