TLC

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels	Animal Planet Discovery Channel DMAX Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Eurosport 2 Xtra
History
Launched	10 April 2014; 8 years ago (2014-04-10)
Links
Website	tlc.de
Availability
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany)	-

TLC is a German-language television channel from Warner Bros. Discovery Germany. It went on air on 10 April 2014 via satellite, cable and IPTV.^[1]

The program is mainly directed at women between the ages of 20 and 49, and will focus on non-fiction entertainment programs, some of which will be taken over by TLC US and will be partly produced in-house.^[2] The main focus will be on documentaries, reports and magazines.^[3] The channel is advertised with the slogan Hier spielt das Leben..^[4] Jana Ina Zarrella was appointed as the host of the station.^[5]

History

In September 2013, Discovery Networks Germany announced that it would launch the TLC television format established in the United States in spring 2014 in Germany. In mid-December 2013, the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) issued a license for eight years from the date of dispatch.^[3] In May 2016, the on-air design and the logo changed slightly and were enriched with emojis, which is known from the online domain.^[6][7]

Programming

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Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2014[9]	-	-	-	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2015[10]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
2016[11]	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2017[12]	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2018[13]	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%