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Das Erste ("The First"), or ''Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen'' ("First German Television"), is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany. It is a joint production of Germany's regional public broadcasters acting through, and coordinated by, the ARD consortium. ==History== The channel's first experimental broadcast was on 27 November 1950 as the TV channel of the then NWDR, which in 1956 split into NDR and WDR. The regular NWDR television service started on 25 December 1952. Nationwide transmission began on 1 November 1954 within the ARD framework, under the name ''Deutsches Fernsehen'' ("German Television"). It was West Germany's only television channel prior to the establishment of ZDF in 1963. The new channel consisted of jointly-produced shows such as the nightly news programme ''Tagesschau'' (on the air since 26 December 1952), as well as broadcasts produced individually by ARD member stations. The programs were coordinated by the ''Programmdirektion'' based in Munich. Besides several entertaining shows, ARD went political in 1957 when it launched its first political TV magazine, Panorama. Germany's first political TV show adopted the slogan "What is being talked about and what should be talked about" and pictured all aspects of postwar West German society—including conflict-laden topics, scandals, and other taboo topics, such as former Nazis who had held important roles. ARD nevertheless produced a provisional second TV channel from 1 June 1961 until ZDF started its transmissions on 1 April 1963. Colour television was introduced on 25 August 1967. The channel's name was changed to ''Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen'' ("First German Television") on 30 September 1984. Also around 1984, a new corporate design was introduced. The previous logo, with stylized waves, was replaced by a new logo showing a stylized number "1" which is still in use today. It changed its name to ''Das Erste'' in 1997, but the long name ''Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen'' is still used for some purposes (e.g. the introduction to the main editions of the ''Tagesschau''). Informally, it is also known as ''ARD'' among viewers. In addition to its SD broadcast, a 720p50 HD version of the channel, ''Das Erste HD'', is also broadcast. Broadcast of ''Das Erste HD'' began in February 2010 with the coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= HDTV im Ersten )〕 ''Das Erste HD'' is available via satellite (DVB-S2 on Astra 19.2°E) and cable (Kabel Deutschland in Germany, Cablecom in Swtzerland). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Das Erste」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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