This article is about the television channels. For the main company, see Deutsche Welle.
1988–1990 | 1992–1995 | 1995–2005 | 2005–2012 | 2012–present |
DW-TV (also known as just DW) is a German multilingual TV network of Deutsche Welle. Focussing on news and informational programming, it first started broadcasting 1 April 1992.
RIAS-TV[]
1988–1990[]
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The channel started as the TV offering from RIAS (German: Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor; English: Radio in the American Sector).
DW-TV[]
1992–1995[]
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On 1 April 1992, Deutsche Welle inherited RIAS-TV's broadcast facilities, using them to start a German and English-language television channel broadcast via satellite.
1995–2005[]
2005–2012[]
2012–present[]
The German feed of DW shut down on January 1, 2024, although the English feed continues to broadcast.