{{Short description|German television channel by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox television channel | name = RBB Fernsehen | logo = Rbb Fernsehen Logo 2017.08.svg | logo_size = 250px | logo_caption = | logo_alt = | image = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2004|2|29|df=y}} | closed_date = <!-- {{End date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | picture_format = 720p HDTV<br />{{small|(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)}} | network = ARD | owner = Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg | parent = | motto = | country = Germany | language = German | area = Germany | affiliates = | headquarters = Berlin, Germany<br />Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany | former_names = rbb Brandenburg<br />rbb Berlin | replaced = ORB-Fernsehen<br />SFB1 | replaced_by = | sister_channels = | timeshift_service = | website = {{URL|www.rbbfernsehen.de}} | terr_serv_1 = | terr_chan_1 = | sat_serv_1 = | sat_chan_1 = | cable_serv_1 = | cable_chan_1 = | iptv_serv_1 = | iptv_chan_1 = | online_serv_1 = RBB Livestream | online_chan_1 = [https://www.rbb-online.de/fernsehen/live/ Watch Live] }}
[[Image:Berlin-RBB-2007.jpg|right|thumb|rbb headquarters in Berlin]] [[Image:RBB Babelsberg.JPG|right|thumb|rbb headquarters in Potsdam]] right|thumb|rbb presenter Madeleine Wehle [[Image:Grimme-Preis 2011 - Kurt Krömer 6.JPG|right|thumb|Kurt Krömer]] right|thumb|rbb presenter Ulli Zelle
'''RBB Fernsehen''' (stylized as '''rbb fernsehen''') is a German free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) and serving Berlin and Brandenburg. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" that are offered within the federal ARD network.
==History== On 1 May 2003, ORB-Fernsehen was renamed ''RBB Brandenburg'' and SFB1 became ''RBB Berlin''. However, until 28 February 2004, two different programs continued to be broadcast. On 10 November 2003, the joint broadcasts ''rbb um 6'' and ''zibb – zuhause in Berlin und Brandenburg'' started. On February 29, 2004, the merger of both stations to ''rbb Fernsehen'' took place. In the summer of 2004, the program ''Im Palais'' went on the air and from 23 September 2004, Kurt Krömer started his own show. On January 23, 2007, polar bear Knut made his first appearance in a contribution to the Berliner Abendschau, which later triggered a Knut cult. From then on the rbb produced several documentaries about the polar bear for ''rbb Fernsehen'' and Das Erste. On 5 September 2009 ''rbb Fernsehen'' and Arte broadcast the 24-hour documentary about Berlin in real time 24h Berlin. This was shot exactly one year before by 80 shooting teams in HD quality. Until November 2009, Michael Kessler drove through Berlin with the in October 2006 started Berliner Nacht-Taxe.
At the end of 2009, the rbb announced the cessation of the cinema magazine ''Filmvorführer'' and the environmental and science program ''{{ill|Ozon (TV series)|lt=Ozon|de|Ozon (Fernsehsendung)}}'' which was already aired at Deutscher Fernsehfunk since November 1989. ''Ozon'' should be divided into the two formats "Ozon – Die Reportage" and "Ozon – Der Film", which should deal in 30 minutes only with a theme of science and environmental protection. The programs projectionist was set at the end of 2009. After protests against the cessation of ''Ozon'' the program has been continued since May 2010 as a monothematic report unter the ''OZON unterwegs'' label.<ref>[http://presseservice.rbb-online.de/presseinformationen/fernsehen/rbb_fernsehen/2009/11/20091106_neues_im_rbb_fernsehprogramm.phtml Pressemitteilung des RBB vom 6. November 2009]</ref><ref>Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung: [http://www.prowissen-potsdam.de/cms/beitrag/11713481/11959987/Politiker-und-Wissenschaftler-protestieren-gegen-Formataenderung-des-RBB.html Politiker und Wissenschaftler protestieren gegen Formatänderung des RBB-Magazins „Ozon“] bei prowissen-potsdam.de, 21. Januar 2010</ref><ref>Pressemitteilung der Grünen Liga: [http://www.grueneliga.de/newsreader/items/fuer-den-erhalt-des-wissenschafts-und-umweltmagazins-ozon-gegen-eine-aenderung-des-sendeformates.html?month=200911 Für den Erhalt des Wissenschafts- und Umweltmagazins Ozon - gegen eine Änderung des Sendeformates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308043712/http://www.grueneliga.de/newsreader/items/fuer-den-erhalt-des-wissenschafts-und-umweltmagazins-ozon-gegen-eine-aenderung-des-sendeformates.html?month=200911 |date=8 March 2017 }}</ref> Since 10 May 2010, Brandenburg aktuell is broadcast with a new design and a newly designed studio. As of 23 August 2010, a new series with Michael Kessler (Kesslers Expedition) was started.
Since 13 August 2012, rbb Fernsehen broadcast with a new design and the new slogan ''Das volle Programm'' ("The full program").<ref>[http://presseservice.rbb-online.de/presseinformationen/fernsehen/rbb_fernsehen/2012/08/20120802_das_volle_programm.phtml „Das volle Programm“ – Neue Akzente im rbb Fernsehen]</ref> In addition to an expanded regional offer, documentation and entertainment were also broadcast.
On 28 August 2017, design and slogan were changed again. ''Bloß nicht langweilen'' ("Do not get bored") replaced ''Das volle Programm''.
==Distribution== ===Regional variations=== There is a separate program window broadcast every day for 30 minutes starting at 7.30 pm where Brandenburg aktuell is broadcast on the Brandenburg transmitters and Berliner Abendschau on the Berlin one's.
===HDTV=== rbb Fernsehen started broadcasting in HD quality (720p) via Astra 19.2°E on 5 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schreck|first1=Volker|title=- rbb Fernsehen kommt ab 5. Dezember in HD-Auflösung|url=https://www.rbb-online.de/unternehmen/presse/presseinformationen/pressearchiv/2013/unternehmen/12/20131205_rbb_fernsehen_in_hd.html|website=rbb-online.de|access-date=4 November 2017|date=3 December 2013}}</ref>
==Logo history== <gallery> File:RBB Fernsehen-Logo.svg|RBB Fernsehen's first, original and previous logo used from 1 March 2004 to 27 August 2017. File:Rbb HD.png|RBB Fernsehen's old HD logo used from 5 December 2013 to 27 August 2017 File:Rbb Fernsehen Logo 2017.08.svg|RBB Fernsehen's second and current logo since 28 August 2017. File:Rbb fernsehen HD Logo 2017.svg|RBB Fernsehen's current HD logo since 28 August 2017. </gallery>
==Programming== ===Children=== *''Sandmännchen'' (2004–present) *''Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten'' (2020–present)
===Entertainment=== *''Das große Kleinkunstfestival'', hosted by Dieter Nuhr (2004–present) *''Die Abendshow'' (2017–present)
===Information=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Berliner Abendschau'' (1958–present) *''Brandenburg aktuell'' (1992–present) *''Łužyca'' (broadcast in Lower Sorbian language) *''Quivive'' (2004-2010) *''rbb 24'' (2018–present) *''rbb Praxis'' (2011–present) *''rbb um 6'' (2004–present) *''Täter - Opfer - Polizei'' (2004–present) {{div col end}}
===Series===
===Sport=== *''Sportplatz'' (2004–2017)
===Talk=== *''Dickes B.'' (2007–2012) *''Thadeusz und die Beobachter'', hosted by Jörg Thadeusz (2013–present)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|www.rbbfernsehen.de}} {{in lang|de}} {{ARD}}{{Television in Germany}} {{ARD/ZDF}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Category:ARD (broadcaster) Category:Television stations in Germany Category:Television channels and stations established in 2004 Category:2004 establishments in Germany Category:Mass media in Berlin Category:Mass media in Potsdam Category:German-language television stations