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If you remove ZDF from the equation, yes it is. ARD is a consortium of nine regional broadcasters – each produces programming for its own regional channel (which appears on Channel 3 after Das Erste/ZDF) and also contributes programming to Das Erste, digital channel 'One' and news channel 'Tagesschau24'. Some is produced entirely by one member (e.g. afternoon soap Rote Rosen by NDR). Others are shared, which might work for drama Tatort where each episode stands alone, production of Plusminus is shared by seven members and as such, the programme has seven presenters and studios...
Here's a map showing how Germany is split into nine ARD regions:
By Daisy0705, Dagobert50gold, StG1990, Martin Kraft, Radiohörer, - This file was derived from:Carte stations ARD.png:SWR Dachmarke.svg:map: Karte_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland.svglogos: ARD-design.de, Public Domain
It sounds confusing, but this is an arrangement which dates back years, when the entire schedule until lunchtime was shared by the two broadcasters. Most shows have been separate since 1999, but cooperation on the news bulletins at 9/10/12 lasted until 2012 and continues with the magazine shows.
ARD and ZDF simulcast, but they produce separate programmes which are broadcast in alternate weeks. Both broadcasters use different studios for both so you will see MoMa from Cologne (ARD/WDR) and Berlin (ZDF); the Mittagsmagazin at lunchtime is broadcast from Munich (ARD/BR) or Mainz (ZDF). Oh, and ARD's news bulletins come from Hamburg (NDR).
Next year, all change. Regional broadcaster RBB (Berlin-Brandenburg) will take over production of the ARD MiMa and both editions of MiMa will also come from ZDF's studios in Berlin – the broadcasters will swap weeks, producing MoMa and MiMa in alternate weeks instead of the same week, as currently.
A strange situation can occur when either channel is in sports mode, as the arrangement continues anyway and the ARD version will be seen only on ZDF...
Doesn't sport also create some interesting situations - where rights to major sporting events (Olympics for instance) are shared between ARD and ZDF ? ISTR that the channels do coverage on alternate days (so you get a normal schedule on Das Erste, but wall to wall sport on ZDF one day, but the next day Das Erste goes to an all sport schedule, and ZDF runs a normal schedule?) Or am I misremembering?
Indeed, and this arrangement has lasted a long time. Here are a few quotes from Timothy Green's 1972 book The Universal Eye: World Television in the Seventies:
"At the Olympics, ARD covers one day's events live, while ZDF has summaries later; next day it is ZDF's turn for the live broadcasts."
"Apollo moon-shots have been covered alternately; ARD did all the live televising on Apollo 12, ZDF took Apollo 13, ARD Apollo 14. When Apollo 13 ran into difficulties on the way to the moon and made its dramatic return to earth ZDF had the splashdown exclusively, although ARD were permitted to show it later on the regular news."
It all sounds a tad like old pre-1993 ITV.
If you remove ZDF from the equation, yes it is. ARD is a consortium of nine regional broadcasters – each produces programming for its own regional channel (which appears on Channel 3 after Das Erste/ZDF) and also contributes programming to Das Erste, digital channel 'One' and news channel 'Tagesschau24'. Some is produced entirely by one member (e.g. afternoon soap Rote Rosen by NDR). Others are shared, which might work for drama Tatort where each episode stands alone, production of Plusminus is shared by seven members and as such, the programme has seven presenters and studios...
Here's a map showing how Germany is split into nine ARD regions:
By Daisy0705, Dagobert50gold, StG1990, Martin Kraft, Radiohörer, - This file was derived from:Carte stations ARD.png:SWR Dachmarke.svg:map: Karte_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland.svglogos: ARD-design.de, Public Domain
There's a Moma (MorgenMagazine) on Das Erste as well, do ARD and ZDF split production between themselves? I remember Das Erste's MoMa being aa very plaid affair.
It sounds confusing, but this is an arrangement which dates back years, when the entire schedule until lunchtime was shared by the two broadcasters. Most shows have been separate since 1999, but cooperation on the news bulletins at 9/10/12 lasted until 2012 and continues with the magazine shows.
ARD and ZDF simulcast, but they produce separate programmes which are broadcast in alternate weeks. Both broadcasters use different studios for both so you will see MoMa from Cologne (ARD/WDR) and Berlin (ZDF); the Mittagsmagazin at lunchtime is broadcast from Munich (ARD/BR) or Mainz (ZDF). Oh, and ARD's news bulletins come from Hamburg (NDR).
Next year, all change. Regional broadcaster RBB (Berlin-Brandenburg) will take over production of the ARD MiMa and both editions of MiMa will also come from ZDF's studios in Berlin – the broadcasters will swap weeks, producing MoMa and MiMa in alternate weeks instead of the same week, as currently.
A strange situation can occur when either channel is in sports mode, as the arrangement continues anyway and the ARD version will be seen only on ZDF...
Doesn't sport also create some interesting situations - where rights to major sporting events (Olympics for instance) are shared between ARD and ZDF ? ISTR that the channels do coverage on alternate days (so you get a normal schedule on Das Erste, but wall to wall sport on ZDF one day, but the next day Das Erste goes to an all sport schedule, and ZDF runs a normal schedule?) Or am I misremembering?
Indeed, and this arrangement has lasted a long time. Here are a few quotes from Timothy Green's 1972 book The Universal Eye: World Television in the Seventies:
"At the Olympics, ARD covers one day's events live, while ZDF has summaries later; next day it is ZDF's turn for the live broadcasts."
"Apollo moon-shots have been covered alternately; ARD did all the live televising on Apollo 12, ZDF took Apollo 13, ARD Apollo 14. When Apollo 13 ran into difficulties on the way to the moon and made its dramatic return to earth ZDF had the splashdown exclusively, although ARD were permitted to show it later on the regular news."
