This article details the situation of Public Television in North Germany, primarily talking about the primary TV channels managed by the North Germany Broadcasting Agency (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), NDR for short. This article will detail primarily the only three national TV channels (NDR, NDR Kids, Nationalfernsehn), and the three most relevant and biggest / most well-funded regional TV channels (Pommern TV, Hamburg 1, FrieslandTV, DithmarschenTV).
National Stations
NDR
The NDR, full name: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (English: North Germany Broadcasting Agency), is the main and largest TV channel in North Germany. The NDR TV channel is managed by the network of the same name, which also manages all other public broadcasting in North Germany, despite having the same name, they are not to be confused. The NDR is run out of two Hamburg offices, with additional offices being present in every major city of the country, the second largest office being located in the capital.
Programming
The following plan describes the usual programming of the NDR TV channel, this schedule may be interrupted by important events or temporarily changed due to special circumstances.
| TIME | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | Documentaries | ||||||
| 01:00 | |||||||
| 02:00 | Not Online | Entertainment | Not Online | Educational | Not Online | Entertainment | |
| 03:00 | |||||||
| 04:00 | Educational | Entertainment | Educational | Not Online | |||
| 05:00 | Morning News | ||||||
| 06:00 | Not Online | Entertainment | Documentaries | Educational | Not Online | ||
| 07:00 | |||||||
| 08:00 | Educational | Educational | Documentaries | Entertainment | |||
| 09:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 10:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 11:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 12:00 | |||||||
| 12:15 | Lunch News | ||||||
| 13:00 | Entertainment | ||||||
| 14:00 | |||||||
| 15:00 | Entertainment | ||||||
| 16:00 | |||||||
| 17:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 18:00 | |||||||
| 19:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 20:00 | Evening (Main) News | ||||||
| 20:15 | |||||||
| 21:00 | Not Online | ||||||
| 22:00 | |||||||
| 22:15 | Night News | ||||||
| 23:00 | Not Online | ||||||
NDR Kids
Nationalfernsehn
Regional Stations
Pommern TV
Hamburg 1
FrieslandTV
DithmarschenTV
Other stations
Multiple very small regional stations, that operate in a radius of 50km or less, also exist and are officially managed by the NDR. De facto however, the NDR is concerned little with how these stations operate, and they revive little funding. Such very regional stations usually only serve a single city, town, or district (Landkreis) in order to provide local news, local political updates, local events, and rarely documentaries about local curiosities or traditions.