Tele 5 is a German

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that broadcasts classic American films, series, cartoons and Japanese anime. On 3 July 2020, Discovery, Inc. agreed to acquire the channel from

Leonine Holding Leonine Holding GmbH, LLC, formerly Tele München Group, LLC (German: Tele München Gruppe; TMG), is a media company based in Munich. The activities of Leonine include trade in licenses, investments in television and radio stations and distributio ...

, completing the purchase on 1 September 2020. It then became part of the Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery International on April 8, 2021, when Discovery, Inc. merged with

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. Now under the latter's management, it would be merged into Warner Bros. Discovery's existing cable unit with corresponding job losses due to redundancies.

History

Tele 5 replaced

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's second music television channel, '' Musicbox'', which existed from 1984 to 1988. Prior to 1987,

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bought part of ''Musicbox'' and rebranded it as Tele5 on 11 January 1988. Its programming was produced in the same building as '' Musicbox'', a music video show named ''Musicbox'' remained part of Tele5's regular schedule, and several ''Musicbox'' show hosts transferred to Tele5. From 1988 to 1992, Tele5 was part of Berlusconi's Europe-wide network of sister channels, all with the number 5 in their names and a stylized flower in their logo, which included Canale 5 in Italy,

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in Spain (originally also styled as Tele5), and La Cinq in France (which was later replaced by France 5). Tele5 timeshared with

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(then RTLplus) on terrestrial television from 8:00am or 9:00am to 5:00pm and at night. During the channel's four-year lifespan, its children's programming in particular increasingly took market share from Leo Kirch's German television networks, which prompted Kirch to buy the channel in 1992 and rebrand it DSF (Deutsches Sportfernsehen, ''German Sport Television'') on 1 January 1993.

Bim Bam Bino

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'', '' Bobobobs'', '' The Raccoons'', '' Filmation Ghostbusters'', ''

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'', '' The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'', ''

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'', '' The Smurfs'', '' Fantastic Max'', '' Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'', ''

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'', '' Queen Millennia'', '' Captain Future'', or ''

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''. At the time, most other channels had a few weekly or daily series for children. Some channels had "double features". "Bim Bam Bino"T was the first big all-week program block for children and teens on German television. Initially broadcast in the morning hours, the show soon grew to encompass afternoons and eventually even early evenings. At the time the channel went off air, "Bim Bam Bino" made up the biggest part of Tele 5's schedule and ran from about 9am to 6 or 7pm.

Legacy shows

Some shows which had their German premiere on Tele5's first incarnation went on to find a new home. ''Bim Bam Bino'' was taken up by kabel eins, while the original ''Bim Bam Bino'' crew went on to produce a similar children's programming puppet announcer show ''Vampy'' on

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. Many cartoon shows previously broadcast on Tele5 as part of ''Bim Bam Bino'' initially reappeared on the ''kabel 1'' version of ''Bim Bam Bino'' and on RTL II's ''Vampy''. ''Bitte lächeln'' (a format based upon ''

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'') was the only Tele5 show that was briefly taken up by its successor DSF before moving on to RTL II, and later ran under the new title ''Schwupps - Die Pannenshow'' on Tm3, and which was hosted by Mike Carl for its entire run across all three channels. By the time ''Bitte lächeln'' aka ''Schwupps'' had moved to Tm3, a few of the cartoon shows originally on Tele5 were also taken up by Tm3 for its morning slots. The most successful survivor of the old Tele5 was the game show '' Ruck Zuck'' (based on '' Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak''), which remained in production for over a decade on various channels after the closure of the old Tele5, appearing on RTL II, tm3, and even the new Tele 5 (see below).

Relaunch

In April 2002, Tele München Gruppe relaunched the channel, now centred on movies and TV series. Tele 5's second incarnation originally started with Jochen Kröhne as CEO, who had been program director of ''Musicbox'' (1984-1988) as well as of Tele5's original incarnation (1988-1992). Kröhne left the new Tele 5 in 2005 and was replaced as CEO by Kai Blasberg. Jochen Bendel, a host on the original Tele5, appeared on the channel from the beginning, including by hosting new editions of the game show ''Ruck Zuck'', until he left the network in 2005.

Logos

File:Tele 5 Logo 1992.svg, Third logo, summer 1992 File:Tele5.svg, 2005-2010 File:Tele 5.svg, Alternate 2005-2010 File:Tele 5 2010 Logo Rot.svg, Logo from 2010 until 2013 File:Tele 5 HD.svg, HD logo until 2017 File:Tele 5 Senderkennung.svg, The 5 monogram File:TELE 5 Logo.svg, Logo 2017-2019 File:Tele 5 HD Logo 2017.svg, HD logo, 2017-2019 File:Tele 5 Logo 2019.svg, Logo 2019–2021 File:Tele 5 Logo 2021.svg, Logo 2021–present File:Tele 5 HD Logo 2021.svg, HD logo, 2021–present

Programming

The channel offers various types of programming.

Shows

* '' Kalkofes Mattscheibe Rekalked'' (2012–present) * '' Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten'' (2013–present) * '' Der Klügere kippt nach'' – talk show, with

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and Hella von Sinnen * ''Frau Dingens will zum Fernsehen'' * ''Playlist – Sound of my Life'' * ''Höggschde Konzentration'' – with

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* '' Ruck Zuck'' (2004–2005) * ''Nachtfalke'' (2003–2005) – late night show * '' Who wants to fuck my girlfriend?'' – game show/satire, with

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* ''Vor Tele 5'' (newscasts)

Series

* '' 21 Jump Street'' ''(21 Jump Street - Tatort Klassenzimmer)'' (2002-2005) * '' Akte X'' (The X-Files) (2010-2012) * '' Andromeda'' (2006-2013) * ''

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'' (2010-2015) * '' Battlestar Galactica'' (2013–present) * '' Blood Ties'' ''(Blood Ties - Biss aufs Blut)'' (2017–present) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2014-2015) * ''

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'' (2017–present) * ''

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'' (2014-2015) * '' Earth: Final Conflict'' (2007-2011) * '' Eine himmlische Familie'' ''(7th Heaven)'' (2012) * '' Extralarge'' ''(Zwei Supertypen in Miami)'' (2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2013-2014, 2017) * ''

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'' (2016-2017) * '' Lucha Underground'' (2017–2019) * '' Schönheit hat ihren Preis'' ''(Nip/Tuck)'' (2009-2010) * '' NTSF:SD:SUV::'' (2015-2016) * ''

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'' (2006-2010) * ''

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'' ''(Heißer Verdacht)'' (2007-2008, 2010-2011) * '' Sharknado'' (2014–present) * ''

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'' (2010-2013) * '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' (2013-2015) * ''

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'' (2012–present) * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (2011–present) * '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' (2016–present) * '' Star Trek: Voyager'' (2012–present) * '' Stargate Atlantis'' (2011-2012, 2014, 2016–present) * ''

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'' (2005-2017) * ''

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'' (2014-2015, 2017) * ''

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'' ''(Reich und Schön)'' (1988-1990, 2002, 2012-2016) * '' The Love Boat'' ''(Love Boat)'' (1992) * ''

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'' (2009-2012) * '' Xena'' (2013-2016)

Anime

* ''

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'' (Mila Superstar) * ''

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'' * '' Captain Tsubasa'' (Die tollen Superstars) * '' Crush Gear Turbo'' * ''

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'' (2005, 2011, 2017) * ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

'' * ''

Guilty Crown is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an abilit ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime series animated by Gallop (studio), Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the Yu-G ...

Austrian feed

An Austrian feed of Tele5 started broadcasting on 1 May 2012. It simulcasts the German channel's programming with the addition of local advertisements. It also includes promotion of Austrian channel

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HD feed

Since 19 October 2011 Tele 5 broadcasts in HD on HD+, a satellite television platform owned by SES-Astra. Like most channels in Europe broadcasting in HD, its SD feed is a downscaled version of its main high-definition programming.Digitalfernsehen.de: Tele 5 HD als zwölfter Sender der HD-Plus-Plattform auf Sendung , Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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and Telekom Entertain.

References

External links

Official Site

Tele 5 Chronic

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