The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999, by German television channels

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and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the

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, though it is not organized by an academy. The Fernsehpreis is the successor to both the

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(Das Erste and ZDF) and the Goldener Löwe (RTL) awards.

History

The first award took place on 2 October 1999 in

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. Every year another of the participating stations broadcast the ceremony:

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References

External links

Official website
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