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RBB Berlin (formerly B1 and SFB1) was the ''third television channel'' for
After the ''B1 startet am 16. April analogen Testbetrieb auf Astra''.
SatelliFax, 12. April 2001 One reason for the renaming was that many
Berlin
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, Germany
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from October 1992 until March 2004. Until May 2003 it was owned by Sender Freies Berlin
Sender Freies Berlin (; abbreviated SFB ; ) was the ARD public radio and television service for Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 30 April 2003. On 1 January 1992, SFB became the public broadcaster for the whole of reunited Berlin. However, SFB had ...
(SFB), then by its successor, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
(; "Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to RBB (; stylized as rbb), is an institution under public law (national broadcaster) for the Germany, German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam. RBB was estab ...
(RBB), under the provisional name ''RBB Berlin''. On 1 March 2004, the two previous regional television channels ''RBB Berlin'' and ''RBB Brandenburg'' were replaced by the new rbb Fernsehen.
History
In 1965Norddeutscher Rundfunk
(; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (), is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, ...
(NDR), Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen (), shortened to RB () is Germany's smallest Public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster and the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (which includes Bremerha ...
(RB) and Sender Freies Berlin
Sender Freies Berlin (; abbreviated SFB ; ) was the ARD public radio and television service for Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 30 April 2003. On 1 January 1992, SFB became the public broadcaster for the whole of reunited Berlin. However, SFB had ...
(SFB) founded a joint third television programme, the ''Nordkette'' (later: Nord 3, N3 and today: NDR Fernsehen
NDR Fernsehen is a German free-to-air regional television channel targeting northern Germany, specifically the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hamburg and Bremen.
It is broadcast by both Norddeutscher Rundfun ...
). NDR was in charge of the ''Nordkette''. The SFB remained involved in the ''Nordkette'' until 1992.
After the German reunification
German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...
, which also reunited both parts of Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
, the SFB decided to launch its own regional television channel with a vision to create private regional programmes for Berlin in the near future. This program was called ''B1'' (which stood for ''Berlin 1'') and replaced the Berlin version of N3.
On 21 April 2001, the programme was renamed ''SFB1'' at the same time as being broadcast on an analogue Astra satellite
Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), launched in December 1988. During its early days, it was often referred to as the Astra Satellite, as SES only operated one satellite origi ...
channel (daily from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.).SatelliFax, 12. April 2001 One reason for the renaming was that many
inhabitants
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of Berlin
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had not associated the abbreviation ''B1'' with the SFB.
From May 2003 onwards (merger of SFB and ORB to rbb), the programme was broadcast as ''rbb Berlin''. At the end of March 2004, it was broadcast on the new rbb Fernsehen channel together with ''rbb Brandenburg''. Since then, only the evening shows on Berlin's regional programme (Berliner Abendschau
Berliner is most often used to designate a citizen of Berlin, Germany
Berliner may also refer to:
People
* Berliner (surname)
Places
* Berliner Lake, a lake in Minnesota, United States
* Berliner Philharmonie, concert hall in Berlin, Germany
...
) and Brandenburg's regional programme (Brandenburg aktuell
rbb24 Brandenburg aktuell (until 27 March 2022 ''Brandenburg aktuell'') is the television magazine of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) for the state of Brandenburg. The programme is broadcast daily on rbb Fernsehen at 7:30 p.m., while the v ...
) have been broadcast separately every day for 30 minutes from 7.30 p.m. onwards.
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