3sat

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3sat

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Network	ZDF, ORF, SRG SSR, ARD
Headquarters	Mainz, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	720p HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
History
Launched	1 December 1984; 39 years ago (1984-12-01)
Replaced	ZDF 2
Links
Website	www.3sat.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel slots vary within location
Digital terrestrial television (Austria)	Channel slots vary within location
Streaming media
3sat.de	Watch live (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria only)

3sat (German pronunciation: [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌzat], Dreisat) is a free-to-air German-language public service television channel. It is a generalist channel with a cultural focus^[1] and is jointly operated by public broadcasters from Germany (ZDF, ARD), Austria (ORF) and Switzerland (SRG SSR). The coordinating broadcaster is ZDF, at whose Mainz facility the broadcasting centre with studios for in-house productions is located.