WDR Fernsehen

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WDR Fernsehen

Logo used since 2016
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	North Rhine-Westphalia, also distributed nationally
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Picture format	1080p HDTV (downscaled to 720p HDTV and 16:9 576i for the DTT and SDTV feeds, respectively)
Ownership
Owner	Westdeutscher Rundfunk
History
Launched	17 December 1965; 58 years ago (1965-12-17)
Former names	Westdeutsches Fernsehen (1965–1988) West 3 (1988–1994)
Links
Website	http://www.wdr.de/tv/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	North Rhine-Westphalia: Channel 3
Streaming media
WDR.de	Watch live
Ziggo GO (Netherlands)	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)
Horizon	Horizon.tv (Switzerland only)

WDR Fernsehen is a German free-to-air television network owned and operated by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and serving North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the seven regional "third programmes" television stations that are offered within the federal ARD network.