Das Erste

Das Erste
	Logo used since 2014
Country	Germany
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080p HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	ARD
Sister channels	One; Tagesschau24; ARD-alpha
History
Launched	25 December 1952
Former names	NWDR-Fernsehen (1952–1954); Deutsches Fernsehen (1954–1984); Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (1984–1996)
Links
Website	www.daserste.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel slots vary on each city
Streaming media
DasErste.de	Watch live (Germany only)
Ziggo GO (Netherlands)	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)
Horizon	Horizon.tv (Switzerland only)
Canaldigitaal Live App	Live

Das Erste (German: [das ˈʔeːɐ̯stə]; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. Das Erste is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are members of the ARD.^[1]

The channel was officially launched on Christmas Day, 25 December 1952 as NWDR-Fernsehen and renamed to Deutsches Fernsehen in 1954.^[2] Since 1996, the official brand is Das Erste; the full name Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (First German Television) is still used before every major news edition. In colloquial speech, the station is usually called Erstes Programm ("First Channel"), or by its metonym, ARD.

^ "About us. ARD" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
^ "ARD-Pressemitteilung: 50 Jahre Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen - Symposium und Sondersendungen zum ARD-Jubiläum". presseportal.de. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 2016-06-12.

[ARD_2011-1] "About us. ARD" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[2] "ARD-Pressemitteilung: 50 Jahre Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen - Symposium und Sondersendungen zum ARD-Jubiläum". presseportal.de. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 2016-06-12.

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