Sportschau
Sportschau is a German sports magazine on broadcaster ARD, produced by WDR in Cologne. The magazine started in 1961.[1] In its Saturday edition, the Sportschau shows a summary of the Bundesliga, whereas the Sunday edition reports on the latest events from various sports. Sportschau is aired on Das Erste and the regional stations.
| Sportschau | |
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| Genre | Sports magazine |
| Theme music composer | Werner Müller |
| Opening theme | Topsy |
| Country of origin | West Germany (1961-1990) Germany (1990-present) |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Producer | WDR |
| Production location | Cologne |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Release | |
| Original network | Das Erste (Das Erste) |
| Original release | 4 June 1961 – present |
Since 2008, Sportschau begins at 6pm. As there is a contractual agreement that the Bundesliga may only be shown from 18:30, the program reports about the second and third leagues in the first half-hour.
Since January 2011, the free Sportschau-App is obtainable for iOS and Android, whereby sport news and a live ticker are available for mobile devices.
Special broadcast
The ARD and the second public TV broadcaster ZDF show football matches of the Germany national team, DFB-Pokal as well as the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, the DTM, wintersports and the Olympic Games in a special edition called Sportschau live.