DW-TV

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DW (English)

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9 (1080i, HDTV native; converted to other local television formats outside Germany at provider level)
Ownership
Owner	Deutsche Welle
History
Launched	August 1988; 36 years ago (1988-08) (as RIAS-TV) 1 April 1992 (1992-04-01) (as DW-TV) 6 February 2012 (2012-02-06) (as DW (Europe)) 22 June 2015 (2015-06-22) (as DW, merge with Asia & Oceania feed)
Closed	1990 (1990) (RIAS-TV), 5 February 2012 (2012-02-05) (as DW-TV),
Links
Webcast	Watch live (English)
Website	DW
Availability
Terrestrial
Oqaab (Afghanistan)	Channel 17
Digital terrestrial television (United States)	Channel 12.3 (Denver) Channel 15.2 (Rochester) Channel 15.3 (Orlando) Channel 24.2 (Quad Cities) Channel 31.2 (Fresno) Channel 60.4 (San Francisco)
Zuku TV (Kenya)	Channel 511 (Zuku Satellite) Channel 562 (Zuku Fiber)

DW (Deutsch)

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Asia Oceania Europe Middle East Africa North America Latin America South Asia
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Deutsche Welle
History
Launched	March 2009 (2009-03) (as DW-TV Asia+) 6 February 2012 (2012-02-06) (as DW) 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) (as DW, merge with Europe feed)
Closed	31 December 2023 (2023-12-31)
Links
Website	DW (Deutsch)

DW (Arabia)

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Middle East North Africa Europe
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic German (as DW Arabia 2)
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Deutsche Welle
Links
Webcast	Watch live
Website	DW (Arabia)

DW (Español)

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Latin America North America
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Ownership
Owner	Deutsche Welle
Links
Webcast	Watch live
Website	DW (Español)

DW-TV (German pronunciation: [ˈdeːveːteːˈfaʊ̯]) is a German multilingual TV news network of Deutsche Welle. Focussing on news and informational programming, it first started broadcasting 1 April 1992. DW broadcasts on satellite and is uplinked from Berlin. DW's English broadcast service is aimed at an international audience.