ZDFkultur

ZDFkultur

Logo used from 2011 to 2016
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany
Headquarters	Mainz-Lerchenberg, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	720p HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	ZDF
Sister channels	ZDF ZDFneo ZDFinfo
History
Launched	7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
Replaced	ZDFtheaterkanal
Closed	30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Links
Website	kultur.zdf.de
Availability
Streaming media
ZDF.de	Watch live

ZDFkultur (stylized as zdf.kultur) was a German free-to-air television channel owned by ZDF. It was launched on 7 May 2011, replacing ZDF theaterkanal. It mainly broadcast music shows, such as Later... with Jools Holland, pop concerts and series from the ZDF archive, but also movies and theatre plays. On 1 May 2012, a high-definition simulcast was launched on satellite. On 22 February 2013, ZDF director Thomas Bellut announced that ZDFkultur would close in the near future, due to cost-saving measures at ZDF. The channel council agreed Bellut's proposal on 8 March 2013. The programming after the closure announcement consisting mostly of old ZDF archive content from the 1970s and 80s, with an annual budget of around €2 million. The channel was finally closed down on 30 September 2016.

Audience share

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%
2012	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2014	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
2015	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
2016	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	-	-	-

External links

• Official website (in German)