Köln.tv

Köln.tv was a private regional television channel serving the Cologne-Bonn-Leverkusen area in Germany. It began regular broadcasting on 5 January 2015 at 18:00, offering a full-service programme focused on news and stories from the Cologne region. The channel was owned by the Cologne media group M. DuMont Schauberg, which had acquired the shares of its predecessor, center.tv Köln, in April 2012. The studio was integrated into the newsroom of DuMont's headquarters at Amsterdamer Straße 192 in Cologne-Niehl, allowing close cooperation with the editorial teams of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Express newspapers. Johannes Müller served as managing director, and Brian Schneider was the editorial head. The programme initially consisted of several formats, usually produced live and then repeated in a loop: Köln.tv NEWS (on the hour and half-hour), Köln.tv DAS MAGAZIN (hourly at minute 15), Köln.tv DER TALK (hourly at minute 45), Köln.tv DIE REPORTAGE (first broadcast Sundays at 20:00), and #kaffeeklash, an interactive youth magazine airing weekdays at 17:30. After a restructuring of the schedule in autumn 2015, the one-hour show Köln.tv – der Tag was produced live from 18:00 and then repeated until the end of the broadcast day. Köln.tv reached 2.7 million households and was available via cable television, the internet, and Telekom's Entertain package. Although the programme could be received digitally via cable, no EPG programme information was transmitted over DVB-C. The goal was primarily to grow reach in digital channels. Despite its proximity to the print media, Köln.tv was intended to develop its programming independently as a separate unit. In February 2016, it was announced that broadcasting would cease on 31 March 2016 due to a lack of economic prospects.

Köln.tv was a private regional television channel for the Cologne-Bonn-Leverkusen area in Germany. Its predecessor, center.tv Köln, was founded in October 2005 by Andre Zalbertus and ceased broadcasting on 31 December 2014. In April 2012, the Cologne media group M. DuMont Schauberg, primarily a print media company, acquired the shares of the channel and moved the studio into the newsroom of its headquarters at Amsterdamer Straße 192 in Cologne-Niehl, benefiting from short distances to colleagues at the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Express. DuMont already held a majority stake in the private radio station Radio Köln. Johannes Müller served as managing director, and Brian Schneider was the editorial head. Köln.tv began regular broadcasting on 5 January 2015 at 18:00. The programme initially consisted of several formats, usually produced live and then repeated in a loop: Köln.tv NEWS (on the hour and half-hour), Köln.tv DAS MAGAZIN (hourly at minute 15), Köln.tv DER TALK (hourly at minute 45), Köln.tv DIE REPORTAGE (first broadcast Sundays at 20:00), and #kaffeeklash, an interactive youth magazine airing weekdays at 17:30. After a restructuring of the schedule in autumn 2015, the one-hour show Köln.tv – der Tag was produced live from 18:00 and then repeated until the end of the broadcast day. The channel reached 2.7 million households and was available via cable television, the internet, and Telekom's Entertain package. Although the programme could be received digitally via cable, no EPG programme information was transmitted over DVB-C. The goal was primarily to grow reach in digital channels. Despite its proximity to the print media, Köln.tv was intended to develop its programming independently as a separate unit. In February 2016, it was announced that broadcasting would cease on 31 March 2016 due to a lack of economic prospects.

• Predecessor center.tv Köln founded by Andre Zalbertus.

• M. DuMont Schauberg acquires shares of center.tv Köln and moves studio to its Cologne-Niehl headquarters.

• center.tv Köln ceases broadcasting.

• Köln.tv begins regular broadcasting at 18:00.

• Programme schedule restructured; Köln.tv – der Tag becomes the main live show.

• Announcement that broadcasting will cease on 31 March 2016 due to lack of economic prospects.

• Köln.tv ceases broadcasting.

Regional full-service television for the Cologne-Bonn-Leverkusen area, integrated with local print media but editorially independent.

• Köln.tv NEWS

  News programme aired on the hour and half-hour.

• Köln.tv DAS MAGAZIN

  Magazine programme aired hourly at minute 15.

• Köln.tv DER TALK

  Talk show aired hourly at minute 45.

• Köln.tv DIE REPORTAGE

  Documentary format first broadcast Sundays at 20:00.

• #kaffeeklash

  Interactive youth magazine aired weekdays at 17:30.

• Köln.tv – der Tag

  One-hour live show produced from 18:00 and repeated thereafter.

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