Where to watch German tv programmes online?

[Uk_Polyglot]

As the title says...I want to improve my listening comprehension for German: does anyone know where I can watch German tv programmes online via the internet? They don't have to be live, they can be replays. I'm in the UK, so the videos must be viewable in the UK. So I'm looking for German tv shows/tv channels.

Thanks.

[Quetzalcoatl]

http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/livestream/
http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/english/ ... ast=Europa

[neil_k]

I've been wanting to know too. Good links, btw.

[Uk_Polyglot]

Vielen Dank!

[Car]

You could also check out their Mediatheken here. Some of the content might be geoblocked, but most is not, AFAIK. Or just search for the channel names + Mediathek to find them directly.

[kotrcka]

most of the original programming of ZDF is streamed online (news, talkshows, original movies and series) to all countries.

[Uk_Polyglot]

Thanks guys. Btw, what are the main TV channels in Germany? All I've heard of is RTL. I was thinking if you tell me what the main German tv channels are, I can search each one out online as well as the links you've given me. Thanks.

[kotrcka]

ARD and ZDF are nationwide public broadcasters.

http://www.ard.de
http://www.zdf.de

then they have regional public broadcasters like BR, HR, NDR, MDR, SWR (both radio and TV - on a webpage Radio means Radio and Fernsehen means TV). You can find links on the bottom of ARD webpage together with other thematic channels (arte, phoenix, ...)

commercial nationwide broadcasters are Pro7, Sat1, RTL, RTL2, VOX, ...

http://www.prosieben.de
http://www.rtl.de
http://www.sat1.de
http://www.vox.de

and then some news channels like n24 or n-tv

http://www.n24.de
http://www.n-tv.de

[ceid donn]

Listening to TV/radio broadcasts in German can be a bit overwhelming for learners. They speak quickly, use verb tenses learners don't learn until they are more advanced, and use topic-specific vocabulary that a learner may not have ever seen or heard before.

DW-TV has some excellent resources to help learners with listening comprehension:

Top-Thema -- short articles on current topics, with pdfs and podcasts you can download, vocabulary, and comprehension questions

Video-Thema -- like Top-Thema, but with a video you can watch online. You can download the transcript with vocab and questions.

Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten -- daily headlines news, spoken more slowly for learners to follow. You can download the podcasts. Text is online.

Glossar -- a glossary of the more topic-specific words they use in the news broadcasts


And this is one of my favorite German TV shows that I've seen, Zimmer Frei! It s a fun game show where the hosts "interview" a guest--usually someone prominent and well-known in Germany--to be their "roommate." I'm in the US, and I can watch the episodes here, so I would think you can view them in the UK too. There's a lot of conversation about common, every-day stuff plus humorous stuff, so it's great for learners. There's also podcasts of some of the shows.

[aloha22]

Hi all forum members and Germna TV lovers, here is a website that i personaly use to watch live German TV online. This site is free to use (no proxy or software) , all you need is flash player, a good internet connection and a browser like chrome. Enjoy

[Yasna]

http://www.myspass.de/myspass/shows/tvshows/stromberg/

You can watch Stromberg here. It's like a German version of The Office. Very funny.

[Surtalnar]

http://de.euronews.com/ (Videos with subtitled news!)

also http://www.dw.de ...

www.arte.tv

[acryllic]

commercial nationwide broadcasters are Pro7, Sat1, RTL, RTL2, VOX, ...

http://www.prosieben.de
http://www.rtl.de
http://www.sat1.de
http://www.vox.de

Do those broadcasters air German television dramas on their websites? I'm interested in watching a German television series.

What about a German version of English channels like ... NatGeo?