Hope TV
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| TV station ( private law ) | |
| Program type | Specialized program (religion) |
| reception | Satellite (ASTRA), cable , IPTV , DVB-T , Smart TV and as an app on smartphones and tablets |
| Image resolution | ( Entry missing ) |
| Start of transmission | March 12, 2009 (as "Hope Channel TV") |
| owner | Voice of hope e. V., media center of the Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| executive Director | Klaus Popa |
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Hope TV is the television station of the Protestant Free Church of the Seventh-day Adventists , which is operated by their media center " Voice of Hope " in Alsbach-Hähnlein ( Darmstadt-Dieburg district ). The station belongs to the international Hope Channel family of stations, which was founded in the USA in 2003 and now consists of 45 regional language stations.
program
The 24-hour program consists primarily of church services , talk programs , lectures, films, children's programs , reports , music and meditative programs. Thematically, the spectrum ranges from biblical to practical theology , from health to family and education . According to the station's own statement, the aim of the station is to convey hope and meaning in life, to provide help with relevant topics, and to encourage people to study the Bible and the Christian faith in an understandable and contemporary way .
The station represents Christian values in general and is shaped by the theology of the Seventh-day Adventists. For example, the Sabbath is represented as a biblical day of rest. There are also a number of programs on biblical prophecy . The station's motto “Interested in life” is intended to communicate openness and orientation towards Christian teaching.
A large part of the program consists of in-house productions, which are mainly produced in the in-house television studios. In addition, there are translated programs from the broadcasting family as well as third-party productions.
history
The international broadcasting family Hope Channel was founded in October 2003 in the USA by the Seventh-day Adventist Church . In 2004 the European channel "Hope Channel Europe" went on air via Eutelsat . From October 2004, one hour of German-language programming was broadcast per week via this channel, which by 2008 expanded to eleven hours per week. In March 2007, the company's own television studios were inaugurated in the media center in Alsbach-Hähnlein. In the same year, rheinmaintv and KabelBW broadcast their first programs on the Hope Channel. In January 2009, the media center received the license for its own 24-hour channel from the Hessian State Authority for Private Broadcasting and New Media, which was launched on the Astra satellite in March under the name “Hope Channel deutsch” and has been around since then the watch sends.
In 2018 the brand "Hope Media" was introduced as the name for all offers of the media center Voice of Hope eV. For the 10th anniversary in 2019, the name of the television station was changed to "HopeTV".
reception
The HDTV program can be received digitally via the Astra 19.2 ° East satellite on the frequency 11.244 GHz in horizontal polarization (symbol rate: 22,000; FEC: 5/6). The current program is available as a live stream on the homepage . In addition, the program is fed in by several cable network operators.
In addition, there is the possibility of reception via DVB-T in the Vienna area and the surrounding area (MUX-C of the Kahlenberg station ). as well as via Smart TV and as an app on smartphones and tablets ( iOS + Android ).
Station logo
First station logo under Hope Channel.
Second station logo until September 22, 2019.
Channel logo for the 10th anniversary since September 22, 2019.
Sender's logo website.
service
A program booklet is published every month, which the broadcaster offers free of charge as a print or download version. In addition, viewers can access many programs in the media library at any time; CD and DVD productions as well as scripts for individual programs are still available. Another service for interested viewers of the Hope Channel are free correspondence courses on faith, which are also offered via the media center.
financing
The private broadcaster is financed primarily through donations from viewers, but also through advertising on television and program brochures and through financial means from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Web links
- The official homepage of the station
- Carrier of the transmitter adventisten.de
Individual evidence
- ^ APD Switzerland , March 26, 2009.
- ↑ Hope Channel and Motor Vision TV approved. digitalfernsehen.de, January 13, 2009.
- ↑ Hope Channel becomes Hope TV , christliches-fernsehen.info, accessed on September 28, 2019.
- ↑ medienhb.de , June 1, 2015.
- ↑ Reception (website of the operator).
- ↑ KommAustria: Notice regarding changes to the program bouquet. Notification - Approvals, GZ: KOA 4.231 / 15-010. In: rtr.at. September 29, 2015, accessed October 2, 2015 .