Night loop

A television program format that is primarily used to buffer special broadcasts is referred to as a night loop - also known as a night loop . Night loops have no special content, but rather sequences that are repeated every minute, hour, day or day of the week. Usually night loops are broadcast at night.

History of origin

With the introduction of commercial television began the TV stations, such as RTL Two and VOX , the first order of at night to broadcast animated video sequences and previously by Sendeschluss radiated test image to replace.

There are now also night loops that have achieved cult status , such as B. Bernd the bread . Some night loops can also be bought on CD , DVD or Blu-ray Disc .

Today's meaning

Night loops are mostly used to buffer program changes and postponements for the following program day. This means that the entries in the program guide, EPG and Teletext match the station's program times again.

Well-known night loops

Well-known night loops on German television are for example:

• 3sat - Alpine panorama ( webcams with current weather and tourist information )
• ARD-alpha - Space Night , alpha-Centauri (runs daily from 1:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.)
• BR television - Space Night
• The first - pictures of Germany
• The Fourth - Hot Girls , Secret Fruits (formerly; discontinued station)
• Sport1 - Sport Clips (runs daily from 0:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.)
• Deluxe Music - iPlanet (discontinued broadcast)
• KIKA - KiKA night loop (part of the Bernd das Brot series; runs daily from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.)
• MTV - Night Videos
• NDR television - my north
• ORB TV - ORB Aquarium (discontinued channel)
• rbb television - Potsdam at night
• Hello TV - Vogelfrei (partly in 3D ), imagery - spectacular recordings from all over the world
• Super RTL - open fire within the night loop of Commercials ; Fun Night (both replaced by infomercials)
• ZDF - Global Vision ; Germany from above

See also

• The most beautiful railway lines in Germany - a non-loop-like program broadcast until 2013 that had a function similar to a night loop.
• Infomercial - A popular program format that has largely supplanted the night loop.

Web links

• Space Night in the BR media library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Channel - program overview | programm.ARD.de. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .