Broadcasting year 1990
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Other events
General
- The Arpanet will be decommissioned. This means that the Internet has lost its original military purpose and is now also available outside of university and military facilities.
- January 1st - ARD / ZDF teletext goes live
- June 25th - Apple introduces its QuickTime Player for multimedia applications.
- July 13th - In Vienna, the ORF board of trustees elects Gerd Bacher as general manager of the ORF. Bacher succeeds Thaddäus Podgorski .
- August 10th - Austria is connected to the worldwide Internet for the first time by means of a dedicated line between the University of Vienna and the international research center CERN .
- August 22nd - The TV Spielfilm program magazine published by Burda appears for the first time.
- October 2nd - Conclusion of contract for the establishment of the Franco-German cultural channel ARTE
- October 3rd - German reunification
- December 15 - DFF 1 stops broadcasting its program, the previous frequencies are kept by ARD and broadcast by Erste Deutsche Fernsehen . Only within the framework of the weekday regional programs does the DFF continue to broadcast its own program window on these frequencies from 5:25 pm to 7:57 pm. From now on, the DFF country chain broadcasts over the frequencies of DFF 2 , in which program content from the previous DFF 1 and DFF 2 has been combined.
Radio
- February - The Hessischer Rundfunk starts its own computer magazine with Chippie in its 2nd program .
- March 31 - Radio CD International starts broadcasting . As a private radio station, the station broadcasts its programs from Bratislava to Austria, where, due to the statutory monopoly of ORF, private broadcasting is the only radio provider that is prohibited.
- April - The information broadcaster Radio DDR I is renamed Radio Aktuell .
- April - hr3 stops its weekly morning report on the current livestock in the slaughterhouses in Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt. As a service for meat buyers and butchers in the surrounding area, the “cattle drive figures” have been an integral part of the program for many years.
- April 1 - The GDR youth broadcaster DT64 starts its 24-hour operation.
- April 30th - The fourth radio program of the SFB is converted into the youth channel Radio 4U .
- May - Radio DDR II and Voice of the GDR , the former propaganda station of the radio station of the GDR , are combined in the new DS Kultur station .
- May 21st - Antenne Niedersachsen , today Hit-Radio Antenne , goes on air for the first time.
- August 22 - Echo Moskvy , the first non-state radio broadcaster in the Soviet Union, launched .
- October 2nd - Radio Berlin International discontinues its program.
watch TV
The American youth series Beverly Hills, 90210 has the exclusive California celebrity residence as a name and backdrop
- January 1st - UK broadcaster ITV airs the first episode of Mr. Bean .
- January 2nd - The Brazilian telenovela The Right to Love can be seen for the first time in German broadcasting on the First German Television .
- January 9 - In the ZDF is the English series in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes to see.
- January 13 - In the ZDF is the 20-piece American series The man from another planet to see the first time.
- January 16 - In the ZDF , the German holiday series Hotel Paradies to see only 27 episodes.
- January 18 - Pro7 shows Roseanne .
- January 21st - The erotic game show Tutti Frutti can be seen for the first time in the evening program on RTLplus .
- January 21st - MTV Unplugged series premieres . Squeeze are the first to appear .
- January 26th - The US comedy series Golden Girls is broadcast for the first time on the First German Television .
- February 28th - The US nostalgia series Wonderful Years premieres on RTLplus .
- March 4th - The television of the GDR (DDR-FS) is renamed in Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF). (The name had been in use until February 1972.)
- March 5 - Premiere acquired a license for a cultural information and entertainment program.
- March 7th - The First German Television shows Like Dog and Cat for all viewers .
- March 11th - The Millionaire Heir goes on air for the first time on ZDF .
- March 12th - The show Sterntaler can be seen on RTLplus .
- March 13th - Minty and the moon clock will be launched for the first time on ZDF for children .
- March 21st - RTLplus shows The Model and the Sniffer for the first time .
- March 26th - The first German television broadcasts Boing for children .
- March 28th - ZDF takes over Der Nachtfalke for the first time .
- April 2nd - Pro7 shows Murphy Brown for the first time .
- April 5 - TV in the GDR joins ZDF , SRG SSR and ORF as a temporary fourth channel in the 3sat cultural program .
- April 22nd - The US cartoon series Die Feuerstein Kids is shown for the first time on RTLplus .
- May 23 - The second channel of Romanian television TVR 2 goes back on the air after a five-year break.
- May 26 - FOX will broadcast the final episode of the Tracey Ullman Show television show .
- May 26 - In the ZDF is the English series Beloved Country first seen.
- June 18 - The US series My dear John can be seen for the first time on ZDF .
- June 24th - The 26-part adventure series from China The Dream of the Red Chamber can be seen for the first time on First German Television .
- July 2nd - Start of the 14-part miniseries at Pro7 , Doc Elliot .
- July 7th - The English fairy tale series fairy tales from all over the world can be seen on RTLplus .
- July 15 - In the First German Television is Alles Paletti to see the German premiere.
- July 21 - The US animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can be seen for the first time on RTLplus .
- July 28th - The US cartoon series COPS can be seen for the first time on RTLplus .
- August 18 - The US animated series Scooby Doo, where are you? will be shown for the first time on RTLplus .
- August 31st - The First German Television shows the first episode of the series Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu on German-speaking television.
- September 1 - The adventure series In the Land of the Saurians starts on RTLplus .
- September 3rd - RTLplus shows viewers the game show Riskant! .
- September 6 - The ZDF is the Jörg Knör show first seen on television.
- September 9th - The home video broadcast Please smile is shown for the first time on Tele 5 .
- September 15th - TV4 , Sweden's largest private television broadcaster, is launched .
- September 20 - ZDF takes over Unter one Roof for the first time .
- Sept. 23 - The US non-commercial television chain PBS shows the first of nine episodes that of Ken Burns produced and designed documentary series The Civil War through the Civil War . The series has received numerous awards, including the Emmy, and can also be seen on German television in 1992.
- September 25th - How good that Maria exists is broadcast for the first time by ZDF .
- October 4th - The youth series Beverly Hills, 90210 premieres on FOX .
- October 6th - Pro7 shows Peyton Place for the first time .
- October 7th - First German television shows private detective Harry McGraw for the first time to all viewers .
- October 13 - In the ZDF for the first time Alfred J. Kwak to see.
- October 15th - The game show City, Country, River can be seen at Tele 5 .
- October 20 - Tele 5 shows Yellowthread Street for the first time .
- October 22nd - The US crime series 21 Jump Street will be shown to all viewers for the first time on RTLplus .
- November 10th - The five-minute kneading series Pingu celebrates its premiere on ZDF .
- November 28th - Booker can be seen for the first time on Sat.1 .
- December 1 - The US cartoon series The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man and his extraordinary friends start on RTLplus .
- December - The US branch of the music channel MTV boycotted the music video for Madonna's Justify my Love because of the explicit depictions of sexual practices such as sadomasochism it contained .
- December 16 - West 3 broadcasts the first episode of the Schmidt einer comedy series .
- December 31st - The Spanish-German-Italian-French feature film for children The Devil and His Two Daughters can be seen for the first time on ZDF .
Born
- January 30th - Jake Thomas , American actor ( Matthew McGuire in the television series Lizzie McGuire ) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee .
- May 1 - Caitlin Stasey , Australian ( Neighbors ) actress is born in Melbourne , Australia.
- October 31 - Liv Lisa Fries , German actress, is born in Berlin .
- November 21st - Nikolai Gemel , Austrian actor (in the middle of the 8th , Tschuschen: power ) is born in Vienna .
Died
- January 22nd - Gerhard Klarner , ZDF news anchor, dies at the age of 62 in Wiesbaden .
- February 1st - Roman Brodmann , Swiss documentary filmmaker dies at the age of 69 in Basel .
- February 13 - Heinz Haber , German physicist, writer and TV presenter dies in Hamburg at the age of 76 . Haber contributed through numerous television programs ( What is man looking for in space ) and book series ( What is what ) since the 1950s to the popular science dissemination of knowledge of astrophysics , space travel and nuclear energy .
- April 12th - Luis Trenker , Italian-Austrian mountaineer, author and film director, dies at the age of 97 in Bozen . Trenker became known to the German-speaking television audience through the series Luis Trenker told , which was broadcast from 1959 to 1973 .
- May 5 - Walter Bruch , German television pioneer, dies in Hanover at the age of 82 .
- May 16 - Jim Henson , American director and television producer, dies in New York City at the age of 53 . Henson was best known as the creator of the Muppets .
- June 21 - Lucy Millowitsch , German actress and director of the Millowitsch Theater dies at the age of 84 in Cologne . She became known nationwide primarily for the numerous television broadcasts from her theater.
- July 14th - Walter Sedlmayr , German folk actor ( Franz Josef Schöninger in the entertainment series Police Inspection 1 ) dies at the age of 64 in Munich .
- July 15 - Norbert Pawlicki , Austrian pianist and composer dies in Vienna at the age of 67 . Pawlicki played the music program of the Sunday morning matinee for decades. What's new? live on.
- September 7th - Alan JP Taylor , British historian, dies in London at the age of 84 . As an active pacifist, Taylor vigorously opposed British participation in the Korean War in his own radio broadcasts and was one of the first television historians in Great Britain to be trusted by a wide audience from the 1950s onwards. He was last seen in 1985 in the series How Wars End .
- November 18 - Wolfgang Büttner , German actor, radio play and voice actor dies at the age of 78 in Gauting - Stockdorf near Munich.
- November 24th - Helga Feddersen , German folk actress ( Ein Herz und ein Seele ), screenwriter ( Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 ) and comedian, dies at the age of 60 on Föhr .
- November 24th - Arnold Marquis , German voice actor, dies in Berlin at the age of 69 .
See also
Web links
- Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation In: Saarland University
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016 ; accessed on March 13, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday : TV Chronicle 1980–1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20 years of Internet in Austria , Heise online , accessed on August 11, 2010.
- ^ "Cattle buoyancy figures" on the RundfunkWiki, queried on October 8, 2009.
- ^ “Luis Trenker tells” , Fernsehserien.de , accessed on February 13, 2009.