Broadcasting year 2009

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2009: After the Iranian presidential election , there are ongoing mass protests in Iran

General

• January 31 - The American-Iranian BBC journalist Roxana Saberi is arrested in Iran for illicitly buying alcohol. She is later sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage. Under international diplomatic pressure, her sentence was suspended on May 11 and Saberi was allowed to leave Iran.
• March 16 - The trial of Josef Fritzl begins in St. Pölten , Austria . The negotiation is accompanied by great international media interest.
• March 20 - On the occasion of the Iranian New Year celebrations , US President Barack Obama addresses the people of Iran via the Internet with an offer of talks . Most of the speech, which is not distributed by the state television and radio stations or by newspapers published in Iran, reaches its destination largely through Persian-language radio stations broadcasting outside of Iran.
• March 20 - ORF General Director Alexander Wrabetz presents a comprehensive strategy paper on the future of public broadcasting in Austria.
• April 25 - In the 20th awarding of the Austrian Television Award Romy be Monica Bleibtreu , Wolfgang Bock and Robert Palfrader honored.
• June 12th - After the Iranian presidential elections , accusations of electoral fraud are raised, leading to weeks of protests and mass demonstrations , some of them violent, across Iran . With the Iranian regime hindering the work of traditional media and expelling foreign correspondents, the Internet , cell phone cameras and blogs are becoming important sources of information about what is happening inside and outside the country.
• July - Davut Dursun replaces Aykut Zahid Akman as Chairman of the Regulatory Authority for Private Broadcasting in Turkey ( RTÜK ).
• July 17th - The internet mail order company amazon.com deletes some e-books (already downloaded and paid for) , including among others, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell from its customers' Amazon Kindle readers. This measure is explained by the company with unclear DRMs of the affected files and sharply criticized in public.
• August 20 - The 327 meter high transmission mast Gartow 1 was blown up . Even before 1990, many GDR citizens were able to receive the ZDF program and the third program of the North German Radio via this transmission mast.
• October 1st - The Federal Social Court of Kassel decides in a sensational ruling that Dieter Bohlen is to be treated as an "artist" under labor law; including freelance journalists and similar activities. Bohlen's employer RTL has to pay more than 170,000 euros into the artists' social insurance from 2002 for Bohlen's work as a juror at Deutschland sucht den Superstar .

Radio

• January 1st - Official start of the web radio Ö1 Campus , which is supposed to replace the previous medium wave transmitter of the ORF , Radio 1476 .
• January 1st - The RBB takes over the broadcasting of the WDR radio program " Funkhaus Europa " in Berlin on the frequencies of the discontinued Radio Multikulti . Former RBB employees set up the Internet broadcaster Radio multicult2.0 as an alternative .
• January 1st - The French international broadcaster Radio France Internationale announces that it is cutting around 200 jobs and intends to discontinue its German-language service.
• February 1 - In Leipzig , the Austrian radio play author Eberhard Petschinka is presented with the Günter Eich Prize .
• February 12 - A large part of the ORF noon - morning and evening journals broadcast between 1967 and 1989 can be accessed online via the website of the Austrian Media Library.
• March 2nd - After a five-year absence , Hary Raithofer can be heard again as a radio presenter on the morning show of the Austrian private broadcaster 88.6 .
• March 12 - The German playwright Paul Plamper is for his radio play Ruhe1 the Hörspielpreis the Kriegsblinden awarded.
• May 28th - As part of the 12th State Broadcasting Treaty, WDR discontinues the two channels WDR 2 Klassik and 1 Live Kunst .
• May 29th - The WDR web channel for children KIRAKA takes over the distribution channels of WDR 2 Klassik.
• June 28th - The last edition of the cabaret show Der Guglhupf is broadcast on Ö1 .
• August 6th - The Austrian youth broadcaster FM4 begins broadcasting the ten-part radio play series Unteraltschach . The theme is a group of young people in the country who want to organize a music festival in their village.
• October 1st - The Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation combines its classic offerings under the newly created BR-Klassik umbrella brand .
• November 1st - On the slot of the cabaret show Der Guglhupf (Sunday morning), which was discontinued in the summer , Ö1 broadcasts the first edition of the satirical magazine Welt Ahoi! Designed by Martin Puntigam , Maria Hofstätter , Thomas Maurer , Robert Palfrader and Hosea Ratschiller . Already the first broadcast triggers violent reactions among the listeners of Ö1.

watch TV

The funeral after the death of Michael Jackson became a global media event

• January 1 - The Turkish public broadcaster TRT begins broadcasting its Kurdish TV program TRT 6 .
• January 3 - The BBC announces that Matt Smith will become the eleventh actor in the role of Doctor on the television series Doctor Who , starting in 2010 .
• January 8th - The Austrian television station Puls 4 begins broadcasting the first season of Austria's Next Topmodel .
• January 9th - RTL begins broadcasting the fourth season of Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here!
• January 10th - RTL celebrates its 25th birthday as the first German private broadcaster with a gala .
• January 11th - The television series Mad Men and 30 Rock are honored at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles .
• January 12th - The seventh season of the TV series 24 starts simultaneously in the USA ( FOX ) and premieres on the German pay-TV channel .
• January 24th - A bet on the ZDF Saturday evening show Wetten, dass ..? in which candidates have to assign animal feces by smell.
• February 3 - The 69th and last episode of the crime series Der Bulle von Tölz , produced by ORF and Sat.1 , is broadcast. Title of the episode: " Adventure Mallorca ".
• February 7 - On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran , BBC Two is showing the three-part documentary series Iran and the West .
• February 17th - The Austrian private broadcaster ATV broadcasts the first episode of the documentary series ATV Dokument . The issue with the title "Jörg Haider - politician, populist, pop star" attracted up to 340,000 viewers, which enabled the station to increase its market share considerably.
• March 1 - The German-language first broadcast of the US police series The Mentalist begins on the channels ORF 1 and Sat.1 .
• March 19 - US President Barack Obama is on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno . This makes him the first incumbent US head of state to attend a late night show .
• March 22 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel made an appearance in the ARD telecast Anne Will .
• March 25th - In a Club 2 live discussion about the future of public service broadcasting in general and that of ORF in particular, the former ORF general director Gerd Bacher attested that his successor Alexander Wrabetz , who was also present, was unable to manage the company in front of the cameras.
• March 31st - The computer games broadcaster GIGA ceases broadcasting.
• April 16 - The first is the last issue of Schmidt & Pocher to see.
• May 16 - Discovery Geschichte ceases its independent broadcasting and is shown as a program block on DMAX . At Premiere, the station will be replaced by the National Geographic Channel .
• June 4 - RTL Television begins broadcasting the previously controversial docu-soap Adults on Trial .
• July 4th - The pay-TV channel Premiere Deutschland changes its name to Sky Deutschland .
• July 7 - Michael Jackson 's funeral will be televised live worldwide from Los Angeles .
• July 15 - The ORF announces that it will discontinue the special interest channel ORF Sport Plus for cost reasons.
• 22 August - The Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz announced that owned by Red Bull GmbH standing TV channel Salzburg TV under the name Servus TV as a niche channel reposition.
• September 2nd - Dominic Heinzl , presenter of the society program Hi Society on ATV , announces his move back to ORF in January 2010.
• September 17th - After the end of the collaboration with Oliver Pocher , the late night show Harald Schmidt begins in the first for the second time with a completely revised concept.
• September 24th - while setting up the ZDF broadcast Welcome to Carmen Nebel in Duisburg , a technician falls from a height of nine meters and dies the following day of his injuries.
• October 1st - The previous Salzburg TV starts again as Servus TV .
• October 9th - Michelle Hunziker is hosting an edition of the ZDF broadcast Wetten, dass ..? For the first time together with Thomas Gottschalk . . The measure is intended to be a prelude to major changes in the concept of the show and is taking place against the backdrop of audience ratings that have been falling since around 2006.
• November 1st - The first part of the remake of the novel Der Seewolf by Jack London can be seen on ZDF and ORF 2 . The role of "Wolf Larsen" is played by Sebastian Koch , that of "Humphrey van Weyden" by Tim Roth . Neve Campbell can be seen in the role of "Maude Brewster" .
• November 1st - Start of ZDFneo , which replaces the previous ZDFdokukanal . It is aimed primarily at working people aged 30 and over and is intended to compete with the main evening programs of private broadcasters such as ProSieben .
• November 3 - ProSieben begins broadcasting the fourth season of the Stromberg comedy series in five double episodes .
• November 4th - Free TV premiere of the US sitcom 30 Rock on ZDFneo . The focus is on screenwriter Liz Lemon , who and her team are responsible for a live television show. She is portrayed by Tina Fey , who also created the concept for the series. In another role, Alec Baldwin can be seen as Lemon’s superior Jack Donaghy .
• November 10 - On the 40th anniversary of the US premiere of the children's series Sesame Street , First Lady Michelle Obama visits the program and shows children how to plant their own vegetables.
• November 25th - The second season of the casting show Austria's Next Topmodel begins on Puls 4 .

Died

2009: David Carradine dies while filming in Thailand

• January 8 - Don Galloway , American actor and serial actor ( General Hospital ; The Boss ) dies in Reno , Nevada , aged 71.
• January 11th - The German journalist and critic Konrad Heidkamp , member of the audio book jury of the Hessischer Rundfunk , dies at the age of 61 in Hamburg .
• January 22nd - Manfred Steffen , German actor, numerous radio play roles, news anchor for Radio Hamburg, dies at the age of 92 in Hamburg.
• January 29th - Karl Gass , German film director and lecturer at the University of Film and Television Potsdam dies shortly before his 92nd birthday.
• February 7th - Robert Stromberger , German screenwriter ( Die Drombuschs ) dies at the age of 78 in Darmstadt .
• February 10th - Ida Weiss , Austrian radio presenter dies at the age of 83 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee .
• February 11 - Albert Barillé , French screenwriter and animation producer ( Once upon a time ... ), dies at the age of 88 in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine .
• February 13th - Guido Neumann , German lawyer and TV judge ( dispute over three ) dies at the age of 76 in Winsen .
• February 18 - Friedhelm Mönter , German radio presenter ( NDR 90.3 ) dies at the age of 62 in Hamburg .
• February 26th - Ruth Drexel , German folk actress dies at the age of 78 in Feldkirchen near Munich . Drexel only became a television favorite late in her career in the role of Resi Berghammer alongside Ottfried Fischer in the crime series Der Bulle von Tölz .
• February 28 - Paul Harvey , American radio presenter, dies at the age of 90 in Phoenix , Arizona.
• March 15 - Ron Silver , American actor - known to the television audience for his role as Bruno Gianelli in the NBC series The West Wing (1999–2006), dies at the age of 62 in New York City .
• March 22nd - Jade Goody , British reality TV actress, dies in Essex at the age of 27 .
• March 24th - The author and radio play director Heinz von Cramer dies at the age of 84 in his adopted home Italy .
• April 13 - Fritz Bauchwitz , Austrian-American radio journalist and presenter, dies at the age of 84 while visiting relatives in Argentina.
• April 15 - Clement Freud , British journalist and politician, dies at the age of 84.
• April 16 - The German television journalist Rainer Hirsch dies at the age of 60 after a long illness.
• April 25 - Beatrice Arthur , American actress and singer, dies a few weeks before her 87th birthday in Los Angeles. Arthur became known to a worldwide television audience as Dorothy Zbornak in the 1985-1992 sitcom Golden Girls .
• May 4th - Fritz Muliar , Austrian folk actor dies at the age of 89 in Vienna. Muliar became known to the television audience in numerous roles, initially as the actor of Josef Schwejk in the 13-part television film Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1972) and later as Max Koch in Kommissar Rex (1994-1998).
• May 13 - Monica Bleibtreu , Austrian actress, dies in Hamburg at the age of 65 . Bleibtreu has appeared in numerous television productions, including the role of Katia Mann in Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertertroman (2001).
• May 23 - Barbara Rudnik , German actress, dies in Münsing at the age of 50 .
• June 3 - David Carradine , American actor dies at the age of 72 in Bangkok , Thailand . Carradine was in the 1970s a worldwide television audience in the role of the Shaolin monk roaming the western United States Kwai Chang Caine in the television series Kung Fu (1972-1975).
• June 25 - Farrah Fawcett , American actress ( Jill Munroe in Charlie's Angels , 1976–1980) dies at the age of 62 in Santa Monica .
• July 1 - Karl Malden , American actor ( The Streets of San Francisco ) dies at the age of 97 in Los Angeles.
• July 10th - Manfred Jochum , Austrian radio director and science journalist dies at the age of 67 in Vienna.
• July 17 - Walter Cronkite , American news anchor, dies in New York at the age of 92.
• July 31 - Ilona Christen , German TV presenter ( ZDF-Fernsehgarten ) and talk show host, dies at the age of 58 in Switzerland .
• August 8 - Rolf Bohnsack , German actor, dies in Hamburg at the age of 72 . He was best known for the numerous television broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater .
• August 19 - Donald Hewitt , American television journalist ( 60 Minutes ) dies at the age of 86 in New York State .
• September 8 - Mike Bongiorno , American-Italian quiz presenter, dies at the age of 85 in Monaco .
• September 13 - Paul Burke , American actor, dies at the age of 83 in Palm Springs , California.
• September 14 - Patrick Swayze , American actor ( Torches in the Storm , 1985 TV series) dies at the age of 57 in Los Angeles .
• September 15 - Heinz Burghart , editor-in-chief of Bavarian TV , dies in Munich at the age of 83 .
• September 19 - Eduard Zimmermann , German television presenter ( file number XY… unsolved , 1967–1997) dies at the age of 80 in Munich .
• November 27th - Erich Böhme , German journalist and television presenter , ( Talk im Turm , 1990–1997) dies at the age of 79 in Bad Saarow .
• December 16 - Roy E. Disney , American media entrepreneur, dies a few weeks before his 80th birthday in Newport Beach , California .

See also

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obama's Olive Branch for the Iranian People , Die Presse , accessed March 22, 2009.
2. ↑ ORF: Price search in rough seas ( Memento of 4 March 2016 Internet Archive ), Die Presse , March 20 of 2009.
3. ↑ The television award goes to Bleibtreu and Böck , Die Presse , accessed on April 26, 2009
4. ↑ Amazon deletes purchased Kindle eBooks , Heise online , accessed on October 20, 2009.
5. ↑ Dieter Bohlen is an artist the daily newspaper -online, October 1, 2009, accessed on October 5, 2009.
6. ↑ "Radio 1476 as of January 1st as Ö1 Campus"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Magnus.de , December 30, 2008.  
7. ↑ German RFI program still endangered Der Tagesspiegel , January 16, 2009
8. ^ Günter Eich Prize , accessed on February 7, 2009.
9. ^ ORF: Digital memory from the dehydrator - Article in Die Presse on February 12, 2009, accessed on February 20, 2009.
10. ↑ Radio play award of the war blind for Paul Plamper  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Nachtkritik.de, accessed on May 6, 2009.  
11. ↑ Unteraltschach. The ten-part radio shocker on FM4. Premiere: Thursday, 21:00 . ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fm4.orf.at, accessed on August 11, 2009. 
12. ↑ Die 5 da  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Falter online, accessed October 28, 2009.  
13. ↑ About the takeover of Ö1 ( memento of the original from November 7th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Martin Blumenau on FM4 -online, accessed on November 7, 2009. 
14. ^ "Turkey starts Kurdish television" , Spiegel Online , January 1, 2009.
15. ↑ Eleventh Doctor Revealed! Matt Smith Is The New Doctor. ( English ) BBC. January 3, 3009. Accessed January 3, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
16. ↑ "Puls 4 is looking for Austria's next top model" ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Seven One Media (offline). 
17. ↑ "25 years of RTL: An honorable television family" , Spiegel Online , January 11, 2009.
18. ↑ "24: Season 7 at the same time at Premiere and FOX" , Serienjunkies.de , September 15, 2008.
19. ↑ CSU protests against animal feces bet on "Wetten, dass ..?" Spiegel Online, January 25, 2009
20. ↑ ATV documentary about Jörg Haider reached almost 300,000 viewers Die Presse , accessed on February 18, 2009
21. ↑ Bacher concretes Wrabetz live , Der Standard , accessed on March 26, 2009
22. ^ With Hitler's henchmen at the end of the broadcast , Spiegel Online , accessed on April 4, 2009
23. ↑ Mateschitz starts TV channel: Red Bull, but red-white-red ( Memento from August 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Die Presse, August 22, 2009
24. ↑ Dominic Heinzl changes to ORF, kurier online ( Memento from September 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ Rene and Sarah Erler: Accident resulting in death on the set of "Welcome to Carmen Nebel". (No longer available online.) (Movie-village.com) September 25, 2009, archived from the original on October 11, 2009 ; Retrieved March 26, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ↑ Michelle Hunziker moderated with Thomas Gottschalk Stern-online, accessed on December 6, 2009
27. ↑ The fortress wobbles  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Medien Mittweida, accessed December 6, 2009