World of wonders

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Television broadcast
Original title World of wonders
Logo Welt der Wunder neu.svg
Country of production Germany
Year (s) since 1996
Production
company
Welt der Wunder GmbH
length 48 minutes
Broadcasting
cycle
weekly (1996-2014), weekdays (since 2015)
genre Magazine broadcast
production Hendrik Hey
Moderation
First broadcast March 10, 1996 on ProSieben

World of Wonders is a science - TV magazine , whose consequences since March 16, 2015 in World (formerly N24 are broadcast). With the start of the television channel of the same name (see below), the broadcast on RTL II was canceled on January 12, 2014 and replaced by Columbus - Discover the World , which led to the insolvency of the production company WdW Productions on December 19, 2013 .

background

Welt der Wunder went on air for the first time on March 10, 1996, at that time on the TV station ProSieben . The show was moderated and produced by Hendrik Hey , and in 2004 it was moderated by Robert Biegert . After differences with the television broadcaster, the broadcast ended in 2004. Hendrik Hey switched to RTL II, where Welt der Wunder was first broadcast in January 2005. ProSieben sued Hey and his production company Welt der Wunder GmbH , but lost in December 2004 before the regional court and in July 2005 also in the last instance before the higher regional court in Munich . The brand name "Welt der Wunder" was awarded to producer Hey and ProSieben was prohibited from using the name for its own program. ProSieben then set a competing program under the title Wunderwelt Wissen against the slot for Welt der Wunder on RTL II (initially every Sunday at 6.45 p.m.) , which, however, was canceled by ProSieben at the end of 2007.

Free TV channels

Infobox radio tower icon
World of wonders
Station logo
TV station ( private law )
Program type Division program (education)
reception DVB-C , DVB-S , IPTV
Image resolution SDTV ( 576i )
Start of transmission October 16, 2013
Seat Munich , Germany
owner Welt der Wunder Sendebetrieb GmbH
executive Director Hendrik Hey
Program director Hendrik Hey
List of TV channels
Website

On October 14, 2013 it was announced that from October 16, 2013, a separate 24/7 special-interest channel called Welt der Wunder TV (or WdW TV for short ) would be broadcast. It can be freely received via Astra. The planning of its own station had already been indicated two years earlier. The station advertises with the slogan “Finally something interesting!”. The station is to be gradually distributed via cable. On the day of the announcement, the transmitter started a test run via Astra 1L , transponder 115 (12,663 MHz horizontal, 22,000 k symbols, FEC 5/6). The regular program began on October 16, 2013.

Shortly before its 6th birthday, the station stopped broadcasting on Unitymedia cable network on October 4, 2019 . The managing director Hendrik Hey justified this step with the comparatively high feed-in fees, but did not rule out a re-feed if the takeover of Unitymedia by Vodafone should enable more favorable conditions in the future.

Other formats

The logo of the IP TV channel "wdwip.tv"
  • Offshoot: In August 2005, the offshoot Welt der Wunder - Schau Dich Schlau , moderated by Hendrik Hey (2005 to 2006) began to be broadcast. From September 2006 to September 2014, the program was only called Schau Dich Schlau and was presented by Joey Grit Winkler and Fero Andersen on RTL II.
  • Evening show: In May 2010, a full-length show was broadcast for the first time under the title The Big World of Miracles Knowledge Show . In the show, moderated by Hendrik Hey and Sonja Zietlow , various experiments are presented and knowledge questions are asked, which prominent guests have to answer. The first program aired on Sunday evening, May 30, 2010, at prime time at 8:15 pm.
  • Internet television: In addition to the television formats, wdwip.tv is an interactive IP TV station that started broadcasting the two-hour “mainframe” format on weekdays. It was moderated by the former GIGA moderators of the Welt-der-Wunder editorial team , among others . From June 2008, individual contents of the format were also broadcast Monday through Thursday. In September 2008 a further change of the broadcasting time followed; since then, the program has been broadcast for one hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • The YouTube channel, which has been in operation since September 12, 2006, had 425,000 subscribers in August 2020. A new video is published there about every other day.

media

  • Print: In addition to audio CDs, the Bauer Media Group also publishes a monthly knowledge magazine under the title Welt der Wunder . From March 1998 to January 2000 a total of 22 issues were initially published, with a double issue for October / November 1999. With the double issue, a change of publisher took place. Since April 2006 a new edition of the magazine has appeared. a. dealing with the subjects of medicine, nature, people, technology, current affairs, science and history.
  • DVD series: Since the beginning of 2008, a DVD series has been published under the title Welt der Wunder - Wissensthek .

Innovation award

The logo of the award

In 2005 the Welt der Wunder innovation prize was awarded. According to their own statements, it should be awarded to people, companies or organizations that do pioneering work for our future. Two categories were distinguished at the award ceremony:

  • Professionals - people over the age of 18 were eligible to participate: inventors, companies, organizations.
  • Youth - Eligible for participation were persons between the ages of 12 and 19 if they are pupils in German schools or are in vocational training.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Judgment of the Munich Higher Regional Court of July 28, 2005 (Az. 6 U 1646/05)
  2. Interview on YouTube from the channel "medienportaltv"
  3. New free TV channel Welt der Wunder TV from Wednesday on Astra , October 14, 2013
  4. Welt der Wunder TV is no longer available from Unitymedia. In: wunschliste.de. September 19, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 .
  5. The big world of miracles knowledge show with Sonja Zietlow and Hendrik Hey at Constantin Entertainment
  6. The great world of miracles knowledge show ( memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on RTL II Now @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rtl2now.rtl2.de
  7. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: announcement of the program change from June ) by the "Chief of Service" in the official forum on May 27, 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wdwip.tv
  8. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: announcements of the new broadcast times from September ) by Anna Vogt in the official forum on August 25, 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wdwip.tv
  9. Hendrik Hey in Welt der Wunder Magazin , October / November 1999 issue, p. 3
  10. RTL II and Welt der Wunder award the “Welt der Wunder Innovationspreis 2005” , RTL II press release of July 13, 2005