ZDF
Main program of the German public-service television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Also known as Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen · 2DF · Second German Television · das Zweite · Zweites deutsches Fernsehen
- Country
- Founded
- April 1, 1963
Overview
All data
108 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Significant event
- high-definition television(since 2010)
- Short name
- ZDF
- Awards
- Bavarian TV Awards(2020) for work: Endlich Witwer
- language adulterator award(2016)
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Sources- 1.vds-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sprachpanscher_2016.pdfRetrieved 2019-01-06
- Peabody Awards(2013) for work: Independent Lens · winner: ITVS, British Broadcasting Corporation
- Peabody Awards(2007) for work: Taxi to the Dark Side
- Peabody Awards(2005) winner: BBC Two, NHK
- International Emmy Award for best drama series(2005) for work: The Eagle · winner: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, DR
- Peabody Awards(2003) for work: Storyville · winner: Raidió Teilifís Éireann, NTR
- German Film Award for Best Children’s Film(2003) for work: The Flying Classroom · winner: Uschi Reich, Peter Zenk
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- Peabody Awards(1996) winner: SVT1, Channel 4
- Peabody Awards(1996) for work: The Celluloid Closet · winner: HBO, Channel 4
- Premios Ondas(1995) statement is subject of: 1995 Premios Ondas · for work: Das heiße Erbe des kalten Krieges
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1994)
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1991) for work: Malina
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1990) for work: Spider's Web · winner: Provobis, Rai 2
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1989) for work: Yasemin
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1988)
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1987) for work: The Name of the Rose · winner: Constantin Film, Les Films Ariane
- Grimme-Preis(1965) statement is subject of: 1965 Adolf-Grimme-Preis
- Nominations
- Satellite Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film(2013) for work: Generation War
- International Emmy Award for best drama series(2008) for work: The Killing
- International Emmy Award for best drama series(2005) for work: The Eagle
- German Film Award for Best Children’s Film(2003) for work: The Flying Classroom
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(2003)
- European Film Award for Best Film(2000) statement is subject of: 13th European Film Awards · for work: Faithless · together with: Yle, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
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- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1994)
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1991) for work: Malina
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- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1991) for work: Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1990) for work: Spider's Web
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1988)
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film(1987) for work: The Name of the Rose
- Official name
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Motto text
- Mit dem Zweiten sieht man besser.
- Website account on
- The Movie Database url: themoviedb.org · website username or id: 31
- Hashtag
- zdf
- Social media followers
- 112,000(October 18, 2025) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
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- 101,000(June 14, 2025) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
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- 99,100(May 25, 2025) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
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- 89,600(January 26, 2025) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
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- 77,600(June 24, 2024) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
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- 112,000(October 18, 2025) youtube channel id: UC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ
On other databases
46 identifiers linking ZDF across the web's reference databases
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID13884773q
- BIBSYS ID3048755
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDzdf
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12084826
- Cineuropa production company ID8307
- DDB institution IDPXC4SC2365VRDL4G5BFEFDDBDGF6QBP3
- Domain namezdf.de
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtopic/ZDF
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)4Q7W2f
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)36504
- Facebook usernameZDF
- FactGrid item IDQ405348
- Freebase ID/m/01mxgq
- GitHub accountzdf-opensource
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)4673856
- IdRef ID076133494
- IMDb IDco1024374
- J9U entity ID987007299288305171
- Kallías IDKS00009456
- Libraries Australia ID36565855
- LinkedIn company or organization IDzdf
- Mastodon addressZDF@zdf.social
- Media Bias/Fact Check IDzdf-zweites-deutsches-fernsehen
- Museum-digital person/organization ID70459
- MusicBrainz artist ID9c3807b0-d979-488a-ac4a-7f86498859b9
- MusicBrainz label IDe7fee544-f7d4-407d-86c7-80e9b38bff09
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA02684086
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810668256705606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX133222
- NL CR AUT IDko2010573762
- NUKAT IDn2011021430
- Open Library IDOL1719881A
- Open Library publisher IDZDF
- Open Library subject IDzdf
- OpenParliamentTV organization IDQ48989
- OpenStreetMap relation ID3160780
- PM20 folder IDco/025265
- Quora topic IDZDF
- RERO ID (legacy)A000182815
- Stadtwiki Dresden articleZDF
- TMDB company ID4606
- TMDB network ID31
- VIAF cluster ID153615131
- X (Twitter) usernamezdf
- Yale LUX IDgroup/5ab42ef1-e222-481e-bd0a-d6a9a20d59e2
- YouTube channel IDUC_EnhS-vNDc6Eo9nyQHC2YQ