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6 unusual facts about ARD


ARD-Hauptstadtstudio

Located at Wilhelmstrasse in the Mitte area close to the centre of Germany's federal government, it is used by ARD members and outlets for broadcasts from the capital.

Neues aus Büttenwarder

The first 8 episodes were shown weekly on Tuesday evening from 16 January 2001 on ARD.

The series was initially not deemed popular enough to be aired as a regular series in the primetime TV viewing slots (9:05pm) on ARD.

Rebecca Saunders

Her awards include the Busoni Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts, the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for composition, the Paul Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the composition prize of the ARD.

Sandra Navidi

She has been interviewed on ARD, ZDF, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Bayrischer Rundfunk, n-tv, Arte TV, Deutsches Anlegerfernsehen, CNBC, Fox Business, CCTV China, Phoenix TV China and Voice of America.

Tame.it

Tame is mainly used by journalists (e.g. ZDF, ARD, Die Zeit), politicians, PR and marketing experts as well as NGOs.


Ado Schlier

Between the years of 1977 and 1999 he hosted various programmes for RB and ARD including Eurovision commentary for ARD television viewers on eight consecutive year from 1979 until 1986.

Alle meine Tiere

Alle meine Tiere (All My Animals) was a nine-part German family television series about a veterinary practice in the Black Forest which aired on ARD between 1962 and 1963.

Ard Patrick

Before the start of the 1903 season, Gubbins reportedly turned down an offer of £15,000 for Ard Patrick from Samuel S. Brown of Pittsburgh.

Ard Saouda

Ard Saouda or Ard es Saoude (Terres Noires) is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located in the Wadi al-Taym, between Rashaya and Marjayoun in Lebanon.

Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC

Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Ard Bó Uí Dhonnabhain Rossa (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa in English) is a club based in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, close to the shores of Lough Neagh.

Berolina

In 1980s, the "Berolina" music awards was organized, sponsored by the TV networks ARD, ZDF and ORF, and hosted in a television show by Thomas Gottschalk on 27 August 1987 with a total of 15 musicians and bands.

Carmel Gunning

The lecture was given by Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ard Stiurthoir, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, who also formally launched the book 'The Mountain Top', compiled and researched by Carmel Gunning and published by Coleman Heritage Centre.

Ciarán Mackel

Project Management, MSc Design, RIBA MRIAI, is a Belfast-born architect and urban designer; and Practice Principal in ARD Ciaran Mackel Architects.

Das Geheimnis meiner Familie

It is also aired in 3sat, a network which shared by both German, Austrian and Swiss broadcasters such as ZDF, ARD, ORF and SRG SSR.

Demography of Afghanistan

Seven of the surveys were conducted between 2004 to 2012 by the Asia Foundation and one between 2004 to 2009 by a combined effort of the broadcasting companies NBC News, BBC, and ARD.

Die Konsequenz

The original version of the film received a Wertvoll (i.e. "recommended") quality award in the German Filmprädikat rating scheme, but was censored due to its perceived incendiary content in the first television broadcast on ARD on November 8, 1977, and regional affiliate Bayerischer Rundfunk refused to relay the transmission signal.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

The German national final for the 1996 Eurovision, organised by ARD, was held on 1 March at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg, presented by Jens Riewa.

Hisako Matsubara

She had a weekly column at the German newspaper "Die Zeit" and worked on documentaries of the major German TV stations ARD and ZDF.

Hitler's Grave

During an interview with the German TV channel ARD and with the respected journalist Henryk Broder Shokof compared the Iranian regime and its dangers to be worse than the Adolf Hitler with the reasoning that today we have global Internet systems and the world is connected and watching every move everyone makes.

I Only Want You To Love Me

The movie was commissioned by ARD’s affiliate Westdeutsche Rundfunk Köln (WDR) and produced by Bavaria Atelier GmbH, the predecessor of Bavaria Film.

Janina David

Franz Peter Wirth filmed Leo Lehman's adaptation of the book A Square of Sky as the mini-series Ein Stück Himmel for the ARD and the leading actress Dana Vávrová became popular in Germany in the role of Janina David.

Klaus von Bismarck

Klaus von Bismarck (6 March 1912 – 22 May 1997) was the Director General of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting) from 1961 to 1976, and the President of the ARD from 1963 to 1964.

Magic City Jazz Orchestra

The CD, produced by UAB Music Department faculty members Ray Reach and Henry Panion and recorded at UAB's Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts, features arrangements by Founding Director Everett Lawler, trombonist Charlie Ard, saxophonist Neil McLean, arranger Steve Sample, Sr and pianist Ray Reach.

Margaret Skinnider

The current president of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, quoted Skinnider's stirring words in his 2006 address to the Sinn Féin Ard Feis.

Naxoo

Launched in Geneva in 1986, Naxoo offers a mixture of Swiss and foreign TV channels, both analog and digital, as well as radio channels (arte, 3sat, Euronews, TV5MONDE, ARD, ORF eins, France 2, Rai 1 as required by law).

Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg

Following German reunification, ARD expanded its membership to include public broadcasters in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Oughter Ard

In the film Mission: Impossible , Tom Cruise's character is told that the American President is unavailable "because he is fishing in Oughter Ard Co Kildare."

Pseudocalotes

Pseudocalotes khaonanensis Chan-ard, Cota, Makchai and Laoteow, 2008 Nakhon Si Thammarat peninsular Thailand

Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe

The bishop's residence - Ard Adomnán - is in the town of Letterkenny.

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Since 1958, initially with a slot in ARD including nationwide transmission of the Berlin visit of John F. Kennedy, and later distributed under SFB-frequency, Abendschau reports as an urban magazine on politics, economy, sports and timeliness in Berlin and presents sensitivities, originals and anecdotes from the districts and boroughs.

Russian government censorship of Chechnya coverage

Many foreign journalists were exposed to pressure from the security forces and the materials were confiscated from TV crews from ZDF and ARD (Germany), APTN (USA), and Rustavi 2 (Georgia).

Sam Ard

In 2006, drivers Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led a charge to donate a substantial amount of funds for the care of Ard and his family.

Sarah Kuttner

She also co-hosted (with Jörg Pilawa) the show "Germany 12 Points", the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest on publicly owned channel ARD on 19 March 2004.

Selbach mac Ferchair

A month later he faced the Cenél nGabráin, led by their king Dúnchad Bec, also called king of Cenn Tíre (Kintyre), in a sea battle off Ard Nesbi.

Signum Quartet

Concerts by the four musicians have been broadcast nationally and internationally by stations of the ARD, Deutschlandfunk, DRS, ORF, BBC and Arte.

Sportschau

The ARD and the second public TV broadcaster ZDF show football matches of the German national football team, DFB-Pokal as well as the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, the DTM, wintersports and the Olympic Games in a special edition called Sportschau live.

Stephanie Stumph

In 2009, she had a major role in the ARD film Väter werden ist nicht schwer alongside Fritz Wepper and Francis Fulton-Smith.

Vier gegen Z

4 gegen Z (spoken Vier gegen Zet, also written as 4>German children's television program shown on ARD and KI.KA in which four children are appointed as "Wächter" (guardians) by their deceased aunt Hedda to prevent Zanrelot, the "Herrscher der Finsternis" (lord of darkness) from leaving the underworld and gaining control over Lübeck.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

It has served as the production entity for network shows on Das Erste of ARD, such as Verbotene Liebe, which over the years has exposed many young actors to the German audience, such as Andreas Stenschke, Jo Weil, Luca Zamperoni and Kay Böger.

World System Teletext

WST is used for all teletext services in Europe & Scandinavia, including Ceefax from the BBC and services from Teletext on ITV in the United Kingdom, ZDFtext from ZDF and ARDText from ARD in Germany, and Tekst-TV from NRK in Norway, among many other teletext services offered by other television networks throughout the European continent.


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