heute

heute (German pronunciation: [ˈhoʏtə] (listen); German for today) is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from cultural life or entertainment, and the sports news with an extra presenter. The weather forecast comes up about 19:22 after a break with commercials. The opening sequence of each broadcast features an analogue clock, a signature element of the program.

heute
Part of a former heute opening sequence. The sequence is integrated into the virtual studio.
Also known asheute+ (late-night)
heute in europa (Today in Europe, 16:00)
heute in deutschland (Today in Germany, 14:00)
heute Xpress (short bulletins)
Presented byPetra Gerster
Christian Sievers
Barbara Hahlweg
Country of originGermany
Original language(s)German
Production
Producer(s)ZDF
Production location(s)Mainz
Running timeMain bulletin: 20 minutes
Release
Original networkZDF
Original release1 April 1963 –
present
Chronology
Related showsheute-journal (1978–present)
External links
Website

The newscast heute of ZDF and the 20:00-Tagesschau of ARD/Das Erste are the main broadcasts of German public TV starting the evening programme. Advertisements can not be shown on public television in Germany after 8:00 pm.

History

The first heute broadcast took place on 1 April 1963, the day ZDF itself started broadcasting.

heute was originally broadcast from 19:30 to 20:00 CET; on 1 February 1965, the show was split into two parts - heute (19:30 to 19:45 CET) and themen des tages (themes/headlines of the day) (19:45 to 20:00 CET). From 1 January 1969 the themen des tages was dropped so the evening programs could start earlier. In 1971, Wibke Bruhns was the first female presenter.

In 1973, its airtime was moved to 19:00, where it remains today.

Since 2014, the main presenters of the 7pm broadcast have been Petra Gerster and Christian Sievers, who alternate weekly; Barbara Hahlweg acts as a stand-in if neither Gerster or Sievers are available.[1]

Present-day

The main program usually has a length of 20 minutes (including a weather forecast). It is also broadcast on 3sat. Around 21:45 CET, a longer, more in-depth show called heute-journal is broadcast, which is similar to Tagesthemen airing on Das Erste alongside the Tagesschau.

Identity

For most of its run, the program's title music was preceded by the letters h-e-u-t-e in morse code (···· · ··- - ·). In 1998, this was integrated with the title music, and the dots and dashes are no longer distinguishable.

On 17 July 2009, a new virtual studio debuted, featuring redesigned graphics and the integration of the title sequence to the studio in most editions.[2]

Presenters

7pm edition

Presenter Years Role
Petra Gerster1998–presentMain presenter
Christian Sievers2014–presentMain presenter
Barbara Hahlweg2007–presentRelief presenter

Sports news

Presenter Years
Norbert König1987–present
Kristin Otto1995–present
Rudi Cerne1996–present
Sven Voss2007–present
Katja Streso2010–present
Alexander Ruda2014–present

References
  1. "Christian Sievers plant wieder langfristig". B.Z. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. "Redesigning the daily news". Eden-Spiekermann. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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