ZDF

(ZDF, stylized as 2DF) is one of two public broadcasting organisations in Germany, the other being ARD. Unlike ARD, ZDF is not divided into regional units, and only broadcasts on television and not radio.FernsehKult - TV Ark - Digitalfernsehen Sender-Datenbank - 
==ARD 2==
===1961–1963===
The prime ministers decided on 17 March 1961, that the ARD should launch a second television program.
==Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen/ZDF==
===1963–1987===
====1963–1973====
On 1 April 1963, the new television station began broadcasting from Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main, with a speech by Dr. Karl Holzamer, the first director-general (intendant). A program in color was broadcast on the channel for the first time in 1967.
====1973–1987====
==ZDF==
===1987–1991===
===1992–2001===
A new logo for ZDF was launched on 1 January 1992. The symbol depicts a sphere arranged between two rings, which is made up of 16 areas, that represents the 16 federal states of Germany. The symbol could also be interpreted as an eye, similar to CBS.
===2001–present===
A new logo for ZDF was launched on 2 June 2001. The new look was created in cooperation with Razorfish of New York and Das Werk of FrankfurtDer Tagesspiegel - Fernsehsender-Logos: Reine Formsache. The Z in the logo resembles a stylized number 2 (two), or zwei which also reflects the network's nameHandelsblatt - Handelsblatt ZDF will Jüngere ansprechen (WebCite) Finanznachrichten - Das Werk designed ZDF neu (WebCite).
ZDF has not changed its logo since 2001, though its thematic channels have changed their logos several times. Zee TV, one of the most popular Indian TV channels, introduced a highly similar logo in 2017, with the word Zee in an orange circle and TV outside.
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