NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, commonly abbreviated as NDR, is a German broadcasting company (both television and radio), based in Hamburg and part of the larger ARD consortium. It has its roots in the earlier NORAG and has existed as NDR since 1956. In the 1980s/1990s its TV branch was known as N3, renamed NDR Fernsehen in 2001. Since 1973, it has been the primary broadcaster of Sesamstrasse and aired many of the specials and spin-offs.
Over the years, many NDR employees, including reporters and actors, have appeared as themselves on Sesamstrasse. The sketch series "Ernie und Bert Go Music" had Bert and Ernie meeting the members of the NDR symphony orchestra.
==Programming==
===Original programming===
*Sesamstrasse (1973-present, original co-production, initially dubbed)
*Am Anfang War Das A: 25 Jahre Sesamstrasse (1998 anniversary special)
*Monstermeisterwerke - Das beste aus 25 Jahren (1998 anniversary special)
*30 Jahre Sesamstraße - Die Geburtstagsshow (2003 anniversary special)
*Weihnachten mit Ernie & Bert (2008 special)
*Eine Möhre für Zwei (2010-present, spin-off)
*Ernie & Bert Songs (segment/short form spin-off)
*Ernie & Bert Märchensongs (segment/short form spin-off)
*Die lange Sesamstraßen-Nacht (2013 anniversary special event)
*Konzert der NDR-Radiophilharmonie mit Ernie, Bert und Samson (2013 anniversary special event)
*Die Große Sesamstrassen-Gala (2013 anniversary special)
*Pizza mit Biss (2017 spin-off)
===Dubs===
*Weihnachten in der Sesamstraße (Christmas Eve on Sesame Street)
*Bibo in China (Big Bird in China, 1980s)
*Bitte nicht die Bilder essen! (Don't Eat the Pictures, 1980s)
*Silvester auf der Sesamstrasse (Sesame Street Stays Up Late, 1993)
*Elmo rettet Weihnachten (Elmo Saves Christmas, 1990s)
===Documentaries===
*Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt? (1975 documentary)
*Reisen in die Phantasie - Zu Gast in der Sesamstraße (1996 documentary)
*Samson und das Krümelmonster (1998 anniversary documentary)
*Der Die Das (1998 anniversary documentary)
*Als die Sesamstrasse nach Deutschland kam (2013 anniversary documentary)
==External links==
*Official site
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