ProSieben (sieben is
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
for the number seven) is a commercial
television stationA television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts video and possibly audio to television receivers in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television...
in
GermanyTelevision is an important cultural, social, political and economic part of the German media landscape. During its short existence, television broadcasting has evolved dramatically, both technologically and contentwise....
distributed to a large extent via
cableCable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required...
and
satelliteSatellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial or cable providers.-History:The...
along with
DVB-TDVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first broadcast in the UK in 1997...
(Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) in larger population centres. It began operations on January 1, 1989. Since 2003 the station, as part of the
ProSiebenSat.1 MediaProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European media conglomerate, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2nd 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH...
, is owned by a group of investors led by
Haim SabanHaim Saban is a television and media proprietor. With an estimated net worth of 2.8 billion USD, he is ranked by Forbes as the 102nd richest person in America.-Personal life:...
. ProSieben is Germany's second largest privately owned television company.
ProSieben (sieben is
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
for the number seven) is a commercial
television stationA television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts video and possibly audio to television receivers in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television...
in
GermanyTelevision is an important cultural, social, political and economic part of the German media landscape. During its short existence, television broadcasting has evolved dramatically, both technologically and contentwise....
distributed to a large extent via
cableCable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required...
and
satelliteSatellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial or cable providers.-History:The...
along with
DVB-TDVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first broadcast in the UK in 1997...
(Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) in larger population centres. It began operations on January 1, 1989. Since 2003 the station, as part of the
ProSiebenSat.1 MediaProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European media conglomerate, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2nd 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH...
, is owned by a group of investors led by
Haim SabanHaim Saban is a television and media proprietor. With an estimated net worth of 2.8 billion USD, he is ranked by Forbes as the 102nd richest person in America.-Personal life:...
. ProSieben is Germany's second largest privately owned television company. Although some of ProSieben's programming is self-produced, it also airs many
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n imports.
Their motto is "We love to entertain you." Media stars, some German and many American (e.g.
Tom CruiseThomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards...
, for the channel's broadcast of
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and cast members of such shows as
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
,
Desperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
, or
The O.C.The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
) say the motto as part of the station's campaign, these promos being shown as lead-ins to programs.
The "ProSieben Star Force" lead-ins show the German stars of ProSieben as they are involved in tongue-in-cheek funny moments as the station's "Entertainment Agents", with
Stefan RaabStefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, music producer, singer and comedian. He attended Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn...
(
TV totalTV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show that has run since March 8, 1999, on ProSieben and is currently aired at around 23:15 from Monday to Thursday....
),
Christoph Maria HerbstChristoph Maria Herbst is a German actor and comedian.-Life and Theatre career:After passing the Abitur, Herbst became a banker apprentice and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. In 1986, he was a founding member of the private Theater in Cronenberg and its acting...
(
StrombergStromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. Initially the producers claimed it was based on a character from a past ProSieben comedy, in spite of many elements resembling the BBC series The Office...
), and
Michael "Bully" HerbigMichael Herbig is a German film director, actor and author. He is also known by the name Bully as a comedian.- Life and work :...
(
BullyparadeBullyparade is the title of a German late night comedy sketch show which aired from 1997 to 2002 on German channel ProSieben. Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Rick Kavanian and Diana Herold were the main characters of the show....
) in a more recent promo as an agent.
ProSieben broadcasts from the
AstraSES Astra SA, is a corporate subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary communication satellites, which transmit approximately 2490 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 317 transponders to 122.2 million...
1L and
3AAstra 3A is a communications satellite owned and operated by SES Astra, launched in 2002 to the Astra 23.5°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio for DTH and cable, multimedia and interactive services, corporate networks, and occasional and other business services to central...
satellites and is uplinked by
ASTRA Platform ServicesASTRA Platform Services GmbH is a sister company of SES Astra, both are subsidiaries of SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg. From its headquarters in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, APS operates a broadcasting centre, providing a wide range of services, including content management, playout,...
.
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- Family Guy
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- Futurama
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- Gossip Girl
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(Grey's Anatomy – Die jungen Ärzte)
- Grounded for Life
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(Keine Gnade für Dad)
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- Joey
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- Kyle XY
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List of programs broadcast by ProSieben
- Axel! will's wissen (reruns)
- Bully & Rick (reruns)
- CineTipp
- comedystreet
- Das Model und der Freak
- Die einzig wahren Hochzeitscrasher
- Deine Chance! 3 Bewerber - 1 Job
- Deutschlands schrecklichste...
- Do it Yourself - S.O.S. (reruns)
- Elton vs. Simon
Elton vs. Simon is a German re-make of the Canadian show Kenny vs. Spenny.-Plot:Like Kenny and Spenny, Elton and Simon are friends who share an apartment and fight each other in unusual competitions...
(reruns)
- Focus TV
- Galileo
- Galileo Mystery
- Germany's Next Showstars
- Germany's Next Topmodel
- Giulia in Love?!
- Kalkofes Mattscheibe
- Lebe deinen Traum! Jetzt wird alles anders!
- Look of Love - Neuer Style für die Liebe
- Mascerade - Deutschland verbiegt sich
- MyVideo Star
- Newstime
- Night-Loft
- Popstars
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- ProSieben Funny Movie
- ProSieben Reportage
- ProSieben Spätnachrichten
- ProSieben Spezial - Wissen Weltweit
- Primeval
Primeval is a British science fiction television series.Primeval or primæval may also refer to:* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...
(Co-production)
- Quatsch Comedy Club
- red! Stars, Lifestyle & More
- SAM
-Sam:Name* Male given names**Samuel *Female given names**Samantha*Sām, a Persian folk hero, whose name means 'dark'*Sam was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics...
- Schlag den Raab
Schlag den Raab is a game show airing on the German television channel ProSieben. A candidate who can beat Stefan Raab in a number of disciplines wins the jackpot.-Premise:...
- Schlag den Star
- Simply the Best
Simply the Best can refer to:*Simply the Best , an album by Tina Turner*Simply the Best , a UK television game show...
- Stromberg
Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. Initially the producers claimed it was based on a character from a past ProSieben comedy, in spite of many elements resembling the BBC series The Office...
- superspots - Die besten Clips im Umlauf
- Switch (reruns)
- Switch reloaded
- taff
- talk talk talk
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- The Next Uri Geller
- TV Total
TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show that has run since March 8, 1999, on ProSieben and is currently aired at around 23:15 from Monday to Thursday....
- U20 - Deutschland, deine Teenies
- We are Family! So lebt Deutschland
- Night-Loft
List of shows previously aired by ProSieben
- 18 - Allein unter Mädchen
- Alles außer Sex
- Arabella
Arabella was a German talk show hosted by Arabella Kiesbauer airing on the German television network ProSieben from 1994 to 2004. It was modelled after The Oprah Winfrey Show....
- Avenzio - Schöner leben!
- BRAVO TV
BRAVO TV is a German television program which aired from January 1985 till December 1986 on Sat.1 and from May 1993 till December 2002 on RTL II. In February 2003 the ZDF took over the show, but it was cancelled due to bad ratings in November 2004. The show later had a short-lived revival on...
- Bullyparade
Bullyparade is the title of a German late night comedy sketch show which aired from 1997 to 2002 on German channel ProSieben. Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Rick Kavanian and Diana Herold were the main characters of the show....
- Das Geständnis - Heute sage ich alles
- Der kleine Mann
- Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively portrayed by German and Austrian comedians and actors...
- Elton.tv
Elton.tv was a German comedic late-night talk show hosted by Elton. It was originally shown once a week on ProSieben between 6 December 2001 and 27 March 2003....
- Extreme Activity
- Gülcans Traumhochzeit
- Lotta in Love
- Rent a Pocher
Rent a Pocher was a German television show hosted by comedian Oliver Pocher. The weekly late-night show ran on Thursdays on the commercial television channel ProSieben and was produced by Brainpool. On the show, in addition to comedy bits and celebrity guests, Pocher offered to "rent" himself out...
- Wunderwelt Wissen
A weekly television documentary airing on the German television channel ProSieben....
- Verrückt nach Clara
- Sarah and Marc in Love
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