Das aktuelle sportstudio


das aktuelle sportstudio is a weekly sports TV show on German channel ZDF, broadcast late on Saturday evenings. The program is repeated later on 3sat. It was first broadcast on 24 August 1963. From 1999 to 2005, the program was called ZDF SPORTstudio.
According to sources involved in the negotiations, ZDF paid €88 million – €92 million for a package of Bundesliga TV-broadcasting rights for the four seasons from 2013/14 to 2016/17.

History

When ZDF started in 1963, it had a modest budget and it was decided to try to attract an audience using sports. This was the beginning of an unusually large sports editorial team of 42 employees, who actually succeeded in overcoming the ARD for a whole time with the visual participation. This project favored the recently introduced football league, which made football more attractive with its point system. To this end, a tailor-made program was created.
The original name Das aktuelle Sport-Studio was changed to ZDF SPORTstudio on 4 December 1999 and the time slot was permanently moved to 11 p.m. in 2004. The reason for this: so far, the studio had always been broadcast live, which was expressed by the word "aktuell" in the title. Now it was only a question of a consignment previously recorded for reasons of cost. From 6 August 2005, the program was broadcast live and under the name das aktuelle sportstudio on the old broadcasting station at 10 p.m.. At the start of broadcasting after 10 p.m., das aktuelle sportstudio was sent in a time-delayed manner in exceptional cases. Since 11 September 2010, das aktuelle sportstudio is usually recorded on Saturdays from about 22:30 hrs and is broadcast from 11 p.m. onwards.
According to negotiating circles for the four seasons 2013/14 to 2016/17, ZDF is paying between 88 and 92 million euros for the package of Bundesliga broadcasting rights on which the broadcast is based. The channel does not give any information on the amount of expenditure. According to ZDF, the 46 to 48 75-minute broadcasts per year have an average cost of about 150,000 euros.

Presenters

Some of the presenters were athletes before joining the program, such as figure skaters, footballers or athletes.
Carmen Thomas became the first female presenter of the show on 3 February 1973. Her tenure is connected with two other events in German television history: in her second program, she was able to present the picture of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper of the following day and to read the criticism of their broadcast. On 21 July 1973, however, she mistakenly referred to football team Schalke 04 as "Schalke 05", which she is still asked about almost every week. 30 years later, at the home match on 28 August 2004 against FC Hansa Rostock, she issued an official apology for her error to all the Schalke fans present.
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Basche, ArnimArnim Baschem1972to1974
Bendt, Helmuth Helmuth Bendt †m1963to1981
Breyer, JochenJochen Breyerm2013totoday
Cerne, RudiRudi Cernem1999to2006
Friedrichs, Hanns JoachimHanns Joachim Friedrichs †m1971to1981
Günzler, Rainer Rainer Günzler †m1963to1969
Haanappel, JoanJoan Haanappelw1980to1981
Heller, BerndBernd Hellerm1980to1993
Jauch, GüntherGünther Jauchm1988to1997
Kerner, JohannesJohannes B. Kernerm1997to2006
König, NorbertNorbert Königm1992to1994
Krämer, Gerd Gerd Krämer †m1964to1968
Kürten, DieterDieter Kürtenm1967to2000
Mas, Sissy deSissy de Masw1980to1981
Meisel, Heribert Heribert Meisel †m1963to1964
Müller-Hohenstein, Katrin Katrin Müller-Hohensteinw2006to
Papperitz, DorisDoris Papperitzw1984to1990
Poschmann, Wolf-Dieter Wolf-Dieter Poschmannm1994to2011
Reinhart, ChristineChristine Reinhartw1993to1995
Schneider, Werner †m1964to1973
Schneyder, Werner Werner Schneyder †m1975to1979
Senne, KarlKarl Sennem1981to1992
Steinbrecher, Michael Michael Steinbrecherm1992to
Thoelke, Wim Wim Thoelke †m1963to1970
Thomas, CarmenCarmen Thomasw1973to1974
Valérien, Harry Harry Valérien †m1963to1988
Voss, Sven Sven Vossm2011to