Advice

With the development of satellite television, it is now possible to receive television programmes in most of the main languages in any home, office, school or university.  Watching television is an excellent way of developing listening skills and learning about the target culture.  Most programmes are designed for native speakers of the target language, but some are made specifically for language learners.  The BBC makes a great range of programmes for language learning on BBC2 Learning Zone. and Channel 4 has an excellent range of resources for learning French, German and Spanish for students of 9 to 19 on it's Extra site.

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Channel 4 has an excellent range of resources for learning French, German and Spanish for students of 9 to 19 on it's Extra site

LINKS (in alphabetical order)

ARD.de - TV/media information from the first German public channel

Deutsche Welle  German television channel 

German TV stations Facts and figures re German TV stations

The Standard: German TV Shakeup Means Opportunity for US ... Effects of changes in the German broadcasting world.

Web Links 1 - The German Way  Listings, information and links to German speaking TV stations

ZDF  German television channel (on-line schedules)

ZDF.de - "Information instead of sensation, journalism instead of voyeurism"- entertainment, society and lifestyle news