Deutsche Welle
| Type: | International public broadcaster |
| Founded: | 3 May 1953 |
| Founder(s): | name of founder(s) here |
| Ownership: | current ownership, year purchased |
| Headquarters: | Bonn |
| Country: | Germany |
| Employees: | Around 3,000(2016) |
| Revenue: | €324 m (2014)[1] |
| Website: | Deutsche Welle Website |
| Key People | |
| Peter Limbourg, Director General | |
Deutsche Welle (DW) (German Wave in English) is Germany’s international broadcaster founded in May 1953 with around 3,000 employees and freelancers from over 60 countries. It has its headquarters in Bonn and its main studio in Berlin [2] and currently broadcasts in 30 languages.
History Deutsche Welle first broadcasted with a speech from the then Federal President Theodor Heuss on May 3rd 1953[3] from the Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (NWDR) studio in Cologne on behalf of the broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany .
DW Services
- Das Magazin der DW: The DW Magazine (Die Weltzeit) comes out every four months and is free to anyone who or requests it per mail [4]
- Newsletter-Service der Deutschen Welle: DW offers a Newsletter to those who register at their website. There are four types of newsletters that are offered at the website. Some newsletters come out twice a day, containing all the important morning and evening news in a compact form. Some are offered once a day and others once a week[5]
- DW app: DW offers an Add-free app for iOS, Android, Windows and Symbian which can be downloaded from their website[6]
- Podcasts: DW offers a series of podcasts on art, tech, culture and controversial subjects[7]
- RSS Feeds DW offers a list of RSS Feeds for those who want to receive every single news article and feature created at dw.com or would like to mix and match topics.[8]
- Social Media DW can be found on social media, such as facebook and twitter[9]
DW Akademie
References
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/popups/pdf/47168140/2014-revenue-and-expenditure-account.pdf Revenue and expenditure account , Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/about-dw/profile/s-30688 About DW, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/de/unternehmen/60-jahre-dw/s-100250 Broadcast by Theodor Heuss, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/de/das-magazin-der-dw/a-15875694 Die Weltzeit, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/de/newsletter-anmeldung/a-15718221 DW newsletter service, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/more-dw/mobile/s-8733 DW App, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/media-center/podcasts/s-100977 DW Podcasts, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/more-dw/rss/s-31500 DW RSS Feeds, Retrieved 2nd July 2016
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/more-dw/social-media/s-7882 DW Social Media, Retrieved 2nd July 2016