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|   Logo used since 2017 | |
| Country | Germany | 
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mainz, Germany | 
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 720p (1080p (DVB-T2 only)) (HDTV) | 
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ZDF | 
| Key people | Markus Schächter | 
| Sister channels | ZDF ZDFinfo | 
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2009 (SD) 30 April 2012 (HD) | 
| Replaced | ZDFdokukanal | 
| Links | |
| Website | www | 
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Region dependent | 
| Streaming media | |
| ZDF.de | Watch live | 
ZDFneo is a German free-to-air television channel, programmed for an audience aged 25 to 49 [1] to complement the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel ZDFdokukanal on 1 November 2009.
On 1 October 2017, the channel was to receive a new on-air design and a new broadcasting logo; [2] this was brought forward to 26 September 2017. The logo and on-air design was created by Julia David. [3]
ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest of ZDFvision) via DVB-T digital terrestrial television, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C through German cable networks, and in DVB-S from the Astra 1H satellite.
Since 30 April 2012, ZDFneo has been broadcast in HD (720p). [4] The channel was initially only scaled up by 576i, since ZDFneo had no HD-capable playout at this time. Since mid-May 2015, the channel is broadcast in native HD quality.
ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house. Shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies round out the schedule.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Annual average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 [9] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2010 [10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2011 [11] | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 
| 2012 [12] | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |  0.6% | 
| 2013 [13] | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |  1.0% | 
| 2014 [14] | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% |  1.3% | 
| 2015 [15] | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.8% |  1.6% | 
| 2016 [16] | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.4% |  2.1% | 
| 2017 [17] | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 
As the lead Art Director at FEEDMEE Design at the time, I had the great pleasure of developing not only the new on-air channel identity, but the new logo and off-air concept as well.