Universal TV (German TV channel)

Universal TV is a German pay-tv-channel, which is operated by NBCUniversal and headquartered in Munich. The station was announced on May 22, 2013, and launched on September 5, 2013.^[1]

Universal TV

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German/English
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	NBCUniversal
Sister channels	13th Street Syfy
History
Launched	5 September 2013; 9 years ago (2013-09-05)
Former names	Universal Channel (2013-2018)
Links
Website	www.universaltv.de
Availability
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany)	-

In the course of the global renaming of Universal Channel into Universal TV, the channel was renamed in Germany on July 2, 2018.^[2]

Programming^[3]

The programme consists of a mixture of feature films and series, the latter being the major part of the program. The station's prime time starts at 9 pm and is filled, among other things, by exclusive first broadcastings. The complete program is also available in the original version, in addition to German synchronization.^[4] In addition to series already broadcast on other stations, German-language first-time broadcasts are also offered.

Current

• 'Til Death (Ehe ist...) (2015–present)
• According to Jim (Immer wieder Jim - Jim hat immer Recht!) (2016–present)
• Anger Management (2015–present)
• Baby Daddy (2014–present)
• Bates Motel (2013–present)
• Castle (2014, 2016–present)
• Chicago Fire (2013–present)
• Chicago Justice (2017–present)
• Chicago Med (2016–present)
• Devious Maids (Devious Maids - Schmutzige Geheimnisse) (2014–present)
• Desperate Housewives
• Go On (2013, 2015–present)
• Kojak (2018–present)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Criminal Intent - Verbrechen im Visier) (2013–present)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–present)
• Life (2014–present)
• Medium (Medium - Nichts bleibt verborgen) (2015–present)
• Monk (2016–present)
• Psych (2014–present)
• Superstore (2016–present)
• The Catch (2017–present)
• The Goldbergs (Die Goldbergs) (2016–present)
• The Librarians (The Quest) (2015–present)

Former

• Ghost Whisperer (Ghost Whisperer - Stimmen aus dem Jenseits) (2013-2015)
• Melissa & Joey (2014-2016)
• Rake (2014, 2016)
• Royal Pains (2016-2017)
• Secrets and Lies (2015-2016)
• State of Affairs (2015-2016)
• The Driver (2015-2016)
• Weeds (Weeds - Kleine Deals unter Nachbarn) (2014)
• Young Hercules (Der junge Hercules) (2014-2016)

Logos

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  5 September 2013 – 1 July 2018

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  2 July 2018 – present

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  Universal TV HD

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2017^[5]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1% '
2018^[6]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

References

1. "Universal Channel geht in Deutschland auf Sendung". horizont.net. HORIZONT Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
2. Schwegler, Petra (4 May 2018). "Aus Universal Channel wird Universal TV". wuv.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
3. "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
4. "Matthew Perry und «Chicago Fire» zum Start des Universal Channel". 23 July 2013.
5. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
6. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

External links

• Official website (in German)