ZDF is a German public-service television channel that was founded in 1963. It is one of the two nationwide public-service television channels in Germany, and is run by the ZDF Public Broadcasting Corporation. The channel broadcasts news and information, documentaries, films, sports, and entertainment programming. ZDF also operates two digital channels, ZDFneo and ZDFinfo, as well as two pay-TV channels, ZDFkultur and ZDFdokukanal. ZDF's website, zdf.de, contains videos, live streams, and news articles about the channel's programming. It also features a large selection of on-demand content, including TV shows, movies, and documentaries. Visitors to the website can also find information about upcoming programming, as well as watch live streams of the channel.

As ZDF is a channel, not a network, the channel is broadcast throughout Germany, with no regional variations or affiliates, using a number of signal repeaters.en.wikipedia.orgZDF transmitters broadcast a digital signal. Analog signals were gradually phased out, a process which lasted from 2002 to 2008.

In addition to its main channel – simply known as ZDF – the broadcaster ZDF operates two thematic channels.zdf.deThey were first launched on digital satellite in 1997 and have since become increasingly prominent as more and more viewers have gained access to digital television.

The opening ceremony will be broadcast by ZDF and the closing ceremony by Das Erste. Notes Darge: “We will produce extensively for this Olympic Games.svgeurope.orgZDF is producing blanket coverage of the Winter Games event, taking the host feeds from Olympic Broadcast Services (OBS) as well as several of its own in China.