DW-TV (also known as just DW) is a German multilingual TV network of Deutsche Welle. Focussing on news and informational programming, it first started broadcasting 1 April 1992.
RIAS-TV[]
1988–1990[]
SVG NEEDED
The channel started as the TV offering from RIAS (German: Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor; English: Radio in the American Sector).
DW-TV[]
1992–1995[]
SVG NEEDED
On 1 April 1992, Deutsche Welle inherited RIAS-TV's broadcast facilities, using them to start a German and English-language television channel broadcast via satellite.