In 2020, DW‘s journalistic offerings are reaching 249 million weekly user contacts and have thus significantly exceeded the company’s target for 2021. In comparison with the previous year, the number of user contacts increased by 52 million (plus 26 percent) which is the highest growth rate to date.  

Online offerings once again show the most considerable increase with a 46 percent rise.
More than three-quarters of online usage can be attributed to videos, and a similarly high proportion of users are interacting with DW content on their smartphones or tablets.

DW also grew significantly on TV and radio. With 111 million users a week, TV remains the strongest broadcasting platform.

The use of DW radio services, which has remained stable in recent years, is now showing a strong increase with 12 million more radio users per week compared to last year. Especially in DW’s broadcasting languages Hausa, Kiswahili and French, radio usage has again increased considerably. 

Online usage increased, especially in the spring of this year, due to the strong demand for information on the coronavirus. However, the figures have stabilized on a sustained basis at this high level.

Director General Peter Limbourg: “The continuous increase in our usage figures for several years is proof of the relevance of DW’s offerings. The fact that we have been able to consolidate our strong growth besides our reporting on the pandemic speaks for our journalistic quality.”

Cooperation between editorial departments and the Audience Development team further enhanced the profiles of DW’s social media accounts and aligned them even more to the individual needs of users in different target regions. This has led to strong growth, especially on Facebook and YouTube.

The demand for DW content continues to be particularly strong in sub-Saharan Africa. This year, it rose primarily due to higher usage of radio services and the expansion of regionalized TV services. In Europe and the Middle East as well as North Africa, the use of DW services increased most significantly, especially through regular interview segments on TV (in the Balkans and Greece, as well as in Iraq and Algeria), but also across all online platforms.

(Source: DW press release)

Hanzawa Tsuruko is a master of chaji, a tea ceremony that starts with an exquisitely prepared meal and finishes with matcha tea served from the heart. The purpose of this four-hour event is to treasure every encounter in life, knowing that it will never recur. Tsuruko has been traveling around Japan to encounter new people and share chaji with them. Last autumn, at the age of 76, she set off on a tea journey across Germany. The program chronicles her month-long odyssey.

As a mysterious virus that can only be seen through a microscope, the Novel (New) Coronavirus inspires fear. Medical doctor and CG creator Hirofumi Seo set out to demystify the illness it brings. He uses computer graphics to visualize the “invisible enemy.” See for yourself images of the mechanism behind infection, viral replication, and acute progression; and learn how medicine may come to the rescue by disrupting the sequence.

GRAND SUMO Highlights
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The best of today’s sumo! Enjoy daily highlights of this dynamic sport with background info and play-by-play commentary adding to the excitement!

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Going beyond the horizon. Meet Japan’s entrepreneurs whose innovative thinking is changing traditional mindsets in their various fields of work.

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Spectrum planning assessment service helps new entrants and existing digital radio multiplex operators to navigate small-scale DAB licence applications

 Arqiva, the leading UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has launched a new small-scale DAB spectrum planning service in response to Ofcom’s plans to award new small-scale DAB licenses.

Leveraging Arqiva’s expertise in spectrum planning and proven technical application planning skills, the service will support potential small-scale DAB licensees in their applications for a licence. As part of the consultation package, Arqiva can provide desktop analysis and develop transmission plans for new entrants. Designed to make the technical element of the application process as simple as possible, the service will enable new licensees to plan, assess and provide the supporting documentation required to submit a winning application.

Arqiva is also able to offer an evaluation and formal response service for existing broadcast operators to fulfil their obligations as incumbent licensees, within the timelines stipulated by Ofcom.

Richard Johnston, Head of Radio at Arqiva, said: “We recognise the potentially daunting task of applying for DAB licences for small-scale DAB operators. Thanks to Arqiva’s heritage in spectrum planning and licence application, we can offer a supportive service to new entrants considering a licence application. For existing broadcasters, now faced with small-scale DAB licensee responses, our offering can assist with their Ofcom obligations. We want to give both our existing customers and new applicants the peace of mind that Arqiva will manage the complexities of spectrum analysis so they don’t have to.”

Those looking to apply for a small-scale DAB licence can enquire about the Arqiva service at https://www.arqiva.com/overviews/radio/small-scale-dab/

(Source: Arqiva press release)

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What if social media had existed in 1945, when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima? This program constructs a timeline of imaginary tweets, based on actual diaries written by three Hiroshima citizens during  World War II. One was by a 13-year-old. Another was written by a 26-year-old newly wed, who prayed for her husband in the battlefield. The third was by a journalist. None of them had an inkling of the fate that awaited their city

A young boy carried the lifeless body of his even younger brother in Nagasaki, after the devastation that the atomic bomb brought. An American army photographer, Joe O’Donnell, took a picture of him waiting in line at a crematory. No one knows the boy’s name, but the photo has been seen around the world. This program shows the array of approaches being used to try to determine his identity. It also examines the struggles of other children who lost their parents to the bomb

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1:30 / 7:30 / 10:30 / 19:30

Three days in the life of…Stay in one location for 72 hours, catching glimpses into people’s lives as they open up and share