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The Open Channel Food ( OK43 ) was a citizen TV channel, which was operated by a carrier of the same club. The program was analogous to the cable network of the city of Essen fed (channel S21 ), the scope stood at around 190,000 households.

The Open Channel Food was next to the open channel Dortmund at the two largest open channels in North Rhine -Westphalia (Category A).

On 1 January 2009 the Open Channel has ceased operations. These include the TV channel as well as offering seminars or the rental of equipment and editing suites. The country's Media Commission, on a proposal from the LfM NRW decided not to continue to promote open channels in the previous form.

The program was on New Year's Eve 2008 with a four - hour live broadcast ( " Last one turns the light off !") Ended, which gave a look back at almost 18 years OK43 and also through numerous discussions, such as the manager, and producers or users, an overview on the current situation was. After the actual live broadcast the TV program was shut down on live television in the broadcasting equipment. Since then an information panel is visible.

  • 6.1 Information Boards
  • 6.2 Teletext
  • 6.3 Homepage
  • 6.4 Internet TV

OK43

For the program, the abbreviation OK43 was frequently used, an acronym that stands for Open Channel, as well as the first two digits of the postcode of Food establishing time: 4300th During a partial reorientation and restructuring of the program schedule in January 2008 was begun the appearance (CI ) to update. The previous brand image moved more into the background and the statement " television for food" was part of the logo.

TV program

OK43 was to receive 24 hours a day, a large part of the program consisted of contributions from producers. In the remaining time info panels ( see below), and contributions to this series to: send city.

With the conversion of the program schedule 2008, there were two main types of transmission blocks that were unique in this form in NRW:

  • Contributions from drafting groups were Mon - Fri sent from 19 clock and Saturday from 20 clock, and stood every day with a different focal point. Here met regularly users to plan the flow of the transmission block and organize. Thus, it could take place in addition to joint planning primarily a learning experience and the television -making.
  • Posts in the free space. Producers who do not plan contributions and radiate within the drafting groups could want to use the classic open access and their contributions Mo. - Fr! 0 clock and Saturday from 22 clock send.

First-run

The send blocks are repeated across the week, several times at different times.

Program types

In order to structure the program better and easier to organize divisions have been introduced to deal with specific issues and will be sent by way of regular broadcasting times. Recently there were the following lines:

  • Editorial Sport hour (Local Sports )
  • School & Integration (school, training, integration )
  • Lokaltermin (Politics, Society)
  • Cultural good ( cinema, music, theater, film, theme nights, concerts, city festivals )
  • Food COMPACT (news, trailers, short reports, NiF, event tips )
  • OK mobile ( Event, Talk)
  • InEcht ( Documentaries and Reports )
  • Seitenblicke ( program exchange with other open channels )
  • Stained TV (Entertainment and Lifestyle )
  • Clip Culture (Music Clip )
  • Turned off (series, short films )

Regular shipments

On OK43 a series broadcast by regular mail which has been created by editorial groups. These included, for example,

  • Berlin Bohème and Monday children - gay and lesbian Soaps by Andreas White
  • City Talk - reports of events Essen, Essen places, Essen citizens
  • The literature Coffee - The only show on German television which deals exclusively with the German crime.
  • Fifteen - the magazine by young people for young people.
  • Apprenticeships TV - reports on the subject of education and teaching.
  • Music Cult Watch - pop music show with artists and newcomers, especially from the Ruhr
  • HAPPENS - Weekly city magazine, which is produced by interns
  • Powerplay - Weekly sports magazine with local talents such as ESC mosquitoes Food
  • Stadtgeflüster - Weekly private conversation with caller participation about local topics
  • Walter Late Night - 14 daily late-night talk format with guests, new bands and Einspielern ( Comedy, current reports)

Training and Qualification

OK43 saw itself not only as a pure civil station - the one formed the Open Channel food to last four trainees in media design picture and sound, (partly in cooperation with the LfM), on the other hand offered OK43 drafting group care and numerous seminars, which allowed a qualification in working with the medium of television, be it from a technical or editorial point of view.

Many of OK43 Qualified are still regularly present in part in the media. The most popular are Hans -Werner Fittkau ( n-tv, PHOENIX ), Tom Briele (WDR, German Welle TV, Kanal4/RTL ), Dirk Stolzenberg ( Radio Essen, N -Joy Radio), Manuel Neukirchen (Radio food, DFB, German Football Museum ), Christian Schreckeneder (WDR ), Michael Tobias ( Radio Essen, NRW Radio, Radio RSG ) and Matthias Walter (RTL explosives ).

Information platform

Information boards

Outside the broadcast times for user contributions beamed the Open Channel Food from information boards who informed the audience about the TV program, news out of the city (such as traffic, weather, events) and the seminars. Also, users were able to book their own tables, which were then designed according to your wishes and, for example, drew attention to their own events. These panels also ran the responsibility of the respective user.

Teletext

From 2005 OK43 beamed from a teletext in which the current TV program, seminar information, but also, for example, movie listings were found. 2006 World Cup even the possibility was offered to let show the current goals during live games into the current image.

Homepage

Since 1999 OK43 offered on his own website also displays information about the program and seminars. Since the relaunch in 2005 the now excellent as the best OK homepage NRW website has offered a wide variety of information to the transmitter and the club. The domain ok43.de belongs to another owner today.

Internet TV

Launched in 2003 as a pilot project, OK43 has offered the only open channel in a broadband Germany live stream around the clock, on the viewers who are not connected to the Essen-based cable network, were able to follow the program.

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