On 1 January 1989, ProSieben, began broadcasting nine hours of programming a day from Munich.
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13 Facts About ProSieben
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ProSieben had 70 employees at that time and claimed to reach 2.
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ProSieben was awarded the first terrestrial frequency in Munich for a private broadcaster.
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ProSieben has broadcast its programs around the clock since 1 October 1990.
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In 1991, ProSieben created a subsidiary called Teledirekt GmbH to promote the spread of satellite technology in Germany.
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In 1992, although ProSieben was still losing money, it co-founded a special-interest channel, Der Kabelkanal, with German Bundespost TELEKOM.
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In 1995, ProSieben bought the channel outright and renamed it Kabel 1 and began broadcasting it on the SES Astra satellite.
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In 1996, ProSieben was granted a nationwide broadcast license and launched its Internet site.
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Together with RTL, ProSieben operated a combined slot in Switzerland, which was cancelled after seven months in the spring of 2000.
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ProSieben wanted to compete with n-tv, which was very popular, mainly because of the stock market boom, and enlarge its family of channels.
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On 19 September 1999, ProSieben began broadcasting digital multichannel sound in Dolby Digital format.
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ProSieben was appointed at the request of Leo Kirch to legally secure the fusion between Sat.
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ProSieben was succeeded in May 2004 by Dejan Jocic, who was then replaced in December 2005 by Andreas Bartl - who was previously CEO of kabel eins.
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