Deutsche Welle

=== Internet presence ===
In September 1994, {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} was the first public broadcaster in Germany with an internet presence, initially '''www-dw.gmd.de''', hosted by the GMD Information Technology Research Center. For its first two years, the site listed little more than contact addresses, although DW's ''News Journal'' was broadcast in [[RealAudio]] from Real's server beginning in 1995, and ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''{{'}}s initial web presence, which included news articles from the newspaper, shared the site. In 1996, it evolved into a news website using the URL '''dwelle.de'''; in 2001, the URL changed to '''www.dw-world.de''', and was changed again in 2012, to '''www.dw.de'''. {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} purchased the domain '''dw.com''', which previously belonged to [[DiamondWare]], in 2013; DW had attempted to claim ownership of the address in 2000, without success. DW eventually moved to the '''www.dw.com''' domain on 22 June 2015. According to DW, their website delivers information by topic with an intuitive navigation organized to meet users' expectations. The layout offers more flexibility to feature pictures, videos, and in-depth reporting on the day's events in a multimedia and multilingual fashion. They also integrated their Media Center into the dw.de website making it easier for users to access videos, audio, and picture galleries from DW's multimedia archive of reports, programs, and coverage of special issues.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 February 2012|title=DW introduces new website and TV program|url=https://www.dw.com/en/dw-introduces-new-website-and-tv-program/a-15714267|access-date=26 March 2020|website=dw.com|language=en|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601073512/https://www.dw.com/en/dw-introduces-new-website-and-tv-program/a-15714267|url-status=live}}</ref>

DW's news site is in seven core languages ([[Modern Standard Arabic|Arabic]], [[Standard Chinese|Chinese]], English, German, Spanish, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese for Brazil]], and Russian), as well as a mixture of news and information in 23 other languages in which {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} broadcasts. [[Persian language|Persian]] became the site's eighth focus language in 2007.

German and European news is DW's central focus, but the site also offers background information about Germany and German language courses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |title = Learn German |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 5 August 2017 |archive-date = 5 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805082146/http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 |url-status = live }}</ref> '''''Deutsch, Warum Nicht?''''' (literally: ''German, Why Not?'') is a personal course for learning the German language, created by {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} and the {{lang|de|[[Goethe-Institut]]|italic=no}}.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/learn-german/deutsch-warum-nicht/s-2548 ''Deutsch, Warum Nicht?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621004654/http://www.dw.de/learn-german/deutsch-warum-nicht/s-2548 |date=21 June 2015 }}. {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}. Retrieved 5 August 2017.</ref>

In 2003, the German government passed a new "{{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} Act", which defined DW as a tri-media organization, making the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} website an equal partner with DW-TV and DW Radio. The website is available in 30 languages, but focuses on German, English, Spanish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, and Arabic. Persian became the eighth focus language in 2007.

In March 2009, DW-TV expanded its television services in Asia with two new channels, namely DW-TV Asia and DW-TV Asia+. DW-TV Asia (DW-TV Asien in German) contains 16 hours of German programming and 8 hours in English, whilst DW-TV Asia+ contains 18 hours of English programmes plus 6 hours of German programmes.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/en/two-dedicated-channels-provide-gateway-to-europe/a-3930041 Two New Dedicated Channels Provide Gateway to Europe: Two DW-TV channel launched in Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709061649/http://www.dw.com/en/two-dedicated-channels-provide-gateway-to-europe/a-3930041 |date=9 July 2017 }} {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}}.</ref>

In August 2009, DW-TV's carriage in the United Kingdom on [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky]] channel 794 ceased, although the channel continues to be available via other European satellites receivable in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055640587 |title = No more DW-TV on Sky/Astra |work = Boards |date = 18 November 2001 |access-date = 15 May 2015 |archive-date = 18 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092648/http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055640587 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2011, DW announced a significant reduction of service including the closure of most of its FM services in the Balkans (except for [[Romani language|Romani]]), but that it would expand its network of FM partners in Africa. The radio production for Hausa, Kiswahili, French, and Portuguese for Africa was optimized for FM broadcasts and DW also produces a regional radio magazine daily in English, to be rebroadcast by partners in Africa.

Audio content in Arabic is distributed online, via mobile, or rebroadcast by partners.

DW announced it would focus on FM partnerships for Bengali, Urdu, Dari/Pashtu, and Indonesian for South Asia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

On 1 November 2011, DW discontinued shortwave broadcasts in German, Russian, Persian, and Indonesian and ended its English service outside Africa. Chinese programming was reduced from 120 minutes to 60 minutes a week. As of November 2011, DW only broadcast radio programming via shortwave in: Amharic, Chinese, Dari, English and French for Africa, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pashtu, Portuguese for Africa and Urdu.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-welle-changes-in-radio-broadcasts-starting-this-summer/a-6529299 |title = Changes in radio broadcasts starting this summer |publisher = Deutsche Welle |access-date = 19 July 2015 |archive-date = 22 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722074611/http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-welle-changes-in-radio-broadcasts-starting-this-summer/a-6529299 |url-status = live }}</ref>

The budget of the {{Lang|de|Deutsche Welle|italic=no}} for 2016 was 301.8&nbsp;million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Etataufstockung-Deutsche-Welle-erhaelt-mehr-als-zehn-Millionen-zusaetzlich-137721 |title = Etataufstockung: Deutsche Welle erhält mehr als zehn Millionen zusätzlich |access-date = 29 August 2017 |archive-date = 29 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170829165216/http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Etataufstockung-Deutsche-Welle-erhaelt-mehr-als-zehn-Millionen-zusaetzlich-137721 |url-status = live }}</ref>

On 25 February 2018, [[DW-TV]] published ''"The Climate Cover Up – Big Oil's Campaign of Deception"'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dw.com/en/the-climate-cover-up-big-oils-deception/av-42731406 |title = The climate cover-up – big oil's deception {{!}} All media content {{!}} DW {{!}} 25 February 2018 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225124442/http://www.dw.com/en/the-climate-cover-up-big-oils-deception/av-42731406|archive-date=25 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> after documents confirmed big oil companies have known<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Supran |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Oreskes |first2=Naomi |author2-link=Naomi Oreskes |year=2017 |title = Assessing ExxonMobil's climate change communications (1977–2014) |url = http://stacks.iop.org/1748-9326/12/i=8/a=084019 |journal=Environmental Research Letters |volume=12 |issue=8 |page=084019 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f |issn=1748-9326 |bibcode=2017ERL....12h4019S |doi-access=free }}</ref> the burning of fossil fuels impacts climate since 1957.<ref>{{Citation |author = DW Documentary |title = The climate cover up – big oil's campaign of deception {{!}} DW Documentary |date = 25 February 2018 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwEniX51t0 |access-date = 26 February 2018 |archive-date = 4 March 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180304021435/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwEniX51t0 |url-status = live }}</ref>