Editing Sat.1 (section)

{{short description|German TV station}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name              = Sat.1
| logo              = SAT.1 logo 2016.png
| logo_size         = 190px
| launch_date       = {{Start date and age|1984|1|1|df=y}}
| closed_date       =
| picture_format    = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />{{small|(downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)}}
| network           = 
| owner             = [[ProSiebenSat.1 Media]]
| country           = [[Germany]]
| language          = [[German language|German]]
| area              = Germany<br/>[[Austria]]<br/>[[Switzerland]]<br/>[[Liechtenstein]]<br/>[[Poland]]<br/>[[Romania]]<br/>[[Lithuania]]
| headquarters      = [[Unterföhring]], Germany
| former_names      = PKS <small>(1984)</small>
| replaced          = 
| replaced_by       = 
| sister_channels   = [[ProSieben]]<br>[[Kabel eins]]<br>[[Sixx]]<br>[[Sat.1 Emotions]]<br>[[Sat.1 Gold]]<br>[[ProSieben Fun]]<br>[[ProSieben Maxx]]<br>[[kabel eins classics]]<br>[[kabel eins Doku]]
| timeshift_service = 
| website           = {{url|sat1.de}}
| terr_serv_1       = [[Digital terrestrial television]]
| terr_chan_1       = Varies within location
| online_serv_1     = [[Ziggo#Ziggo GO|Ziggo GO]] {{small|(Netherlands)}}
| online_chan_1     = [https://www.ziggogo.tv/nl/tv/channel-asset.html/lgi-nl-prod-master%3ANL_000039_019153/location/65535.html#action=watch ZiggoGO.tv] (Europe only)
| online_serv_2     = Joyn {{small|(Germany)}}
| online_chan_2     = [https://www.joyn.de joyn.de] (Germany only)
| online_serv_3     = Sat.1 Livestream
| online_chan_3     = [https://www.sat1.de/livestream Watch Live] 
}}

'''Sat.1''' ({{IPA|de|zatˈˀaɪ̯ns}}) is a German [[free-to-air]] television channel that is a part of the [[ProSiebenSat.1 Media]] Group. 

It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesellschaft für Kabel- und Satellitenrundfunk)'', initially a joint venture of various publishing houses, and was rebranded as Sat.1 in January 1985. The first broadcast could only be seen by roughly 1200 households who had cable access in the city of [[Ludwigshafen]]. Early programs included old films (mainly from the archives of [[Kirch Group|KirchMedia]]) American hit series and game shows (the most notable show being the German version of ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', ''Glücksrad''). Later, the station acquired a name for its original series and TV films. By 1988, it was the most watched tv channel in West Germany.

Pay-TV sister channel ''[[Sat.1 Emotions]]'' (formerly ''[[Sat.1 Comedy]]'')  airs comedy, romance and movies. In 2013 ''[[Sat.1 Gold]]'', a second, free-to-air Sat.1 offshoot was also launched.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sixx wird zu Sat.1 Gold: Vorbereitungen auf Astra 19,2 laufen|url=http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Sixx-wird-zu-Sat-1-Gold-Vorbereitungen-auf-Astra-19-2-laufen.96864.0.html|work=digitalfernsehen.de|date=10 January 2013 |access-date=11 January 2013}}</ref>

In addition to its free-to-air standard definition feed, Sat.1 also broadcasts an HD feed as a subscription-only channel, available on Astra's [[HD+]] satellite pay-TV platform.