(formerly '''PKS''') is a privately owned
German Television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station and started one day before
RTL Television .
It started in January 1984 as ''(Programmgesellschaft für Kabel und Satellitenrundfunk)'', initially a joint venture of various publishing houses. The first broadcast could only be seen by a few people who owned cable access. Early programs included old films, mainly from the archives of KirchMedia, American hit-series and gameshows. Later, the station acquired a name for its homemade series and TV films.
Sat.1 is currently a part of the
ProSiebenSat.1 Media . The head of Sat.1 is Matthias Alberti.
