Kopfball

Launch: January 1999
Relaunch: November 2003, June 2006

About:
Cologne-based WDR station’s talk show Kopfball, which presents economic topics in interesting ways.

Implementation:
The goal was to increase the website’s interactivity and establish the internet as a fixed feedback channel. Viewers have the chance to get involved with their own questions. These are then evaluated by other viewers. Whoever tops this chart wins a prize every 14 days. This function has endured, and the editors have a database of several thousand questions.  A further highlight is the experiment database, which is so successful that it is also often used by rival programmes and print editors.

Technique / components:
PHP, MySQL, own CMS, Flash, graphics
forum, knowledge database, films (stream), video editing, newsletter, quiz, ask questions, evaluate questions

Maintained every week.