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ARD and ZDF leave Hot Bird for World Cup

June 13, 2014 10.06 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD-SportschauGerman public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have removed their main channels from Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system at 13 degrees East due to rights restrictions regarding the FIFA Football World Cup 2014.

ZDF will transmit its digital channel ZDFneo on Hot Bird during the World Cup, a spokesman of the broadcaster told Broadband TV News.

ARD ZDF caption World Cup 2014 Hot BirdARD doesn’t air a replacement channel, but instead shows a text caption informing viewers that its main channel Das Erste unfortunately can’t be transmitted on this satellite during and shortly after the FIFA Football World Cup, concretely between June 12 and July 21, for licence reasons.

The German public broadcasters’ unencrypted satellite distribution on Astra (19.2 degrees East) which serves DTH satellite viewers in Germany is not affected. ARD and ZDF air all 64 World Cup games live and unencrypted on the Luxembourg-based satellite system on their main channels and on digital channels Einsfestival and ZDFinfo both in standard resolution (SD) and in high definition (HD).

The reason for the withdrawal from Hot Bird is the satellite system’s larger footprint which reaches regions not covered by Astra, specifically in the Middle East and Northern Africa where pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports from the Al-Jazeera group has obtained the exclusive live broadcast rights from FIFA.

With the removal of their unencrypted World Cup coverage from Hot Bird, ARD and ZDF have avoided a legal dispute with the rights holder in these territories.

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Filed Under: Satellite, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, FIFA, Hot Bird, rights restrictions, satellite, World Cup 2014, ZDF Edited: 15 June 2014 09:51

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About Jörn Krieger

Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets. He also takes up University lectureships, writes articles in specialist publications, and produces radio reports. Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München and IFA Berlin.

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