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ARD to decide about channel closure by the end of the year

August 18, 2023 09.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ARD wants to decide by the end of the year which linear TV channel it will discontinue as part of its cost-saving measures.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Kai Gniffke, One, tagesschau24 Edited: 21 August 2023 09:25

ARD’s regional TV channels to drop SD satellite distribution in 2021

March 21, 2020 21.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The regional affiliates of German public broadcaster ARD will terminate the satellite distribution of their TV channels in SD resolution on Astra (19.2° East) in January 2021.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Arte, Astra, Das Erste, MDR, One, SD switch-off, tagesschau24, WDR, Wolfgang Wagner, ZDF Edited: 21 March 2020 21:38

ARD rolls out replay TV via HbbTV

February 12, 2020 22.38 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

German public broadcaster ARD is now offering its TV viewers the option of resetting the currently running programme to the beginning at the touch of a button.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, HbbTV, Newsline, Tech, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD Play-Out Center, ARD-alpha, BR Fernsehen, Das Erste, HbbTV 2.0.1, hr-fernsehen, MDR Fernsehen, One, RBB Fernsehen, Replay TV, SR Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen. Edited: 14 February 2020 10:05

ARD to drop SD satellite distribution in 2021 [UPDATE]

February 12, 2020 21.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ARD will cease the satellite distribution of its TV channels in SD resolution on Astra (19.2° East) in January 2021.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Tech, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Astra, Das Erste, Diveo, Freenet TV, HD+, KEF, M7 group, Media Broadcast, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, One, ProSieben, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, Sat.1, SD switch-off, SES, tagesschau24 Edited: 13 February 2020 21:16

ARD-alpha to launch HD service in January 2019

February 9, 2018 15.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the Bavarian affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD, will offer its educational TV channel ARD-alpha in HD quality from January 2019.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, ARD-alpha HD, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Radio Bremen TV HD, SR Fernsehen HD Edited: 10 February 2018 16:58

ARD-alpha launches via HbbTV on DVB-T2

July 24, 2017 14.24 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD-alpha, the educational TV channel of ARD’s Bavarian affiliate Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), is now available to DVB-T2 households in parts of Germany.

Filed Under: Distribution, HbbTV, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Tech, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, DVB-T2, HbbTV 1.5, internet link service, MPEG-DASH Edited: 24 July 2017 14:26

Radio Bremen TV to launch HD service in 2019

April 18, 2017 20.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Radio Bremen (RB), the regional affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state Bremen, wants to offer its TV channel in HD quality from Q1 2019.

Filed Under: Distribution, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Astra, DVB-T2, HD+, Radio Bremen, Saarländischer Rundfunk Edited: 18 April 2017 20:44

BR-alpha to adopt ARD brand

May 28, 2014 13.32 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state Bavaria, will rename its educational TV channel BR-alpha into ARD-alpha.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Bavaria, BR, BR-alpha Edited: 30 May 2014 21:44

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