Blick TV is discontinued
Three years after its launch, Blick TV will go off the air at the end of May. Ringier is discontinuing its own Internet TV service and will partner with the Swiss provider Zattoo, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
Ringier informed its customers in a newsletter that it was saying goodbye to its own Internet TV offering and would in future be working with a strong partner - namely Zattoo. Ringier justifies the change to Zattoo with the insufficient quality of the streaming offer. This had increasingly no longer met the quality requirements, said Ringier Group spokesman Edi Estermann on request. There had been repeated negative reactions from customers. Because the price-performance ratio was no longer right, Ringier looked around for an alternative and found it in Zattoo.
Zattoo started operations on the occasion of the 2006 World Cup with an initial four Swiss TV channels. Today, 75 channels can be received via the Internet. The fact that Zattoo belongs to the Tamedia Group is not a problem, Estermann said. "After all, we also work together in other areas." To "sweeten" the start with the new partner, users will receive a voucher with which they can record and watch all broadcasts of the past 7 days for a week, according to the Internet platform. (SDA)
