Germany: More than 100 TV channels via VDSL

Deutsche Telekom has reached an agreement with the public television channels ARD and ZDF to broadcast their programs on the Internet. From autumn, the programs will be transmitted via the new high-speed VDSL network. VDSL will be available in 10 metropolitan areas and will transmit a total of over 100 television channels - from CNN to regional television. Among the private broadcasters, Pro Sieben Sat.1 is already on board and negotiations are still ongoing with RTL. The agreement is expected to be signed in the next few days.
With the VDSL network, Deutsche Telekom is creating a bundled offer that includes telephony, Internet and media content in equal measure. Six million households are to be covered by the infrastructure by the end of the year. By the middle of next year, 50 cities are to be supplied with VDSL.