Internet TV from German Telekom weakens

 It is not only in Switzerland that alternative television offerings are struggling with serious growth difficulties. Internet television, launched with great fanfare by German Telekom a year ago, is also lagging far behind expectations in terms of customer numbers. As the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday, Telekom boss René Obermann now expects only 100,000 to 200,000 customers by the end of the year instead of the originally hoped-for figure of one million. The company had started too early, Telekom managers have now admitted. In addition, technical problems with the expansion of the high-speed VDSL network had made the launch more difficult, and the offer is now to be relaunched for the International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA).
A special "Entertain Comfort VDSL" subscription, which includes a flat rate for telephone, surfing and television for just under sixty euros per month, is intended to create a new incentive. The showpiece of the program is the Bundesliga football matches. However, if you want to watch them, you have to pay an additional ten euros. The broadcasting rights cost the broadcaster a good 50 million euros per season.