RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 remain free of charge
At RTL and Pro Sieben Sat.1, the issue of negotiations regarding the encryption of their programs on digital satellite television has not been a topic of discussion for quite some time.
The leading German
Private television groups RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 are to be
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in the middle of negotiations with the
Satellite operator SES Astra on the encryption of its programs
in digital satellite television. But at ProSiebenSat.1
this issue has long been shelved. As the head of the
broadcasting multinational, Guillaume de Posch, told Handelsblatt,
At the beginning of this year, the company decided against encryption
decided. The project turned out to be too logistically complex.
proven, the economic risk would have been too high, and
could have brought competition authorities onto the scene. With this
Development remains several million television households in Germany
from purchasing an additional module for their satellite receiver
and a fee of around three euros. For the remaining
German-speaking regions, German television could nevertheless
will be subject to a fee - at least as far as RTL's program is concerned.
According to media spokesman Christian Körner, international
licensors do not want films on RTL or shows like "Who Wants to Be
Millionaire?" can also be seen in other German-speaking countries.
However, nothing will change for German RTL viewers in the future either.
change, as Körner told the Handelsblatt newspaper: "Free TV
remains free TV".
Private television groups RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 are to be
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in the middle of negotiations with the
Satellite operator SES Astra on the encryption of its programs
in digital satellite television. But at ProSiebenSat.1
this issue has long been shelved. As the head of the
broadcasting multinational, Guillaume de Posch, told Handelsblatt,
At the beginning of this year, the company decided against encryption
decided. The project turned out to be too logistically complex.
proven, the economic risk would have been too high, and
could have brought competition authorities onto the scene. With this
Development remains several million television households in Germany
from purchasing an additional module for their satellite receiver
and a fee of around three euros. For the remaining
German-speaking regions, German television could nevertheless
will be subject to a fee - at least as far as RTL's program is concerned.
According to media spokesman Christian Körner, international
licensors do not want films on RTL or shows like "Who Wants to Be
Millionaire?" can also be seen in other German-speaking countries.
However, nothing will change for German RTL viewers in the future either.
change, as Körner told the Handelsblatt newspaper: "Free TV
remains free TV".
