Mike a516digital

Radio services (FM and DAB+) continue to broadcast from the site. (7/7)

...in rural and mountainous parts of East Germany, due missing out on the expansion of cable TV networks as in West Germany in the 1980s.

Unlike the UK, the satellite fleet serving the German market is guaranteed until 2040.

Subscription IPTV services are an alternative for some homes.

...of a Single Frequency Network across Saxony-Anhalt.
Less than 3% of households still relied on the terrestrial signals from this and a handful of other TX sites also turned off today.

Many affected viewers can continue watching free via satellite, which became the main way of receiving TV....

Today, the TV transmitter has been turned off ending decades of TV broadcasts from the mountain.

Following the switch from analogue to digital TV, the mast lost significance in terms of coverage, with omnidirectional high power coverage replaced by directional low power coverage to work as part...

The West Germans did the same from a nearby transmitting station at Torfhaus, enabling East Germans to access West German TV.

Following reunification, the Brocken mast continued to offer the main public service broadcasting TV channels, first via analogue then digital (DVB-T, then DVB-T2 from 2017)

Situated over 1,100m above sea level and just on the eastern side of the former Iron Curtain, the transmitting station pumped out East German TV across a massive coverage area, and enabled reception of East German programmes & propaganda far into West Germany...

Brocken transmitting station (image from Wikipedia)

This is the transmitting station on the Brocken, Harz Mountains, Germany, where a piece of broadcasting history ended today... (1/7)

If you liked that, you may also like this, coming on BBC Radio 4 at Xmas
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #ceefax #teletext

BBC World Service - Witness History, Ceefax: the start of interactive television In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service

I know this will interest some...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

My health took a turn for the worse this year, which is why I've gone quiet. Recovery may well be long and slow.

I'm disconnecting from X, great to see a number of you over here as well. Mike.

Viaplay Xtra, formerly known as FreeSports, closes Thursday 25th.
It follows the sale of the Viaplay UK channels back to Premier Sports.

Channel 4 sends email to staff warning of "major job cuts", amidst worst TV advertising downturn in 15 years.
[Guardian]

Could much-missed presenters soon be back on BBC News? - Clean Feed One of the messiest aspects of the merger of the two BBC News channels last year could be resolved, according to a report by The Sunday Times.  Five female news presenters – Martine Croxall, Karin ...

Could Martine Croxall and colleagues be back on BBC News soon? The Sunday Times reports the news presenters will be offered new on-screen roles...
cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/19781/news/c...

Terrestrial TV saved from 2030 cliff edge - I've written a more detailed analysis on the outcome of WRC-23 and what it means for the development of free-to-air TV...
cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/19741/news-2...

Hello. Better late than never 👋