COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 November 2005
on the State Aid which the Federal Republic of Germany has implemented for the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) in Berlin-Brandenburg
(notified under document number C(2005) 3903)
(Only the German version is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/513/EC)
I. PROCEDURE
II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE AID
A. BACKGROUND
Figure 1
Market share of terrestrial platform country-wide and in Berlin-Brandenburg
Channel |
Analogue TV |
Service area |
Coverage as of 11/2002 |
Coverage as of 3/2003 |
Coverage as of 8/2003 |
K 05 |
(TV Berlin) |
Berlin 1 |
ARD/ZDF/ORB/SFB |
TV-Bouquet |
BBC World/FAB/WDR/SWR |
K 07 |
Das Erste |
Brandenburg 1 |
Das Erste |
ARD Bouquet |
ARD Bouquet |
K 22 |
FAB |
|
FAB |
FAB |
X |
K 25 |
SAT.1 |
Berlin 2 |
SAT.1 |
RTL Bouquet |
RTL Bouquet |
K 27 |
ORB |
Brandenburg 2 |
ORB |
RBB Bouquet |
RBB Bouquet |
K 29 |
VOX |
|
VOX |
Erste — Simulcast |
X |
K 33 |
ZDF |
country-wide |
ZDF |
ZDF Bouquet |
ZDF Bouquet |
K 39 |
SFB/B1 |
Berlin 3 |
SFB/B1 |
SFB/B1 |
Other media services |
K 41 |
BBC World |
|
BBC World |
BBC World |
X |
K 44 |
Pro7 |
Brandenburg 3 |
Pro7/Sat.1/RTL/RTLII |
Pro7Sat.1 Bouquet |
Pro7Sat.1 Bouquet |
K 47 |
RTL II |
Berlin 4 |
RTLII → Pro7 Simulcast |
ZDF — Simulcast |
X (not allocated) |
K 51 |
|
|
RTLII — Simulcast |
ORB — Simulcast |
X |
K 56 |
RTL |
Berlin 5 |
RTL |
TV — Bouquet |
Eurosport/Viva/DSF/9Live |
Explanation: Channels K 05, K 25, K 33, K 39, K 44 and K 56 are provided by T-Systems, while Channels K 07 and K 27 were allocated to RBB but are also provided by T-Systems. On account of coordination problems with Poland, Channel K 47 has not yet been allocated by RegTP. Analogue transmissions are in italics. |