Mike a516digital
a516digital.bsky.social
Mike a516digital
@a516digital.bsky.social
Radio services (FM and DAB+) continue to broadcast from the site. (7/7)
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
...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.
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
...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....
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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)
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...
January 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM