# BBC iPlayer - German equivalent?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-iplayer-german-equivalent/488512 "2009-03-06T11:19:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-iplayer-german-equivalent/488512/1 "2009-03-06T11:19:00Z")

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Is there a german equivalent to BBC iPlayer?

Doesn’t need to be free - subscription service would be OK too!

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**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-iplayer-german-equivalent/488512/2 "2009-03-06T12:42:05Z")

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You’re mainly asking for news programs, right?

The public broadcast stations:  
[ARD Mediathek](http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/) (Tagesschau, Tagesthemen)  
[ZDF Mediathek](http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/9602?inPopup=true) (heute-journal)

Private broadcasting:  
[RTL aktuell](http://www.rtl.de/rtlaktuell/rtl_aktuell.php)

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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-iplayer-german-equivalent/488512/3 "2009-03-06T12:54:53Z")

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> Adrian;10910000’]You’re mainly asking for news programs, right?
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> The public broadcast stations:  
> [ARD Mediathek](http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/) (Tagesschau, Tagesthemen)  
> [ZDF Mediathek](http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/9602?inPopup=true) (heute-journal)
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> Private broadcasting:  
> [RTL aktuell](http://www.rtl.de/rtlaktuell/rtl_aktuell.php)

Nice one - many thanks, I will check those out.

BBC have now put entertainment shows on their iPlayer so those welcome too1

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**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-iplayer-german-equivalent/488512/4 "2009-03-06T13:20:10Z")

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OK, in that case some more private broadcasting (entertainment only, limited selection, quality questionable 🙂 ):  
[Pro 7](http://www.prosieben.de/video/)  
[Sat 1](http://www.sat1.de/)