ARD – Germany to revamp its Digital Channel

German public broadcaster ARD will replace its digital channel EinsPlus with One – Eins für Euch (formerly Einsfestival) on DTT on October 1, 2016.

The reason for the move is the youth channel ARD and fellow public broadcaster ZDF will launch as a web-only service on October 1, 2016. In return, EinsPlus and ZDFkultur will be closed down on September 30, 2016.

One will be made available via DTT in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, the three federal states in which EinsPlus has been distributed terrestrially.