Why does ARD practice geoblocking when any baby can circumvent it?

Can someone tell me? Because with any VPN that offers German IP addresses, you can circumvent the geoblocking of German channels! So why not just get rid of it altogether?

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Fehlschluss
2 years ago

For many content – whether it’s films or even football transfers or other sports transfers – the ARD only buys the broadcast rights for Germany or Europe (Thema coverage satellite channels via Astra, that is contractually regulated according to everything you know again differently than internet streaming, the rights holders of films etc. are something about streaming there now, strange).

Therefore, at least on paper, they must take effective measures to prevent these contents from being seen from other countries, as they are not entitled to show them.

For example, there is an international version of the daily show where no football matches are shown.

Whether they are practically circumventable or not, does not really play the role as long as geoblocking in the rights agreement they have concluded is regarded as sufficient so that they do not have to buy global rights but only those for Germany.

Other stations are still more stikter (swiss SRF or Austrian ORF), which even encrypt their satellite signal so that no one can see what abroad.

Fehlschluss
2 years ago
Reply to  Skippy2002

If you find someone who pays his TV fees in CH, you can order the corresponding decoder card. As with geoblocking: Whether it really works 100% is no matter as long as the rights issuers are satisfied and don’t want more money.

shyyBoy
2 years ago
Reply to  Fehlschluss

Yes the ORF is such a shit but there is nothing to see though I am Austrian

Fehlschluss
2 years ago

I got rid of the sat bowl already at the last move. At least 10 years ago, it was often so that some films were broadcast at the same time in DE on RTL or SAT1, ORF or SRF who also sent them (the first Harry Potter broadcasts I mean so). Just stop at the SRF without the annoying advertisement.

TobiMagDangos
2 years ago

Because what only the German taxpayer pays the German taxpayer

TobiMagDangos
2 years ago
Reply to  Skippy2002

Then you pay for the VPN or can just hold 2gb in the month or so

700NE
2 years ago

People who want to watch ARD don’t get that out.