ARD and ZDF get off
No live pictures from France: The public broadcasters ARD and ZDFplanen offesichtlich its withdrawal from the Tour de France coverage. This step could probably be saving millions of subscriber fees to .
The ARD and ZDF will from next year no longer live report from the Tour de France. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the ARD, confirming reports of Süddeutsche Zeitung and the daily newspaper (Taz) . Accordingly, the broadcasters have agreed not to extend the end of 2011 expired contract with the tour organization Aso. The tours' at the German TV viewers, only a small acceptance long live transmission lines are no longer justified, "it said in the statement. Broadcasters currently investing annually around three million euros in the transfer of rights. The first was in the past few months with persistent doping research a share of the transfer of the Tour de France winner Alberto Contador. His positive test was a surprise by cycling's world governing body UCI announced soon.
addition suffered the most only 30 to 45 minute reports from the Tour de France last year from acute rate decline. Some pursue less than a million viewers the live broadcasts in First and in second. Even after the end of popping reporting cycling friends the Tour de France will probably continue can watch the special interest channels € sport.
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