cycling

Doping scandals wreck German cycling

The German cycling world suffered two major shake-ups on Thursday when public television broadcaster ARD cancelled coverage of the Tour de France next summer and the German Cycling Federation (BDR) called off the Tour of Germany entirely.

Cologne

Reich-Ranicki rejects 'rubbish' television honour

Germany’s most famous living literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki caused uproar at the German Television Prize award ceremony on Saturday night, refusing in front of rolling cameras to accept an honour for his life’s work.

Football

ZDF demands UEFA compensation for match blackout

German public broadcaster ZDF is in talks with UEFA for compensation for repeated broadcast blackouts of the Euro 2008 quarterfinal match between Germany and Turkey last month.

Football

Ending Germany's six minutes of eternity

Millions of German football fans panicked last week as the broadcast signal of the Euro 2008 semifinal match was lost by TV channel ZDF for six long minutes. <b>Steve Kettmann</b> spoke with the man that saved the day.

Football

ZDF sees record TV ratings despite broadcast blackout

German public TV channel ZDF had its own victory on Wednesday night, breaking a ratings record with the Euro 2008 semifinal despite a major broadcast disruption due to bad weather.