Bibel TV

Bibel TV is a German television station with a 24 - hour program, which has its headquarters in Hamburg and is funded by donations mainly. It is the first Christian digital TV stations in Germany.

Managing Director until early 2013 Henning Röhl, who was previously editor of ARD-aktuell ( evening news and issues of the day ) and television director of the MDR. Since early 2013, Matthias Brender sole manager of Bible TV.

• 3.1 technology
• 3.2 range

• 5.1 shareholders
• 5.2 Program Advisory Board

Program content

The 24-hour program consists of Bible readings, films, talks, children's programs and largely of music from classical to pop, most of which were acquired cheap to free. There are few productions, such as Bible TV the conversation. The largest part of the program form different programs with Christian music from classical to pop. Part of the program of Bible TV are features, documentaries and advice programs, and talk shows that deal with topics from all areas of Christian. It will be sent (usually of Italian and German, some from the U.S. production ) Children series, television and feature films. Also Besinnliches, Bible readings and broadcasts Christian music are offered. Individual programs are produced with partners.

The standard range includes the two films Jesus according to Luke ( 1979) and Matthew (South Africa in 1993, in four parts ).

The shareholders of the Bible TV have different denominational and theological movements. To avoid conflicts resulting from it they have initially decided not to transfer services. Regular church records include only since March 2009 on the program and are currently being carried out by the Ziegler Anstalten.

A large part of the program is disputed by various small program partners with some of volkskirchlichem and freikirchlichem background. The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD ) provides a larger number of program contributions. In addition, contributions of Catholic production companies.

Other program-related services

Bibel TV offers a separate teletext and EPG.

Bibel TV sent a monthly program brochure, which is available for free on the station's website to interested persons free of charge. The edition was in March 2014 at 203,200. It is also part of the " ambassador package ", which sent the transmitter to Zusachauer that make the station known by the display information at community book tables and other events.

Screen Design

The Newsletter of August 30, 2013 said Andreas Schletter, who helped develop the screen design of the transmitter, the symbolism of each item. Accordingly, the color blue stand for the size and width of God and orange for the people and the desert, through which I have to draw the people of God; the color shades for program diversity of the transmitter. The star symbolizes the morning star of the prophets and celestial navigation the navigator. The 12 wavy lines stood for the 12 tribes of Israel and in the figurative sense of God's convoluted " way with his people and with us."

History

Bibel TV goes back to an initiative of the publisher Norman Rentrop. The station was established on 11 January 2001 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg 15 shareholders. Since May 2001, is to be based in Hamburg. The first broadcast was in October 2002. In February 2003 the first program booklet was published with a print run of 2,000 pieces.

2004-2006 gave Bibel TV along with the television ministry of the Protestant and the Catholic Church and the Christian relief organization World Vision Germany the Gospel Award on television.

The former chairperson of the Program Advisory Board Bernd Merz, and former media officer of the EKD was appointed as additional managing director for two years from 1 October 2007. Röhl and Merz initiated Bibel TV equal to September 2009. Merz was responsible for building the youth radio station Young Tru Television at this time.

In June 2006, the relevant Bible for TV Hamburg Institute for New Media has extended in December 2001 Admitted to the transmitter for five years until the end of 2011. Bible TV has, according to the Media Institute a differentiated program Scheme.

In May 2007, the Media Institute Hamburg Schleswig- Holstein Bible TV issued the license for another station. The former co-CEO Bernd Merz looked in 2007 demand in the age group of ten - to 29 -year-old, which accounted for a share of around 37 percent below the regular Bible TV viewers. The youth channel ( see main article " Young Tru Television" ) has gone 26 December 2009 on the air, but in the meantime leaving it open to receive as live stream.

In January 2011, the Commission for authorization and supervision surreptitious complained in moderated by Hademar Hofer format " the healthy way " in shipments from September 2010. Broadcast interviews are recycled the show " Simply Bankhofer " the private broadcaster Austria 9 TV. Bibel TV rejected the allegations. The producer and Mr. Bankhofer have expressly assured to have received no benefits, favors or benefits for this series. The transmitter only go for reasons of cost against the complaint before and radiates the series continues.

On June 14 2012 Matthias Brender was unanimously elected to succeed Röhl. Röhl asked not to renew his contract expiring in January 2013. Brender has been co-managing director in November 2012 and in February 2013 was Röhl successor.

On October 14, 2013 via Astra 19.2 ° East Bibel TV HD was launched. By March 2014, the program booklet reached the limit of 200,000 copies.

Reception

Bibel TV is depending on location via satellite, as a live stream ( IPTV) to receive DVB -T or cable television.

Technology

Bible is to receive digital TV in vertical polarization via the Astra satellite transponder on 1H 108 at the frequency 12.552 GHz (after a frequency change on 30 September 2009), as well as in a variety of digital cable networks, eg in cable Germany and Unity Media. In the area of ​​Hamburg and Kiel, Hannover and Braunschweig, Leipzig and Berlin, Saarland, in Nuremberg and large parts of Upper Bavaria Bible TV can also be received via the digital terrestrial television DVB -T. Bible TV HD launched on November 22, 2013 a ( noisy display ) Test operation with a regular program on Astra 1L at 11 244 MHz horizontal, 22,000 ksymbols, 5/6 FEC start. Transmission occurs in DVB -S, so that the station can be received at the computer when using HD - capable software with old DVB -S cards.

Since May 2007, the program of the transmitter is transferred online via a live stream, but for licensing reasons intermittently. In the transmission pauses is made to this file ( video-on -demand area). A live stream of the complete program is offered on Zattoo. Since May 2008 Bible TV can also be recorded at OnlineTVRecorder.

Range

2006 spectators were estimated at 150,000 to 200,000. 2010 could receive claims to 27 million households in Germany, Austria and Switzerland Bibel TV.

The overall technical range indicates Bibel TV with about 40 million households in Europe. These were stated by Chief of transmitter Röhl over 20 million in Germany, of which twelve million via satellite, six million analog cable and digital, two million via DVB -T and 0.7 million IPTV. Especially in Munich with its distinctive leisure behavior ( 30 percent DVB-T use) looks Röhl great potential of DVB -T, whose distribution will continue to be expanded.

Financing

The one-time start-up funding of the shareholders was depleted in 2006. In this initial phase Bibel TV belonged in their own words to the TV stations with the lowest budget. The volume of donations in 2005 was at 1.4 million euros, compared with 757,000 euros in 2004. The station claims to have achieved cost recovery. The advertising will be taken over by digital marketing, which specializes in digital television.

In 2006, the station signed by its own account for the first time in the black. Since then, the Bible TV Stiftung gGmbH mainly through donations from friends and audience financed. The training and revenue volume of the station amounted to approximately 4.5 million euros in 2007. The donations increased by 52 percent to 2.08 million euros, through advertising, sponsorship and other sources of revenue 517,000 euros were booked, the sales increased to 2.6 million euros. It was donated by 17,000 donors contributions between 1 euro and 30,000 euro. In order for the donation share rose more than the advertising revenue and amounted to 80.1 percent.

The adopted budget by the shareholders of the Bible TV for 2008 provides for revenues and expenditures in the amount of 5.5 million euros. About 80 percent of this amount should be raised through donations of viewers in 2008, the remaining 20 percent through advertising and other revenue. 2010, the station was financed to 90 percent by donations and to 10 percent by advertising. A significant portion of the annual budget is now being spent for the terrestrial broadcasting via DVB -T. Alone for the three distribution channels satellite, cable and terrestrial television EUR 3.3 million has been budgeted in 2010.

Organizational form

The Bible TV Foundation is a non-profit based in Hamburg.

The Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church have each film and television companies Astratel Radio and Television's investment company and located in the possession of the EKD Media Orbitel Media GmbH, respectively 12.75 percent of the shares of the Bible TV Foundation and thus have a blocking minority as in the Statute important decisions must be made by a majority of 75 percent of the vote.

Shareholder

About half of the shares are owned by the Norman Rentrop Foundation, named after the founder of the Bible TV. The Protestant and Catholic churches hold inhouse media companies together 25.5%. In addition, include Mission Societies, free church organizations and Christian media companies to the shareholders.

The shareholders put an the management. They supervise the management and support the station on the content of the program.

• Astratel
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Cfnet
• Cornhouse Foundation International
• German Bible Society
• Evangelical TV Augsburg
• ERF Medien ( Germany )
• Community and mission work Ark

• Gifts of Hope
• Christian media association CEP
• Media Vision
• New Life Media
• Rentrop Foundation 52%
• Association of Evangelical Free Churches
• EKD - Media GmbH, the media of the Protestant Church in Germany
• SCM -Verlag

Advisory board

The shareholders' meeting shall choose experienced professionals from the media and churches in the Bible TV Program Advisory Board.

The honorary members advise the Board of Bible TV in all program issues. They pay particular attention to compliance with the statutory purpose of the society.

The Bible TV Program Advisory Board will be elected by the shareholders every four years. Currently, OKR Udo Hahn (Director of the EKD -media ) the Chairman of the Program Committee. Since 2011, for the first time includes an Austrian and a Swiss to the Advisory Board. Continue this consists of:

• Glenn Richard Carlson, Producer at Gospel radio (today ERF Medien ), Wetzlar
• Klaus storm, Secretary General of the German Bible Society, Stuttgart
• Pastor John Drippers, Catholic parish of St. Anthony, Hamburg
• Lars Tutt, managing director of the Media Association of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland gGmbH, Dusseldorf
• Samuel Moser, former President of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches and Communities of Switzerland ( VFG )
• Melanie Carstens, Managing Editor Joyce, Hamburg
• Martina Wergin, staff member of the Office of the Archdiocese of Hamburg Media
• Erich Leitenberg, Head of Public Relations & Communications of the Archdiocese of Vienna
• Oberkirchenrat Ulrich Heckel, Department Head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg
• Hans -Peter Mumssen as representatives of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches of Christ and head of the Centre 's Ark ( CZA )

Broadcasting technology

By 2008, a list of the sequence of the items was sent along with the film strips for the Luxembourg company BCE, the concerned the playout, radiating to the satellite Astra independently. In BCE 1000 hours air time were rented, which still sufficient at the same time you have access to the online archive. This simple method only low cost with high reliability emerged. Since October 2008, transferred the Bible TV broadcast material via a leased line and program and monitor the sending server in Luxembourg itself