Quiz channel

Call-in contests (also Quiz TV or radio quiz ) are sent in broadcast competitions, in which viewers or listeners can participate via phone value-added services to rate or quizzes. Call-in contests are games that do not fall under current case law, due to the limited use under the gambling monopoly within the meaning of § 284 ( Unauthorised a gambling activity ).

Offer

Initially, these call-in contests were ( Call- tv), then offered in Germany by RTL II of the specialized television channels 9Live. Meanwhile, other TV stations had (among Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins and 2011, as well as Sport 1, The Fourth, Tele 5, NICK, VIVA and by 2007 the RTL Group ) usually adopted the format in the night splint. From June to December 2003 and the controversial Baden-Württemberg transmitter BTV4U was very successful and developed numerous new call-in variants as a specialized call-in sweepstakes transmitter. Many previous BTV4U staff then worked for 9Live, Clear as TV and Mass Response Service in Vienna.

Also for the radio have called telephone value-added services obtained in connection with sweepstakes as an additional source of income in importance. Only at first glance it appears to games of skill. Because chance plays a much bigger role, it is a judgment of the Landgericht Freiburg According to - due to the limited use - to legal gambling.

In Switzerland, competitions are only allowed if the participation in the sweepstakes also on a path is possible, which introduces the competition organizer no money. In Switzerland, the viewer can therefore join for free on Internet, WAP or by postcard also for example. In Switzerland, the Swiss mission quizzes and quiz Swiss 2Night ran parallel to the channel Star TV, 3 , VIVA and U1 TV during the day and at night for several hours. The programs were produced by the mass response Service GmbH in Vienna. The station Star TV took some time during the night the program 9Live. After a critical report of Kassensturz on Swiss TV in 2010 all call-in programs have virtually disappeared in the German-speaking Switzerland.

In Austria there are - in addition to the originating above from Germany broadcasters - ATV and pulse 4 "own" call-in sweepstakes. 2005 of the ORF had a corresponding program in the night, but this presented after protests again.

Since 2004 9Live produced for Channel 4 and later for Five in the UK. Launched in mid-September 9Live a four-hour program window 21:30 bis 01:30 clock clock on the Arab television mlive. The transmitter beamed his program via Eutelsat and Arabsat in more than 22 countries from (among Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria).

On 31 May 2011 the last game show was held at the station 9Live before the station ended the live performance from the studio. At the same time, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG announced on the production of call-in quiz format for its programs. Until August 9, 2011 sent 9Live repetitions of German and US - American series before the station was finally shut down. Except in digital cable, the transmitter was replaced on its frequency by " sixx". Due to decreasing revenues in all call-in shows, these also disappeared gradually from the German television.

Participation and cost

Regardless of whether the caller whether they are directed only to a recorded message put through to the presenter or they pay 0.50 € per call from the landline network of Deutsche Telekom, or 0.70 euros per call from Austria at the relevant German channels. The transmitter earns per call at least 0.25 euros to 0.32 euros maximum.

Although the calls only persons is allowed from age 18, the transmitter must also daytime broadcast his program to youth protection relevant times. An age-based access control, as specified in gambling halls and casinos, will not take place. From a technical point of view would be an admission control at the TV game by offering access systems possible (see Parental control access control at pay-TV broadcaster Sky).

Contest types

The possible cash prizes of more than 100 euros to 1000 euros is the use of some over in the form of an increased connection fee for a phone call or a text message via a premium rate number.

In the past, often a variety of simple at first glance puzzle variants were in the television area with display boards or on-screen stills ( "Count all the animals " ) presented, but their solutions were sometimes difficult to understand. This called on the State Media Authorities on the scene, who urged the organizers to create and especially to comply with a voluntary commitment. As a result, the development was partly down to actually easily detachable puzzles, but seem difficult at first glance and are also displayed accordingly by the moderator.

Often found are also games where the viewer to guess words that have a given part of word (eg, " Box ...") together. The beginning guessed concepts (eg: boxing fan, boxing match ) frequently differ from the rest of the sought solutions that are often ungebräuchlichere, sometimes not even occurring in the dictionary of compound words (eg: Boxbehörde, Boxamt, Boxer goo Boxhochburg, Boxboom, Boxgarde, Boxgeburtstagstorte ).

In games in which a searched word must be formed from a given set of predefined letters, the letters are often arranged so that the simple reading line by line from the right of an apparently familiar word originates to the left, but which is misspelled or a represents neologism and is not therefore permissible as a solution.

In computing tasks also Roman or advertised, backward -to-read digits have to be considered depending on the task.

Zuschauermotivierung

Moderators, as with 9Live known from Big Brother Alida -Nadine Kurras or Jürgen Milski, have the task of motivating the audience to call.

Animate among others by shouting and suggestion of high odds of sometimes very high sums of money paid calls. The actual conversations with the callers lead the staff in the sender's call center.

Prospects

Only rarely succeeds a caller to win a high price, because although there is always a chance to participate, but this is very low, and partly the puzzles are hardly transparent (see above). At the higher profits no callers will be not uncommon for several hours. Usually you can hear an announcement such as:

" Hello! Thank you for calling us. Unfortunately, you have not had any luck this time. Please try again gladly. This call will cost you 50 cents from the network of Deutsche Telekom. "

A supposedly higher chance to participate is suggested by multiple phone lines are supposed to be " unlocked " at the same time. It often remains unclear how many lines there are in total, or that they are on air only at a specific time.

The Consumer has determined that for each 9Live 25th caller gets the chance to name names and phone number in order to participate in the quiz later in the show.

Today is usually resorted to the game mode line HotButton. Here, the caller will be connected directly to the moderator at the meeting a certain " line ". However, the chance to meet one of the enabled lines is low. As currently the only German speaking sender informs Tele 5 in a treadmill on the actual likelihood and quantified these 1:10,000 to 1:300,000 with.

Criticism

The advertised total prize money is often only played when an additional gambling is obtained. The chances of this are usually in parts per thousand range. The transmitter waived up to self-commitment in 2007 (see above) in the normal case to any explanation of the correct solution path. Through seemingly arbitrary visible " countdown " is suggested that at the end wins the same caller. The game runs in a row, however, usually further by another " countdowns " appears or " jackpot wins " be assured. Various announcements of the moderators of the impression is given that there is currently no one calls the sender and, therefore, the individual odds of winning are increased. For example, the Rhineland-Palatinate State Centre for Media and Communication ( LMK) has two issues in the meantime set sat.1 shipment Quiz Night objected because spectators were set by misleading information under time pressure.

Kassensturz the SF DRS has made repeated irregularities in the broadcast SwissQuizz on the subject, especially Fake calls, blocked lines, profit reduction or transitioning a call with the correct solution. The producer of the show, the company Primavera TV and Mass Response that the allegations consistently denied, but had to admit error in at least one case. A find made ​​caller has over Kassensturz admitted to having called each under various names. Similarly, employees of the quiz show have against Kassensturz confirmed irregularities.

In 2011 succeeded the creators of the Belgian satire show Basta, for half a year a "mole" in the call-in TV production Quizzit, which is broadcast by the private channels VTM and 2BE infiltrate. The employees as a moderator Maxime De Winne (in reality theater actor ) collected on the type of investigative journalist with a hidden camera and microphones information, which exposed the illegal activities of the two private channels. Immediately after the announcement of this information took both VTM and 2BE all call-in program from the current program. Also, the Secretary of State for the Coordination of Fraud Carl Devlies announced plans to toughen the laws for Call- In Contests significantly.

Legality

The principles laid down by the transmitters rules ensure that only a few benefits must be paid. Open fraud such as secretly blocked pipes or a solution Changes during the game can not be determined, the moment they only monitor the program being broadcast at random and often only after viewers call by monitoring the state media authorities. Also competition tests are in favor of software organizer.

In Germany, the Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Munich rejected an injunction of the Association of Social competition on 22 December 2005, who had for unfair competition ( inter alia prohibited gambling, deception about the real hope of profit ) sued 9Live. The judge justified the judgment so that any halfway intelligent participants know that there is always only one chance to be a winner of the Sweepstakes offered by a call. It should also be clear to the audience that they must pay a fee in the form of telephone charges for participation.

The judgment dealt not designated by many as frivolous and non-transparent for the audience administering sweepstakes, nor does it take into account the probability of participating in any of the offers or to win (eg, fee-based telephone preselection, game rules ). Even the odds in relation to the actual callers were not illuminated.

Popular culture

The song Nine Live Wise Guys focuses on satirical criticism of call-in shows.

In their 2008 published song Bettina, please pull yourself to something the German hip- hop group Fettes Brot dealt with call-in programs in which to moderate scantily clad women and encourage them to call.

Oliver Kalkofe plated in his mission Kalkofes Mattscheibe repeated call-in shows due to their style with biting sarcasm.

Holger Kreymeier of television criticism television showed in his eponymous Internet TV magazine in cooperation with the Berlin operator of a call-in critical internet forum Marc Doehler regularly excerpts from various call-in shows and practiced harsh criticism of this format.

On the night of the children's TV channel loop Bernd the bread also appeared as host of a call-in show parody with a simple question and ludicrous telephone costs.

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