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12 million households affected: TV reception will soon be a little more expensive for many citizens
If, like 12 million other people in Germany, you use a cable connection for television reception, you will soon be faced with a change: the ancillary cost privilege will no longer apply. You can find out what that means and why it could be more expensive here.
A recent survey shows that most people are unfamiliar with the term “ancillary cost privilege”, even if they pay for it. Background: In the case of apartment buildings with a shared cable connection, owners are allowed to pass on the fees for this to the tenants, regardless of whether they use the connection for television or not.
Since the cable fees appear in the ancillary costs, this is called ancillary cost privilege. With the Telecommunications Act updated at the end of 2021 however, this rule was abolished. However, there is a transition period until the end of June 2024. From July 1, 2024 the more than 12 million affected households can freely choose the type of TV reception or have to decide which way they want to receive television in the future.
Cable users need to know that
Basically, the abolition of the ancillary cost privilege is consistent, because consumers should be free to choose the way they want to receive television. If you pay for the cable connection via the additional costs anyway, you often just stick with it instead of choosing a different transmission path and then paying twice.
An important point concerns the costs. Cable connections can be offered more cheaply for individuals through collective agreements. If that falls away and users have to pay for a cable connection individually, experts assume that prices will increase. Consumer advocates estimate that these range from 2 to 3 euros per month will lie.
With a cost of 8 to 10 euros per month consumers have to calculate for the cable connection. From mid-2024, however, they will be free to use other reception methods and then, of course, to compare the prices.
internet and phone
TV reception is still important, but many users also rely on cable for Internet and telephone. You can still do that without a TV contract, because you pay extra for Internet and telephone with the provider.
As far as TV reception is concerned, affected households have to make a decision. The cable providers are likely to write to existing customers in the next few months anyway and make offers. Take a look and decide whether you want to stick with the cable or not.
In addition to cable, there is also the terrestrial TV reception path (DVB-T2), as well as television via satellite (DVB-S2) or IP-TV as alternatives. We have summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways in this article. If you only want to stream via Netflix & Co., you can save the costs for classic TV reception completely.
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