Editing PALplus (section)

=== Germany ===
In Germany, all public broadcasters ([[Das Erste|ARD]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_anderson/51589149554/ |title=Astra ARD PAL Plus |date=October 8, 2021 |via=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biodT3rxFK4 |title=Test Card Telefunken FuBK PALplus |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> ZDF, ''etc.'') complied with this standard. However, private broadcasters ([[RTL Television|RTL]], [[ProSieben]], ''etc'') have shown no interest in either this standard or in the 16:9 format.{{Dubious|date=March 2010}}{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Pay-per-view channels such as those on [[Sky Deutschland|Sky]] often broadcast in 16:9, but use a different standard that requires another kind of decoder.

In 2008, Germany began switching off analog television broadcast.<ref name="50countriesoff">{{cite web |url=https://www.atsc.org/news/nearly-50-countries-switch-off-analog-tv/ |title=Nearly 50 Countries Switch Off Analog TV |date=July 7, 2015 |website=ATSC: NextGen TV}}</ref>