Integration in Joyn: ARD and ZDF take legal action
ProSiebenSat.1 has integrated the media libraries of ARD and ZDF into its streaming service Joyn. The public broadcasters don't think much of it.
Screenshot: ARD content in the Joyn media library
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ARD and ZDF have taken legal action against ProSiebenSat.1 after the media company integrated the media libraries of public broadcasters into its streaming service Joyn. This was reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
"A test phase that provides for the embedding of the ARD media library on Joyn was not agreed," ARD told the FAZ. The integration of the content was expressly rejected. According to ARD, the integration of the media library content on Joyn is "legally inadmissible and not in line with the public service mandate." ZDF also wants to take action against ProSiebenSat.1, reports the FAZ.
A few days ago, ProSiebenSat.1 surprisingly began integrating the media libraries of public broadcasters into its streaming service Joyn. Since then, ARD and ZDF content has also been available on Joyn. A subscription or an account with the ProSiebenSat.1 streaming platform is not required. ProSiebenSat.1 speaks of a "content cooperation" that is currently still in the test phase.
"Not a self-service store"
However, the public broadcasters do not want to know anything about such a cooperation. According to Deutschlandfunk radio, ARD Chairman Florian Hager recently described the private media company's approach as "modern robber baronry". "This is a new form of piracy that I could not have imagined," said Hager. The media libraries of ARD and ZDF are not a self-service store.
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In a press release at the end of January, ProSiebenSat.1 announced that it had entered into a "content cooperation" with ARD Plus and WDR mediagroup in order to be able to show series such as "Die LindenstraĂźe" and "Das GroĂźstadtrevier" on Joyn. There is apparently disagreement between the media company and the public broadcasters about the scope of this agreement.
In an interview with the media magazine DWDL, ProSiebenSat.1 argues that embedding media libraries is legally permissible according to the case law of the European Court of Justice. Based on this legal interpretation, ProSiebenSat.1 also integrates ORF content in Austria.
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