German TV Package, HD Receiver Dish and Hard Drive

Everything you need to watch free to air German television in the UK, in one box, from the dish on the wall to the receiver under the telly. No card, no subscription, no monthly payments, and a hard drive included free so it records from day one.

If your old German box has gone dark, this is why

The German public broadcasters have switched off their standard definition satellite transmissions. ARD went HD only in January 2025 and ZDF followed in November 2025. An older SD only receiver will have lost those channels and cannot be updated to get them back. An HD receiver is now the only way to watch them.

Which channels you get, and which you do not

Worth being straight about this before you order, because it is what people are most often surprised by.

You get the German public broadcasters, free and unencrypted, in HD, with no card, no subscription and nothing to renew.

You do not get RTL, Sat.1, ProSieben or VOX in HD. Those sit on HD+, a separate paid German platform, and they are not part of free to air satellite reception. We do not supply HD+ and cannot activate it. If those channels are the reason you are buying, this is not the right system for you, and we would rather tell you now than take the order.

What is in the package

• German HD satellite receiver
• Hard drive included free, SSD
• Zone 1 digital mesh dish
• Wall bracket
• HD LNB
• 20m coaxial cable
• HDMI lead and connectors
• Remote control and power supply
• 12 months warranty

Channels

National, in HD: Das Erste HD, ZDF HD, ZDFinfo HD, ZDFneo HD, arte HD, 3sat HD, phoenix HD, KiKA HD, ARD alpha HD, tagesschau24 HD and ONE HD.

Regional Dritte, in HD: BR Nord and BR Süd, HR, MDR for Sachsen, Sachsen Anhalt and Thüringen, NDR for Hamburg, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Niedersachsen and Schleswig Holstein, RBB for Berlin and Brandenburg, SR, SWR for Baden Württemberg and Rheinland Pfalz, and the WDR regional services.

Also: ServusTV HD from Austria, along with a wide range of free German language radio. More than 150 German language television and radio services in total.

Already have a dish on 19.2 East?

Then you do not need all this. The receiver on its own is the cheaper option.

Fitting it yourself, or letting us do it

The package is complete, so a confident DIY installer has everything needed. Aligning the dish is the fiddly part.

Your dish

German television comes from Astra 19.2 East. That is not the same position as UK Freesat or Sky, so an existing UK dish will need realigning or a second LNB rather than a simple swap. It is the same position as French TNTSAT, so if you already receive that, you are pointed the right way. Not sure? Call us on 01622 535870 before you order.

We install too

If you would rather not go up a ladder, our own engineers cover London and Kent. Add the installation service to your order, or call us on 01622 535870 and we will book you in.