List of former German-speaking television channels
The list of former German-language television stations contains discontinued and renamed fee-financed public service and advertising-financed private full programs as well as special-interest programs according to their respective status.
Former television stations
- Arena - renamed MEGA \ Vision ; filed for bankruptcy one month after renaming
- B.TV Ballungsraumfernsehen (state program for Baden-Württemberg) - on air from July 17, 2000 to February 28, 2003. On March 1, 2003, renamed BTV4. In April 2003 it was renamed BTV4U
- B.TV Baden (regional program for Baden) - on the air since January 1, 1995 under the name TV Baden . In September 1997 it was renamed B.TV Baden. Discontinued on January 31, 2003 due to bankruptcy
- B.TV Württemberg (regional program for Württemberg) - on air from June 1, 1998 to January 31, 2003. Discontinued on January 31, 2003 due to bankruptcy
- Backroom - former porn station on Hotbird , broadcast in English, German, etc. a.
- Bahn TV - on the air since January 2001 - could only be received via stream from 2008 to the end of 2010 and has been discontinued since the end of 2010.
- BTV4U (state program for Baden-Württemberg) - on air from March 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. (In March 2003 still as BTV4, from mid-April 2003 then BTV4U.) From November 2004 gradually renaming to fresh4u. - Cessation of broadcasting due to license withdrawal
- Canal NV ( Vaud ) - on the air until June 30, 2009. As of July 1, 2009 merger of ICI-TV, TVRL and Canal NV “ la télé ”
- CoolTV ( Wetzikon , Switzerland), discontinued
- German television broadcast , the program of the television station Paul Nipkow (1935–1944)
- Earth and Human TV - Close to Universal Life , broadcast from Seregno , Lombardy , on December 1, 2015.
- FiB ( Freising in the picture) - since 1982, can only be ordered as a video tape, has been on the air since 1984 (discontinued in autumn 2006)
- Franken Info TV ( Middle Franconia ) - discontinued on October 31, 2004
- fresh4u - discontinued
- GIGA - has been on the air since November 1998 on NBC Europe , since September 29, 2005 as a separate channel that can be received via Astra digital . On March 31, 2009 broadcasting was stopped
- ICI-TV ( Vevey ) - on air until June 30, 2009. As of July 1, 2009 ICI-TV, TVRL and Canal NV la télé merged
- Immo-Scout TV - has been on the air since April 20, 2007 and since June 2007
- IntroTV ( Solothurn , Switzerland and surroundings) discontinued
- JobTV24 on air January 2006, discontinued, only available as a video platform on the Internet
- Telemedial channel - only online
- Kanal X ( Leipzig ) - in 1989 as a pirate station on the air
- Krimi & Co until May 1, 2002, afterwards the premiere of a crime thriller
- Lastminute TV - on air since March 1, 2003 - discontinued
- LTV - formerly regional television station from Leipzig
- MEGA \ VISION - on air from autumn 2005 to early May 2006
- Myestate TV - on the air since April 16, 2007 - discontinued
- NordWest1 ( Northwestern Switzerland ) discontinued June 2009
- Oberfranken TV ( Oberfranken ) - on air from 1996 to July 2002, now TV Oberfranken
- OK 1 Open Channel Berlin 1 - was OK for 2 OKB merged
- OK 2 Open Channel Berlin 2 - was OK for 1 OKB merged
- Outpro TV - discontinued March 26, 2008
- Analogue premiere - on air from February 28, 1991 to March 1, 2003; initially as a premiere, from October 1, 1999 Premiere World
- Primetime TV - discontinued
- ProMarkt.tv - discontinued
- R24 ( Kiel , Eckernförde , Rendsburg and Neumünster ) on air from February 2002 to December 2004
- R.TV (Karlsruhe) - on air from September 1, 2003 to July 31, 2011
- Euro 3 Bodenseefernsehen was renamed to Regio TV Euro 3 at the beginning of 2007 and to Regio TV Bodensee at the beginning of 2011
- Sci Fantasy aired October 1, 1999 to May 1, 2002
- SF- the science fiction channel (on DF1) until October 1st, 1999
- Spree TV (Ebersbach region) Start of broadcast: 1998 - discontinued: 2009
- Studio Universal is broadcasting as Window on 13th Street on Sundays today
- Sunset on the air until May 1, 2002, followed by the premiere of the series
- TechniTipp-TV - a "self -advertising channel " operated by Technisat Digital GmbH, broadcast from May 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008 - discontinued
- Tele Tell ( Central Switzerland ) - on air until January 31, 2010, taken over by Tele 1 on February 1, 2010
- Tele Uno ( Austria ) - on air until approx. 1988, TV program for Carinthia broadcast from Italy
- TIMM - television for homosexuals; Regular distribution stopped in March 2015, since then only emergency program with repetitions via Zattoo
- tvnah ( Rhine-Main and Central Hesse ) - on air from December 2004 to July 2005
- TVRL ( Lausanne ) - on the air until June 30, 2009. As of July 1, 2009 ICI-TV, TVRL and Canal NV la télé merged
- Western Movies until October 1, 1999
- RTL / ProSieben Switzerland discontinued March 24, 2000
VOX Austria discontinued December 1, 2019
Set stations with successor stations
| Station name | Station logo | Start of transmission | Closing date | comment | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARD 2 |
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June 1, 1961 | March 31, 1963 | ZDF | |
| Austria 9 TV |
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December 13, 2007 | 3rd July 2012 | sixx Austria | |
| Channel 21 Express |
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October 21, 2009 | September 30, 2012 | GemsTV Germany | |
| The fourth |
|
September 29, 2005 | December 31 2013 | Disney Channel (Germany) | |
| DFF 1 | March 12, 1990 | December 15, 1990 | The first | ||
| DFF country chain | December 15, 1990 | December 31, 1991 | MDR television , NDR television , ORB television (depending on the region) | ||
| Discovery HD |
|
February 1, 2006 | November 30, 2012 | Discovery Channel HD | |
| Eureka TV |
|
May 1, 1987 | December 31, 1988 | ProSieben | |
| Heide TV Bad Düben | June 16, 1996 | Merged with TV Laußig | TV lousy | ||
| K-toon | July 28, 1996 | April 1, 2003 | Daily broadcast time: 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., broadcast time taken over by Junior |
Junior | |
| MTV2 Pop |
|
May 1, 2001 | September 11, 2005 | Nick Germany | |
| musicbox |
|
January 1, 1984 | January 10, 1988 | Tele 5 | |
| NBC Europe |
 |
October 20, 2003 | September 29, 2005 | Started on January 30, 1987 as a pan-European, English-language broadcaster Super Channel (later NBC SuperChannel) | The fourth |
| onyx.tv |
|
January 6, 1996 | September 14, 2004 | terranova | |
| Premiere 6 | July 31, 2006 | Premiere Filmclassics | |||
| Premiere 7 | July 31, 2006 | Premiere film festival | |||
| RIAS TV | August 22, 1988 | April 1, 1992 | DW-TV | ||
| RBB Berlin |
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May 1, 2003 | February 29, 2004 | rbb television | |
| RBB Brandenburg |
|
May 1, 2003 | February 29, 2004 | rbb television | |
| Saar TV |
|
September 1, 1996 | May 31, 2009 | ||
| Sat.1 Comedy |
|
June 1, 2006 | May 3, 2012 | Sat.1 emotions | |
| Sky Cinema Hits HD |
|
August 13, 2010 | November 30, 2011 | Sky hits HD | |
| Sports channel |
|
March 29, 1984 | February 28, 1993 | Merger with Eurosport | Eurosport |
| Tele 5 |
|
January 11, 1988 | December 31, 1992 | DSF | |
| Tele 5 Austria |
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May 1, 2012 | 30th of June 2013 | ATV HD | |
| tm3 |
|
August 25, 1995 | August 31, 2001 | 9Live | |
| TNT Glitz |
|
April 1, 2014 | May 30, 2016 | TNT comedy | |
| TV Munich |
|
June 30, 2005 | Munich TV | ||
| TW1 |
|
1st December 1992 | October 26, 2011 | ORF III | |
| Vienna 1st | 1997 | January 2000 | ATV | ||
| VH-1 Germany |
|
March 11, 1995 | May 3, 2000 | MTV2 Pop | |
| VIVA Plus |
|
January 7, 2002 | January 14, 2007 | Comedy Central | |
| VIVA two |
|
March 21, 1995 | January 6, 2002 | VIVA Plus | |
| XXP |
|
May 7, 2001 | August 31, 2006 | DMAX | |
| ZDFdokukanal |
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April 1, 2000 | October 31, 2009 | ZDFneo | |
| ZDFtheaterkanal |
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December 9, 1999 | May 7, 2011 | ZDFkultur | |
| ZDF 2 | January 1, 1984 | November 30, 1984 | 3 sat |
Discontinued TV channels without successor channels
| Station name | Station logo | Start of transmission | Closing date | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 PLUS |
|
March 29, 1986 | November 30, 1993 | |
| 1-2-play.tv |
|
October 13, 2006 | January 16, 2007 | Sister station from 1-2-3.tv |
| 9Live |
|
September 1, 2001 | August 9, 2011 | |
| Animax |
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June 5, 2004 | June 30, 2016 | since July 1, 2016 only as a video on demand platform |
| Best seller TV | September 28, 2005 | January 22, 2007 | ||
| Blue Channel | September 30, 1999 | |||
| center.tv Bremen and Bremerhaven |
|
September 5, 2007 | May 31, 2013 | |
| Cine action | July 28, 1996 | June 30, 2001 | ||
| Cine Classics I | June 21, 1997 | December 31, 1998 | ||
| Cine Classics II | July 19, 1997 | December 31, 1998 | ||
| Cine comedy | November 1, 1996 | June 30, 2001 | ||
| Clubhouse | July 28, 1996 | September 30, 1999 | ||
| Comedy & Co | July 28, 1996 | June 30, 2001 | ||
| The jewelry channel | November 16, 2006 | January 16, 2009 | ||
| The weather channel | June 3, 1996 | January 29, 1998 | ||
| German health television | April 1, 2007 | End of July 2009 | ||
| Discovery story |
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March 31, 2005 | May 16, 2009 | |
| Disney Channel Germany |
|
October 16, 1999 | November 29, 2013 | |
| Disney Channel Germany HD |
|
December 24, 2011 | November 29, 2013 | |
| DSF Action | June 21, 1997 | 2004 | ||
| DSF Golf |
|
June 21, 1997 | October 31, 1998 | |
| DSF Plus |
|
July 28, 1996 | 2004 | |
| One plus |
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April 23, 2005 | September 30, 2016 | previously since August 29, 1997 as EinsMuXx |
| EinsPlus HD |
|
5th December 2013 | September 30, 2016 | |
| Entertainment channel |
|
November 3, 2005 | October 18, 2007 | |
| ESPN America |
|
October 27, 2010 | 30th of June 2013 | |
| FAB |
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February 1, 1991 | April 1, 2009 | |
| FAN TV |
|
November 1, 2011 | 1. November 2013 | |
| Flux TV |
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23 August 2011 | 1st March 2017 | |
| Focus health |
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June 1, 2005 | August 31, 2010 | |
| Games Television |
|
September 24, 2004 | October 31, 2007 | |
| German TV |
|
April 8, 2002 | December 31, 2005 | on air in North America |
| GemsTV Germany |
|
October 1, 2012 | December 19, 2012 | |
| gutberg.tv | June 2010 | March 7, 2012 | Regional TV station for Mainz | |
| H2D |
|
September 6, 2016 | December 31, 2017 | Integration channel for refugees |
| HD suisse |
|
December 3, 2007 | January 31, 2012 | |
| Hit24 |
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April 3, 2004 | July 1, 2009 | |
| Heart & Co | July 28, 1996 | September 30, 1999 | ||
| IM1 |
|
May 24, 2006 | August 27, 2014 | |
| iM1 hits |
|
April 7, 2014 | August 14, 2014 | Sister transmitter of IM1 |
| Innsat.TV |
|
June 1, 2007 | February 2013 | |
| info tv leipzig |
|
March 17, 2008 | July 1, 2016 | Cooperation and merging with the Leipzig TV program with the organizer videowerkstatt.net, the previous organizer of info tv |
| Everyone TV |
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October 11, 2011 | April 30, 2012 | |
| Joiz Germany |
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5th August 2013 | 16th September 2016 | |
| K1010 |
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April 1, 2004 | October 2006 | |
| K3 culture channel |
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1984 | May 31, 2010 | Regional television station for the Vorderpfalz and Rheinhessen |
| KidsCo |
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October 29, 2008 | December 31 2013 | |
| lettra |
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November 24, 2007 | April 1, 2008 | |
| NBF3 |
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May 16, 2014 (start-up) | November 1, 2014 | Merger of the predecessor transmitter ruppinTV, prignitzTV and havellandTV |
| Nickelodeon Germany |
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5th July 1995 | September 28, 1998 | since 2005 under the name Nick Available |
| NRW.TV |
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July 1, 2005 | January 8, 2018 | |
| OjomTV | October 8, 2010 | September 30, 2012 | ||
| PeeneTV | 2001 | 30th of June 2013 | Regional television station for Loitz |
|
| Premiere 5 | July 31, 2006 | |||
| Premiere action | July 1, 2001 | April 30, 2002 | ||
| Premiere Comedy | July 1, 2001 | April 30, 2002 | ||
| Premiere One | October 1, 2001 | April 30, 2002 | ||
| Premiere X-Action | October 1, 2001 | April 30, 2002 | ||
| QLAR |
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February 15, 2015 | December 31, 2015 | previously since 2010 as Ebru TV |
| Romantic Movies | July 28, 1996 | June 30, 2001 | ||
| Saar TV |
|
September 1, 1996 | May 31, 2009 | |
| Seasons |
|
June 21, 1997 | September 30, 2001 | |
| Sky Soccer Bundesliga 11 |
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4th July 2009 | June 10, 2013 | |
| Sky Sport channels 12 and 13 |
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4th July 2009 | June 10, 2013 | |
| Sky Sport channels 12 and 13 |
|
4th July 2009 | June 10, 2013 | |
| Sky Sport Fanzone HD |
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August 9, 2013 | June 25, 2017 | |
| Sky 3D |
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October 13, 2010 | June 30, 2017 | |
| SRB | October 1, 1999 | April 30, 2009 | Open channel Saalfeld / Saale , radio station since May 1, 2009 (in accordance with the TLM meeting resolution of December 2008) |
|
| STAR * CINEMA | July 28, 1996 | June 30, 2001 | ||
| Super Sports Network | Summer 2007 | December 2009 | ||
| TecTime TV |
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16th September 2013 | January 6, 2017 | |
| Tele24 | October 5, 1998 | November 30, 2001 | ||
| Telesaar | December 23, 1953 | July 15, 1958 | ||
| terranova |
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September 14, 2004 | July 10, 2007 | |
| TIV |
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May 1, 1999 | Late 2001 | |
| Toon disney |
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November 14, 2004 | April 15, 2010 | |
| TV3 | September 6, 1999 | December 22, 2001 | ||
| TV6 |
 |
September 2003 | September 23, 2005 | |
| tv.nrw |
 |
October 2001 | May 31, 2005 | |
| TV South Baden |
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September 15, 2001 | January 16, 2015 | |
| VIVA |
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1st December 1993 | December 31, 2018 | since September 8, 2014 joint broadcasting slot with Comedy Central |
| VIVA Austria |
|
January 1, 2001 | December 31, 2018 | Between January 1, 2004 and May 30, 2006 there was no Austria window; shared broadcasting slot with Nick Austria from June 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010 , then own 24-hour program until Sept. 7, 2014, from Sept. 8th 2014 until the joint broadcasting slot with Comedy Central Austria was discontinued . |
| VIVA Switzerland |
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September 6, 1999 | December 31, 2018 | since September 8, 2014 joint broadcasting slot with Comedy Central Switzerland |
| Voyages TV |
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October 22, 2006 | April 2, 2009 | |
| Wine TV |
|
September 17, 2004 | February 1, 2009 | |
| Lump sugar |
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September 15, 2006 | May 2007 | Internet stream discontinued at the end of 2007 |
| YAVIDO |
|
October 1, 2005 | March 31, 2013 | |
| ZDFkultur |
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May 7, 2011 | September 30, 2016 | |
| ZDFkultur HD |
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April 30, 2012 | September 30, 2016 | |
| ZDF music channel | January 1, 1984 | November 30, 1993 | ||
| Zee.One |
|
July 28, 2016 | May 31, 2020 |
Renamed TV channels
| Station name | Station logo | Start of transmission | Renamed on | Renamed to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATV | January 2000 | June 1, 2003 | ATVplus | |
| ATVplus |
|
June 1, 2003 | June 1, 2006 | ATV |
| B1 |
|
October 1, 1992 | April 21, 2001 | SFB1 television |
| DDR F1 | February 11, 1972 | March 12, 1990 | DFF 1 | |
| DDR-F2 | February 11, 1972 | March 12, 1990 | DFF 2 | |
| DFF 1 | December 1952 | February 11, 1972 | DDR F1 | |
| DFF 2 | 3rd October 1969 | February 11, 1972 | DDR-F2 | |
| DFF 2 |
 |
March 12, 1990 | December 14, 1990 | DFF country chain |
| DrDish TV |
|
May 18, 2007 | 16th September 2013 | TecTime TV |
| DSF |
|
January 1, 1993 | April 11, 2010 | Sport1 |
| Ebru TV |
|
February 2010 | April 15, 2015 | QLAR |
| One extra |
|
August 30, 1997 | April 30, 2012 | Tagesschau24 |
| Einsfestival |
|
August 30, 1997 | 3rd September 2016 | One |
| EinsMuXx |
|
August 29, 1997 | April 23, 2005 | One plus |
| Family TV |
|
January 4, 2009 | January 12, 2019 | tm3 |
| Glitz * |
|
May 8, 2012 | April 1, 2014 | TNT Glitz |
| Glitz * HD |
|
May 8, 2012 | April 1, 2014 | TNT Glitz HD |
| Jetix |
|
June 10, 2005 | October 9, 2009 | Disney XD |
| N24 |
|
January 24, 2000 | January 18, 2018 | world |
| Nick Germany |
 |
September 12, 2005 | March 31, 2010 | Nickelodeon Germany |
| Nick Premium |
|
January 1, 2008 | March 31, 2010 | Nicktoons Germany |
| Nickelodeon Germany |
 |
March 31, 2010 | July 27, 2017 | Nick Germany |
| QVC Plus |
|
September 1, 2010 | 1st February 2018 | QVC2 |
| QVC Beauty | March 16, 2012 | March 18, 2013 | QVC Beauty & Style | |
| QVC Beauty & Style |
|
March 18, 2013 | 1st February 2018 | QVC style |
| ORB television |
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October 1, 1992 | May 1, 2003 | RBB Brandenburg |
| SFB1 television |
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April 21, 2001 | May 1, 2003 | RBB Berlin |
| RTL Nitro |
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April 1, 2012 | July 30, 2017 | Nitro |
| RTL plus |
 |
2nd January 1984 | October 31, 1992 | RTL Television |
| Sky Football Bundesliga (channels 1–10) |
|
4th July 2009 | 11th of June 2013 | Sky Bundesliga |
| Sky Sport HD Extra |
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August 6, 2011 | July, 1st 2013 | Sky Bundesliga HD 1 |
| The Biography Channel |
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March 31, 2007 | September 21, 2014 | A&E Germany |
| TV Travel Shop | June 1, 2001 | October 22, 2006 | Voyages Television | |
| TV white-blue |
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November 18, 1985 | TV Munich | |
| Folk music TV |
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February 15, 2007 | February 1, 2011 | German music television |
| ZDF.doku |
|
April 1, 2000 | January 1, 2002 | ZDFdokukanal |
See also
- List of German-speaking TV channels
- List of TV channels
- Children's television channels
- List of radio stations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical data from our station. tv-laussig.de
- ↑ a b History - Data & Facts - medienhb.de. Retrieved on October 13, 2018 (German).
- ↑ After 13 years: Peene TV stops broadcasting! ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file from July 9, 2013; demmin.de, accessed June 18, 2014)
- ↑ Sender page ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at TLM
