B.TV (at the beginning of TV bathing), later by expansion of the transmission area divided in B.TV bathing and/or B.TV and starting from April 2003 BTV-4U) was more private finally, over cables and satellite of radiated regional transmitters in Baden-Wuerttemberg, whose Studios in Ludwigsburg and Karlsruhe were.

Program

The television station B.TV spread originally its program only terrestrial and in the cable, later was added then a satellite transmission, for which beside Studios the parabolic antenna with approx. 10 meters diameter was established directly.

The program of B.TV existed Tarot and Horoskopshows and dubious telephone gambling until 2003 of regional message, Unterhaltungsshows, advertisement for regional enterprises, series and features in the evening program, later was added both in the style of 9live.

Insolvency and assumption

On 31 July 2002 the acting partner and moderator announced Bernd Schumacher insolvency. The national institute for communication (LfK) lent thereupon the license on 1 February 2003 to the Regio network Communication GmbH & CO led by Thomas Hornauer. Kg on sample. On 9 April 2003 the license was extended until February 2004.

Hornauer, which before company reviled with its as groaning factory earned Telekontor mainly with Sex Hotlines and Erotik tie-clip money, transformed the transmitter radically. Apart from renaming to BTV-4U (in hope to position so the transmitter on place 4 of the German remote maintenance) strengthens esoterische Telefonshows and telephone gambling to the program taken up.

When in February 2004 the license first should be extended time, Hornauer promised, to set disputed transmissions off. In order to guarantee a program qualitatively with high order, realigning and sport editors were adjusted. When the extension was safe of the license, Hornauer removed the Esoterik transmissions debited to the message reporting clearly.

Lizenzentzug and criticism

In the middle of 2004 recalled the LfK after repeated injury of the license editions by BTV-4U the extension of the transmission license. Reasons for it were among other things Hornauers substantial influencing control on editorship and program and the absence of an protection of children and young people-assigned. Some coworkers complained since the assumption Hornauers, to which connections to Wankmiller sparkling wines are after-said, about sparkling wine-similar conditions.

Already at the end of of 2003 came it to several announcements by spectators, which ended on 23 December because of suspicion on punishable advertisement in a house search of the premises of the transmitter. Criticism came due to the program with Esoterik and fortune-telling particularly on the part of the churches into Baden-Wuerttemberg, which called the transmitter "anti-like a Christian" (see Related links).

On 31 December 2004 BTV-4U was finally taken gradually after the non--extension of the license by the national institute for communication by the cable system operator of Baden-Wuerttemberg cable German Federal Armed Forces from the cable system. 20 seconds before midnight the transmit mode was finally stopped via cable.

The disconnection of BTV-4U made the way free for family transmitter German Federal Armed Forces Family.tv the called new national transmitters, which is since 15 February 2005 on transmission.

BTV-4U firmiert since then however under the designation Fresh4U and Primetime.tv.

Other

On first Saturday in the month organized B.TV into its Studios a far away well-known Technoparty, the B.TV Rave. It took place from 1997 to at the beginning of of 2003 - and after zehnmonatiger break again at the end of of 2003 in Studios of B.TV in Ludwigsburg. The B.TV Rave was transferred live by B.TV and scenes from it was often in the night program from B.TV to to be seen. Although it was not specified in most meeting calendars, the meeting was visited very well and to beyond the borders of Baden-Wuerttemberg admits

Related links

• Former official Website
• Website of the BTV-4U of successor Fresh4U
• Website of the official follow-up transmitter German Federal Armed Forces family tv
• Article over the Lizenzentzug with welt.de
• Article over the criticism of the churches over BTV-4U on epd.de
• Unofficial side to the B.TV Rave

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