The European Championship has started and the Germans are eagerly sitting in front of the TV sets at the weekend.
But anyone who wants to watch the EM on Magenta TV has been disappointed.
Munich - Magenta TV, the Deutsche Telekom broadcaster, is the only broadcaster to show all EM games live, including those of the German team.
A good service - but the technology did not go along with it at the beginning.
In the game Wales against Switzerland, which Telekom exclusively shows, the side was completely down.
Many Twitter users ran storm.
“Completely incapable” - users annoyed by a telecom breakdown in the European Championship game Wales against Switzerland
“Just annoying,” one user exclaimed, “completely incapable” another.
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This error message appeared on Telekom - the fans could not watch the EM.
© Screenshot Telekom
Snappy comments about the station were not long in coming.
“Switzerland and Wales are already performing better than MagentaTV,” commented the football satire
WUMMS
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Some users complained about the award: “Paid ten euros for nothing?
Release the games for free TV if you can't, ”tweeted a customer.
“Were the TV rights so expensive that you had to shut down a couple of servers?” Asks another twitterer.
The Telekom advertising slogan, "More EM is not possible", was also pulled through the cocoa. "It should really be said: EM no longer works," commented one user.