Overview

• Regional changes are underway with official August and September dates published and a postcode lookup available, with completion planned by May 2026.
• About 13 million cable TV and radio households are affected, with parts of North Rhine‑Westphalia and Baden‑Württemberg already migrated and Krefeld’s rollout beginning on July 8.
• Modern GigaTV boxes, Unitymedia or Sky receivers, and recent TVs should retune on their own if left powered, otherwise a manual channel scan will be required.
• Users of older TVs or receivers risk losing favorites, channel order, and scheduled recordings, and some legacy devices may not work if SD moves from MPEG‑2 to H.264 as reported by Digitalfernsehen.de via Computer Bild.
• Vodafone says the reshuffle creates capacity for growing digital demand, and reporting links the move to higher cable‑internet upload targets such as 200 Mbps.