🇩🇪 Germany
ARD-alpha
576i · Main feed
ARD-alpha is a German-language education channel from Germany, on air since 1998. Broadcast Atlas lists 2 public stream sources up to 1280x720.
Last checked August 12, 2026: the stream responded — 480x270, avc1.4d401f video, mp4a.40.2 audio, 50fps, adaptive bitrate and live (2 of 2 sources checked).
Launched January 7, 1998 · Also known as BR-alpha, SD
Direct sources
Available streams
Streams open directly from their source hosts. Broadcast Atlas does not proxy, relay, transcode, or retransmit media.
ARD-alpha
mcdn.br.de
HTTPS720p
Technical details · preference #1 · score 1822
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- 266dafc4-4f10-495b-ac6d-80ab14c9691a
- Preference rank
- #1 of 2
- Preference score
- 1822
- Source host
- mcdn.br.de
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- hls
- Manifest type
- hls master
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 720p
- Detected resolution
- 480x270
- Frame rate
- 50 fps
- Approximate bitrate
- 8.50 Mbps
- Video codec
- avc1.4d401f
- Audio codec
- mp4a.40.2
- Adaptive bitrate
- Yes
- Live stream
- Yes
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Not yet verified
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- healthy
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"runId":"f748e9b9-6d9e-4ae7-b04d-c9eacab9fc62","verifier":"manifest-v1","checkedAt":"2026-08-12T07:39:21.238968+00:00"}
- Last checked
- Aug 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC
- Last success
- Aug 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
- Last catalog sighting
- Jul 23, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC
- Metadata updated
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC
- Source revision
- Not yet verified
ARD-alpha
brlive-lh.akamaihd.net
HTTPS720pNot 24/7
Technical details · preference #2 · score 1722
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- 704c1d71-ad5e-4203-a7ee-53d5c8096ac7
- Preference rank
- #2 of 2
- Preference score
- 1722
- Source host
- brlive-lh.akamaihd.net
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- hls
- Manifest type
- hls master
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 720p
- Detected resolution
- 1280x720
- Frame rate
- 25 fps
- Approximate bitrate
- 4.81 Mbps
- Video codec
- avc1.42c00b
- Audio codec
- mp4a.40.2
- Adaptive bitrate
- Yes
- Live stream
- Yes
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Not 24/7
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- healthy
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"runId":"e299ce99-1c9a-4c46-8366-af90171f1a4a","verifier":"manifest-v1","checkedAt":"2026-07-27T19:22:42.629155+00:00"}
- Last checked
- Jul 27, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC
- Last success
- Jul 27, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC
- Last failure
- Never
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
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