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Recording service for private use
Recording service for private use: your favourite programme for your personal archive
Did you enjoy a WDR production so much that you would like to have it for your personal archive? Have you missed your favourite programme or would you like to give someone a recording as a gift? No problem! With the WDR recording service, we offer you not only current programmes, but also programmes dating back to the 1950s – available on CD, DVD or as MP4/MP3 files.
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You can also order recordings of television and radio programmes by telephone, post or e-mail.
Telephone orders:
0221-2035-1133
Telephone availability (except public holidays): Monday: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. & Thursday: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m
Order by post:
WDR mediagroup GmbH
Mitschnittservice
Ludwigstraße 2 – 6
50667 Cologne
Prices
Recordings are one-offs and are only ever produced from the complete programme.
The costs depend on the length of the desired broadcast.
After receipt of payment, you will receive the recording produced especially for you within two weeks.
Prices for television recordings:
Up to 15-minute programme: EUR 29.00
Up to 30-minute programme: EUR 33.00
Up to 45-minute programme: EUR 42.50
Up to 60-minute programme: EUR 45.00
Up to 135-minute broadcast: EUR 49.00
Up to 270-minute broadcast: EUR 59.00
Up to 400-minute broadcast: EUR 75.00
Prices for radio recordings:
Per programme: EUR 35.00.
If a broadcast exceeds the maximum length of a CD (79 minutes), each additional CD costs EUR 10.00.
All prices include VAT and shipping costs.
Legal information regarding private use of recordings
In accordance with Section 53 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG), you may only use recordings for purely private purposes (in your private household).
Any use beyond this, such as playing the music at work among colleagues, playing it at company parties, club events, trade fairs or on social media, etc., is no longer considered private use. These types of use are therefore prohibited without the permission of WDR and are generally only possible after purchasing a corresponding licence. We will be happy to explain exceptions for radio recordings in a quotation.
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