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Sky Sports News Germany to return to pay TV
Sky Sports News is to move from free-to-view to pay TV exclusively in Germany. Sky…
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RTL adds half a million streaming subs in Q1
Media giant RTL Group added over half a million new paying streaming subscribers in the…
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Kublai completes Tele Columbus takeover
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners’ investment vehicle Kublai GmbH has completed its takeover of German cable…
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Germany’s Bild launches TV channel
Germany’s leading tabloid news title Bild, owned by Axel Springer, is to launch its own…
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Disney+ now on Sky Q in Germany
Streaming service Disney+ is now available on Sky Q devices from Sky Deutschland. The German…
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Vodafone Deutschland set to lose subs as end of mandatory housing contracts looms
Vodafone Deutschland is likely to lose about two million basic cable subscribers and around €400…
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Tele Columbus holds steady but TV numbers continue to decline
German cable operator Tele Columbus turned in a respectably solid fourth quarter, with revenues down…
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Tele Columbus shareholders approve capital increase
Shareholders in German cable operator Tele Columbus have approved a new share rights issue that…
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Tele Columbus first with Fritz!
Tele Columbus has become the first German cable operator to offer the Fritz! 6660 Box…
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Jeremy Darroch to step down as Sky CEO
Jeremy Darroch is to step down as group CEO of Sky after 13 years leading…
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Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners moves to take over Tele Columbus
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and United Internet will this month move to take control of…
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Vodafone Deutschland offering GigaTV on Apple TV
Vodafone Deutschland has begun providing its TV service, GigaTV, along with Apple’s premium entertainment device,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 pay TV services land on Amazon Channels
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s Seven One Entertainment arm has made its pay TV channels ProSieben…
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SPI International/FilmBox launches seven channels on waipu.tv
Channel provider SPI International/FilmBox has launched seven channels on German IPTV platform waipu.tv. The channels, spanning…
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NBCU takes hayu to Germany with Amazon Channels
NBCUniversal’s reality programming subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service hayu has launched in Germany and Austria and…
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Deutsche Telekom takes TV Now in expanded deal with RTL
Deutsche Telekom and RTL Group’s German unit, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, have agreed an expanded distribution…
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Vodafone’s German TV base slides but Spain rises
Vodafone’s German TV base decline by 85,000 in the course of the first half of…
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RTL posts improved advertising numbers as streaming subs soar
Broadcasting group RTL has made a modest comeback in the third quarter, with ad revenues…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sees strong recovery as ad market and e-commerce deliver
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 saw a strong recovery in the third quarter, with revenues almost on…
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Telefónica sees OTT growth offset pay TV decline
Telefónica’s TV base continued to grow in the third quarter thanked to the continued success…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sells pharmaceutical sales unit
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s ecommerce subsidiary NuCom Group is selling its stake in over-the-counter medical…
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Tele Columbus taps OpenVault for insight into broadband capacity and usage
Analytics and SaaS technology solutions for broadband provider OpenVault and its OpenVault Europe GmbH subsidiary…
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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland sign 10-year fixed line deal including FTTH access
Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland/O2 have announced a 10-year extension to their fixed line…
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North-Rhine Westphalia takes Gigabit pole position in Germany
Over half of homes in North-Rhine Westphalia now have access to Gigabit broadband, according to…
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Ex-Proximus CEO Leroy becomes Deutsche Telekom Europe chief
Former Proximus CEO Dominique Leroy is to join the board of Deutsche Telekom’s as head…
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Watch4 secures German and UK deals with Huawei
Advertising-supported streaming service Watch4 has secured a distribution agreement with smartphone giant Huawei for its TV…
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Sky Deutschland combines sports offering with Werder Bremen streamer
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Bundesliga team Werder Bremen to collaborate in a number…
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Deutsche Telekom launches cloud gaming, integration with TV service to follow
Deutsche Telekom has launched a cloud gaming platform, with a plan to integrate the service…
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Sky Deutschland launches Sky Ticket on Sony Bravia Android TVs
Sky Deutschland has launched Sky Ticket, its low-cost contract-free OTT offering, on Sony Bravia Android…
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Ocilion signs 10 new operators for IPTV offering
Austria-based IPTV aggregator Ocilion has signed up 10 new network operators for its white label…