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Germany
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Tele Columbus does wholesale deal with Telefónica Deutschland
German cable operator Tele Columbus has struck a long-term wholesale deal with Telefónica Deutschland that…
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Sky in five-year output deal with HBO
Comcast-backed pay TV operator Sky has secured a five-year extension to its output deal with…
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Sky Deutschland expands Sky Ticket OTT offering
Sky Deutschland has expanded its Sky Ticket low-cost OTT offering by adding 13 linear channels…
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Conze: ‘one step at a time’ for Joyn but international launch planned
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery, the partners behind German streaming JV Joyn, “definitely will” launch the platform…
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Waipu.tv launches Turkish streaming package for Germany
Streaming service Waipu.tv has launched a new Turkish package for the German market, creating a…
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Sky Deutschland names commercial chief
Sky Deutschland has appointed former Unitymedia executive Christian Hindennach as its new chief commercial officer….
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Vodafone Deutschland doubles number of 500Mbps homes
Vodafone Deutschland says it has doubled the number of homes that receive internet speeds of…
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EQT Infrastructure acquires German fibre provider inexio
EQT Infrastructure has bought German fibre optic broadband network provider Inexio from Warburg Pincus. Based…
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Joyn commissions first original series
Joyn, the German streaming JV between ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery,which launched in June, has announced its…
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HD+ first to deploy Nagra’s TVkey Cloud
Germany’s HD+ has become the first operator to deploy Nagra’s TVkey Cloud offering, enabling it…
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Deutsche Telekom lines up VR and AR over 5G for Bayern Munich
Deutsche Telekom and football club FC Bayern Munich have teamed up to deploy 5G mobile…
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Sky Deutschland enables viewing of recordings offline on the go
Sky Deutschland is enabling customers of its Sky Q advanced TV offering to consume recorded…
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ProSiebenSat.1 reportedly looking at Red Arrow sale
ProSiebenSat.1 has triggered a strategic review that could see the business offload Red Arrow Studios,…
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Vodafone and Unitymedia begin joint marketing of products
Vodafone and Unitymedia, the former Liberty Global German operation it took control of last month,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 launches news channel in Austria
ProSiebenSat.1 has launched news channel Puls 24 in Austria alongside a new app. ProSiebenSat.1 initially…
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Sky Deutschland to offer PPV Bundesliga 2 matches via Onefootball app
Sky Deutschland has struck a deal with football fansite and app Onefootball to make Bundesliga…
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Tele Columbus posts improved financials but loses TV customers
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which trades under the PŸUR brand, has reported improved financials…
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Joyn partners aim for winter premium launch and international expansion
Joyn, the German streaming joint venture between ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery, will likely add its premium…
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PŸUR launches €5 internet offer as it debuts Gigabit network in Berlin
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates as PŸUR, has launched an aggressive price promotion…
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Nationally produced fiction dominates top 10 across western Europe markets
Nationally produced fiction series continue to dominate the top 10 by audience in Germany, the…
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German competition watchdog gives green light to ProSiebenSat.1-RTL ad JV
German competition watchdog the Bundeskartellamt has approved commercial broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL’s advertising joint venture…
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ProSiebenSat.1 profits take a hit, but Joyn reports 3.8m users
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s profits took a hit in the second quarter as the company invests…
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Half of Germans now taking pay TV and streaming services
Over half of German consumers now pay an average of over €30 a month for…
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ProSiebenSat.1 stays cool as Mediaset highlights European ambition
Signs of possible tension between Mediaset and ProSiebenSat.1 are emerging, according to German press reports…
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Vodafone and Liberty Global complete deal
Vodafone has completed its €19 billion acquisition of Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania…
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Vodafone: Liberty Global deal is a ‘decisive shift’ for the company
The acquisition of Liberty Global’s German and central European assets will make the telco “Europe’s…
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Sky looks to partner with new D2C players as it doubles originals spend
The launch of Sky Studios, the pay TV operator’s new production arm, gives the Comcast-owned…
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Vodafone TV numbers down in Germany and Spain
Vodafone lost TV customers in both of its principal European pay TV markets, Germany and…
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ProSiebenSat.1 mulling international launches of Joyn
ProSiebenSat.1 could look to launch versions of its streaming joint venture with Discovery in markets…
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EC gives green light to Liberty Global-Vodafone deal
The European Commission has given a green light to Liberty Global’s sale of its German…