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RTL steps up international exclusive content drive with new formats unit
RTL Group is stepping up its efforts to build exclusive content with the launch of…
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Sky Deutschland builds up to season with free football on news channel
Sky Deutschland is to air 16 free-to-view football matches on its Sky Sport News HD…
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RTL combines assets to create ‘Europe’s leading digital studio’
RTL Group is combining key digital assets to create what it describes as “Europe’s leading…
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EC ‘set to green light’ Vodafone-Liberty Global deal
The European Commission is set to give a green light to Vodafone’s plan to acquire…
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Conze: Germany can resist Netflix, Joyn to be leading AVOD platform
The German video entertainment business is capable of defending its patch against the threat of…
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Facebook Watch strikes digital deal with ProSiebenSat.1
Facebook Watch has struck a deal with German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 that will secure a…
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Mediaset move will create ‘stronger business’ but pan-European merger unlikely
Mediaset’s creation of a new holding company and the merger of its Italian and Spanish…
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Sky Deutschland extend US Open deal
Sky Deutschland has struck a new deal to secure ongoing coverage of the US Open…
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Tele Columbus shareholder moves to take control of board
Tele Columbus largest shareholder United Internet has called for a wholesale change in the struggling…
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Vodafone Deutschland’s Cubero to leave at end of June
Vodafone Deutschland consumer chief Manuel Cubero is to leave the company and will be replaced…
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ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL create JV for programmable addressable advertising
ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland are teaming up to drive the development of addressable TV and…
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Vodafone Deutschland adding HGTV to line-up
Vodafone Deutschland is to add Discovery’s Home and Gardens TV (HGTV) to its programming line-up….
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ANGA COM 2019 kicks off with 500 exhibitors
ANGA COM 2019 is to take place between June 4-6 2019 with more than 500…
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Deutsche Telekom taps Accedo for Amazon Fire TV
Deutsche Telekom has tapped video technology outfit Accedo to deliver its Magenta TV service on…
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Mediaset acquires stake in ProSiebenSat.1 in ‘long term’ move
Mediaset has made a “friendly” acquisition of a 9.6% stake in German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1…
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Tele Columbus looks to better tomorrow after tough quarter
German cable operator Tele Columbus has put a brave face on a first quarter that…
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Sky Deutschland launches Sky Q Mini and extends app reach
Sky Deutschland is to launch the Sky Q Mini box for second and third TVs…
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New AVOD service for Germany
Bunto TV, a new advertising-supported video-on-demand service spealising in foreign-language series has launched commercially in…
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ProSiebenSat.1 takes stake in VR outfit
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has taken a 20% stake in local-based virtual reality experience provider…
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RTL sees pay VOD base grow by 60%
RTL Group grew its paying video-on-demand subscriber base in Germany and the Netherlands to 1.15…
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Vodafone takes hit in full-year results, but sees green shoots in Spain
Vodafone was hit by a perfect storm in its end of year results, leading the…
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ProSiebenSat.1-Discovery streaming JV Joyn to launch in June
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery are to premiere their joint-venture streaming offering for the German market in…
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Magenta TV sees success in Deutsche Telekom in Q1 earnings
Magenta TV, the OTT service offering from Deutsche Telekom, has “gained ground” in the competitive…
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Fries: Liberty Global ‘never so well positioned’ to create value
Liberty Global has never been “so well positioned to create value for shareholders” despite the…
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Vodafone moves to secure green light for Liberty Global deal
Vodafone Deutschland has struck a cable wholesale agreement with Telefónica Deutschland in a move designed…
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Darroch: no single partner crucial as Sky looks to homegrown content
No single content partner is crucial to Sky’s continued success and continued investment in the…
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Arte planning VOD platform
Franco-German culture channel Arte is planning to launch a video-on-demand platform in partnership with Arte…
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Tele Columbus looking at ‘new structure’ and external investor for network
German cable operator Tele Columbus has said it is mulling the possibility of bringing an…
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Mediaset denies ProSiebenSat.1 merger rumours, pulls sale of DTT unit
Mediaset and ProSiebenSat.1 have strongly denied press rumours that emerged last week that they are…
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Tele Columbus completes FTTB rollout in Plauen
German cable operator Tele Columbus has completed the rollout of its fibre-to-the-building network to 12,000…