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Germany
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Kagan: SVOD supplementary to pay TV
TV households in Europe are primarily adopting online subscription video-on-demand services as a supplementary form…
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Tele Columbus makes changes to management line-up
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making a series of changes to its senior executive…
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Deutsche Telekom adds to TV base
Deutsche Telekom added 54,000 TV customers in Germany and 27,000 in the rest of Europe…
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Unitymedia launches 1 Gbps broadband in Germany
Unitymedia has started to roll out 1 Gbps broadband in Germany, launching the 1,000 megabits…
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Vodafone Germany renews Teleste subsidiary for installation and maintenance
Cable and broadband technology outfit Teleste’s Cableway AG subsidiary has signed a new three-year strategic…
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FC St Pauli taps technology firms for new sports video platform
German football club FC St Pauli has launched an online video service for its fans…
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France Télévisions forges programming alliance with ZDF
France Télévisions and Rai are to forge an alliance with ZDF that will encompass co-production,…
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Comcast makes £22bn cash bid for Sky
Comcast has made a firm cash offer for Sky that values the pay TV operator…
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Liberty Global and Vodafone reportedly close to finalising deal
Talks between Liberty Global and Vodafone over the transfer of assets in Germany and central…
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Sky reports 10% earnings increase despite ‘challenging environment’
Sky reported a 10% increase in earnings for the nine months to March 31, despite…
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Netflix unveils raft of European originals
Netflix is set to launch a new string of European originals including a Julian Fellowes…
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Sky Deutschland to launch Sky Q in May
Sky Deutschland is to launch the advanced Sky Q service in May, offering the full…
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Kagan: Amazon Prime leads Netflix in Germany and Austria
Amazon Prime Video is the leading SVOD provider in Germany and Austria, the only markets…
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Alchimie launches Okidoki kids channel on Amazon in Germany
Distribution company Alchimie has launched its Okidoki bouquet of children’s content in Germany and Austria…
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Sky Deutschland to air 25 World Cup matches in UHD TV
Sky Deutschland is to broadcast the top match of each match- day from the forthcoming…
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Vodafone Deutschland ends carriage dispute with ZDF
Vodafone Deutschland has ended its carriage terms dispute with ZDF and has struck a long-term…
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Tele Columbus hit by higher than expected integration costs
German cable operator Tele Columbus – now operating under the PŸUR brand, was hit by…
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Parrot Analytics: Marvel’s Jessica Jones and Stranger Things top German in-demand list
Netflix enjoyed a clean sweep in Parrot Analytics’ latest assessment of in-demand digital originals in…
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M-net adds raft of regional channels to offering
Bavarian fibre network operator M-net is adding 12 regional Bavarian TV channels to its TVPlus…
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OTT TV service 7TV adds first external channels
7TV, the German streaming TV offering co-owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Discovery, has added the…
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Macquarie outlines scenarios for Sky, Comcast, Disney and Fox
Analysts at infrastructure investment group Macquarie have outlined four scenarios for Sky following Comcast’s announcement…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes long-term deal with 1&1
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck an agreement to distribute its TV channels on the recently…
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Cable Congress: greater scale key for European cable
Creating greater scale either through horizontal mergers or by building out networks in greenfield areas…
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Sky to add Netflix to new pay TV pack
Sky is to bundle subscription video-on-demand service Netflix as part of a new Sky pay…
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Vodafone Germany integrated Netflix in GigaTV
Vodafone Deutschland has integrated Netflix’s subscription video-on-demand service into its GigaTV advanced TV offering. Netflix’s…
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Parrot study: German and Spanish content discovery habits compared
Content discovery habits differ significantly between consumers in Germany and Spain, according to an analysis…
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Deutsche Telekom makes TV gains, extends CEO’s contract
Deutsche Telekom grew its TV customer base by 9.0% in Germany and 4.8% in the…
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Fries: Liberty Global will not ‘dismantle’ European business
Liberty Global has no intention of “dismantling” its European business and remains committed to growing…
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HBO and Turner line up first co-pro drama in Europe
HBO Europe is to partner with Turner’s TNT Serie for its first international co-production Hackerville, an…
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M7 launches new hybrid pay TV platform for Germany
Pay TV operator M7 Group has launched a new hybrid IP and DTH service in…