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Germany
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Sky Deutschland heads to Der Pass for original
Sky Deutschland’s latest original drama will come from 4 Blocks producer Wiedemann & Berg Television….
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Sky renews European NBCU deal
European pay TV operator Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with…
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Vodafone sees TV and convergence growth despite problems
Despite being weighed down by the write-down of its Indian business and problems in the…
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Mobile2Morrow adds RTL channels to offering
OTT TV service provider Mobile2Morrow has added a package of German TV channels from RTL…
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American Idol absence casts unflattering light on solid RTL results
The presence of American Idol on Fox in the US in the first quarter last…
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Digital boost for ProSiebenSat.1
Digital activities – notably online video and digital ventures and commerce including online dating and…
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Deutsche Telekom sees TV growth
Deutsche Telekom had 2.955 million pay TV customers in Germany at the end of the…
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Liberty Global adds quarter of a million next-gen TV subscribers
Liberty Global added 253,000 next-generation TV subscribers in Q1, and said the UK and Germany…
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ProSieben teams up with Discovery for OTT push
ProSiebenSat.1 (P7S1) and Discovery Communications have joined forces to push OTT in the German market…
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ProSiebenSat.1 public affairs chief to quit
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s EVP of communications and public affairs, Julian Geist, is to leave the…
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New management team for Studio71
ProSiebenSat.1 Group-backed multichannel network Studio71 has named a new management team to take over from…
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Europe waves through Fox’s Sky takeover
21st Century Fox’s takeover of pay TV giant Sky is one step closer after the…
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ProSiebenSat.1 completes ATV deal
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has closed a deal for Tele München Group-owned Austrian broadcaster ATV. Following competition,…
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Connected devices sales boost for Germany
Media-delivering consumer electronics goods including TVs, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, smart home audio systems and…
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Love Nature hires ex-Warner Bros., MGM exec
Factual SVOD service Love Nature has hired a director of partnerships, Vince Petersen. Operating out…
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Unitymedia to make Bochum first ‘Gigabit city’ with DOCSIS 3.1 rollout
Liberty Global’s German subsidiary Unitymedia is to roll out DOCSIS 3.1-based internet services in the…
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Media Broadcast Satellite renews deal with SES
Broadcast services provider Media Broadcast Satellite has renewed a long-term carriage deal with satellite operator…
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Unitymedia confirms timetable for analogue switch-off
Liberty Global’s German cable operator Unitymedia confirmed this week that it would shut down analogue…
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ANGA COM unveils speaker line-up
Cologne-based cable and broadband trade show ANGA COM has unveiled the line-up of this year’s…
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Sky-backed OnPrime TV now available in Germany, Italy and UK on Apple TV
OnPrime TV, the Sky and Cisco-backed OTT TV service targeting migrant groups in the pay…
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HD+ first to launch major rollout of Nagra’s TVkey
Germany’s HD+ satellite service is to implement the first major rollout for Nagra’s TVkey product…
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Tele Columbus to launch new consumer brand, planning further acquisitions
Germany’s third-largest cable operator Tele Columbus plans to launch a new consumer brand later this…
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Murdoch: Sky consolidation will give big boost to creative industry
21st Century Fox’s consolidation of Sky will provide a major boost for creative industries in…
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Deutsche Telekom mulling standalone mobile OTT TV service
Deutsche Telekom is considering launching a standalone OTT TV product in Germany, according to Tim…
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Production and digital boosts ProSiebenSat.1
Revenues from producing in the US and production company acquisitions have driven significant growth in…
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Amazon to launch new Fire TV Stick in UK and Germany
Amazon is set to launch its new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote in…
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Technicolor files patent suits against Samsung
Technicolor has filed several patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics, relating to products including digital…
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Vodafone unveils Gigabit ambition for Bavaria
Vodafone Germany has set the goal of making Gigabit broadband speeds available to 70% of…
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Discovery to launch new free-to-air channel in UK
Discovery will launch a new free-to-air channel in the UK alongside other new services in…
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SES’s HD+ service passes 2m customers in Germany
SES’s satellite TV offering HD+ passed the two million subscribers mark in Germany last year,…