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Sky Deutschland sees pirates condemned
Sky Deutschland has secured a victory in its battle against piracy with the conviction of…
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Broadcaster streaming services beat Netflix, Amazon
Streaming services from broadcasters and pay TV operators are giving Netflix and Amazon Prime Video…
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EWE and VSE Net turn to Deutsche Netzmarketing-backed platform for TV
German broadband service providers EWE and VSE Net have become the latest German operators to…
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ProSieben boss reveals exit plan
Thomas Ebeling will leave ProSiebenSat.1 at the end of his current deal. The chief of…
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Sky Germany agrees multi-year deal with WWE
Sky in Germany has agreed a new multi-year with World Wrestling Entertainment to distribute pay-per-view…
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Vodafone grows TV base, trials continue in UK
Vodafone grew its TV customer base by 0.2 million in the first half of the…
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Amazon music streaming service launches in UK, Germany and Austria
Amazon has rolled out Amazon Music Unlimited to the UK, Germany and Austria, taking on…
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Curation will boost SVOD growth, says Maxdome chief
Growing demand for SVOD in Germany will drive growth for ProSiebenSat.1’s Maxdome service, with curation…
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RTL sees revenues climb, but net profit slips
International broadcaster RTL reported a 2.1% increase in revenue of €4.2 billion in the first…
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Curation is still key and linear still has life, OTTtv attendees told
Curation will continue to be key to bringing viewers to audiovisual content and linear TV…
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Sky Deutschland’s Star Wars move pulls in the crowds
Sky Deutschland’s latest experiment in pop-up channels – a Star Wars-dedicated service that aired from…
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Liberty Global goes into red, strong progress for advanced TV
Liberty Global fell into the red in the third quarter thanks to trading losses on…
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ProSiebenSat.1 to issue new shares
German broadcasting and media giant ProSiebenSat.1 plans to issue new shares to raise about €515…
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Digital business growth transforming shape of ProSiebenSat.1
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is generated almost half of its revenues for the first nine months…
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Sky 1 launches in Germany
Sky has launched its flagship entertainment channel Sky 1 in Germany. The UK-based pay TV…
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YouTube and GEMA break seven-year German music video stalemate
YouTube has struck a deal with German music rights organisation, GEMA, making music videos by…
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Triax names German sales chief
Denmark-based TV and broadband technology outfit Triax has named Matthias Paetz as head of sales…
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Eurodata: young adults watch 1hr 30mins less TV per day
Young people aged 15-34 spend one hour and 30 minutes less per day on average…
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VPRT: German audiovisual market to exceed €11bn in revenues
The German audiovisual media market will generate revenues of more than €11 billion for the…
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Sky secures computer fraud ruling on card-sharing
Sky has secured a legal ruling in Germany confirming that card-sharing – one of the…
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Tele Columbus adds N24 Doku to line-up
German cable operator Tele Columbus has added new documentary channel N24 Doku to its programming…
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ProSiebenSAT.1 adds new channel to Telekom agreement
German broadcaster ProSiebenSAT.1 has expanded its agreement with Deutsche Telekom to make content available for…
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Pluto TV raises US$30m from ProSiebenSat.1, Scripps Networks
Over-the-top video service Pluto TV has raised US$30 million (€27 million) in a funding round…
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Sky reports Q1 revenue and customer gains despite ‘slow start’
Sky reported like-for-like revenue growth and the addition of more than 100,000 new customers, despite…
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Sky Deutschland adds ARD content to Sky Box OTT on-demand service
Sky Deutschland has struck a deal with German public broadcaster ARD enabling Sky customers to…
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Sky Germany builds up to UHD TV launch
Sky Germany’s UHD TV set-top Sky+ Pro, is now commercially available, and the broadcaster will…
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Discovery hires finance chief from ProSiebenSat.1
Discovery has hired Gunnar Wiedenfels as CFO, poaching the finance chief from German broadcast giant…
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Ampere: SVOD-only households on the rise
The proportion of homes ditching traditional TV and exclusively taking an SVOD service is on…
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Sky Germany to launch pop-up Harry Potter channel
Sky in Germany is due to launch a pop-up Harry Potter channel that will show…
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Management changes at Telekom Deutschland
Deutsche Telekom’s domestic arm, Telekom Deutschland, has named Ferri Abolhassan as director of service transformation…