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DAZN teams with YouTube to bring NFL Game Pass to UK and Germany
Sports streamer DAZN has teamed up with YouTube to make NFL Game Pass available as…
Sport1 launches dedicated FAST channel
German sports channel Sport1 has launched its first dedicated FAST channel, Sport1 Motor. The channel…
M7 Deutschland supplying NetCologne with full-featured IPTV service
M7 Deutschland, the German provider of TV services for cable and IP networks, has begun…
Vodafone’s TV base declines as it prepares for German law change
Vodafone’s TV base in Germany declined by 213,000 in the fiscal first half of the…
ProSiebenSat.1 looks to Joyn growth as ad sales hit by economic downturn
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 now expects full-year earnings to be at the lower end of the range…
Sony Pictures Television gives Comiskey oversight of German-speaking area
Sony Pictures Television has given Holly Comiskey, SVP Distribution & Networks, an expanded role that…
Deutsche Telekom sees pay TV base rise
Deutsche Telekom saw its pay TV subscribers base in Germany rise by 4.6% to 4.259…
RTL streaming growth fails to offset ad decline
Continued growth of RTL’s streaming services failed to offset the impact of the ongoing advertising…
Tele Columbus targets tenants with free HDTV offer
German cable operator Tele Columbus is continuing its drive to attract housing association tenants ahead…
ProSiebenSat.1 unveils new Joyn management line-up
ProSiebenSat.1 has confirmed that Katharina Frömsdorf will become CEO of streamer Joyn as of November…
ProSiebenSat.1’s Habets to take helm at Seven.One Entertainment in management reshuffle
ProSiebenSat.1 is reorganising the management of the Seven.One Entertainment Group with ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Bert Habets…
Tele Columbus secures €100m of new funding for fibre upgrade, new TV platform planned
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has received binding commitments…
ARD and ZDF launch joint streaming network
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have launched their planned joint streaming network. The joint…
Samsung TV Plus boosts FAST line-up with TelevisaUnivision, ZDF Studios deals
FAST platform Samsung TV Plus has expanded its offering with two significant deals with Spanish-language…
Tele Columbus upgrades from HFC to FTTH in Halberstadt
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has begun building an…
Munich court finds against Netflix in patent dispute with Broadcom
A Munich court has found in favour of chipset manufacturer Broadcom in a dispute with…
DFB is to launch FAST platform to house German football content
The German Football Association (DFB) is to launch a FAST channel called DFB Play TV…
ARD and ZDF to broadcast international games of Germany’s national football team
German’s broadcasters ARD and ZDF has won the exclusive broadcasting rights to Germany’s national football…
ProSiebenSat.1 and MediaForEurope ‘getting closer’
ProSiebenSat.1 has begun collaborating more closely with its largest shareholder, MediaForEurope (MFE), across a range…
Tele Columbus upgrades Munich homes to 1Gbps
Cable internet bandwidths of up to 1Gbps are now available to 270,000 homes in Germany’s…
Warner Bros. Discovery’s EVP in Germany, Hannes Heyelmann to depart
Warner Bros. Discovery’s EVP in Germany, Hannes Heyelmann, is to exit the company later this…
Vodafone-Altice German fibre JV gets down to work
OXG Glasfaser GmbH, the German fibre joint venture between Vodafone and Altice, has begun work…
Germany on course to become Western Europe’s largest SVOD market
Germany will have more SVOD subscriptions than the UK by the end of this year,…
Germany’s Vaunet reports solid pay TV and streaming growth
Vaunet, the German Association of Private Media, has released upbeat research into the performance of…
High View takes control of SPT’s German linear channels
German media company High View has formally announced the takeover of all linear channels from…
Dyn goes live with Pixum Super Cup 2023
Germany’s new streaming service Dyn goes live today with coverage on the Pixum Super Cup…
Tele Columbus targets DSL users with new offers
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making a concerted drive to attract users of legacy…
Sky Sports Germany selects Vizrt to stream UEFA Super Cup matches on TikTok
Broadcaster Sky Sports Germany has partnered with media production specialist Vizrt to broadcast its first…
RTL sees huge earnings drop, moves forward with streaming strategy
RTL was hit by the impact of a moribund German TV advertising market in its…
Seven.One Entertainment extends deal with Vodafone Deutschland
Vodafone Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1-owned Seven.One Entertainment Group have struck a new distribution contract. As a…