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Germany
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Sky secures Formula 1 in Germany
Sky in Germany has secured the rights to Formula 1 motor-racing until 2017, including broadcast…
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Sky Germany promotes Steuer to head of sports
Sky in Germany has upped the head of its Sky Sport News HD channel, Roman…
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Sky Germany plans UHD launch for next year
Sky Germany is gearing up to launch a new Ultra High Definition-compatible set-top box next…
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Vodafone teams up with NetRange in Germany
Vodafone Germany has added white label smart TV and OTT specialist NetRange’s smart TV portal…
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Germany’s BBV signs up for white label TV service, plans October launch
German broadband service provider BBV is the first customer for a new white-label IPTV service…
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Tele Columbus turns in solid growth
German cable operator Tele Columbus has turned in solid second quarter results, growing revenue by…
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Sky in Germany to launch James Bond channel
Sky in Germany is set to launch a pop-up channel dedicated to the James Bond…
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Kabel Deutschland suffers reverse in battle with pubcaster
A Munich court has ruled that Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland must continue to…
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Numericable bounces back in Netflix ISP ranking
Numericable overtook Bouygues Telecom in July to reclaim its position as the fastest internet service…
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RTL Deutschland taps 3-Screen Solutions for n-tv HbbTV app
RTL Deutschland-owned news channel n-tv has tapped 3 Screen Solutions to develop a new HbbTV-compliant…
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Deutsche Telekom aims to be ‘content aggregator’ with new TV platform
Deutsche Telekom wants to be a “content aggregator” rather than an exclusive media rights-holder and…
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Sky in Germany launches WhatsApp sports news service
Sky in Germany has launched a new sports news service via the WhatsApp messaging service….
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Tele Columbus looks to capital increase to fund further acquisitions
German number three cable operator Tele Columbus is to raise €240 million via a capital…
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German TV growth boost for Deutsche Telekom
Strong growth in Germany boosted Deutsche Telekom’s TV subscriber total in the quarter to June,…
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Kabel Deutschland sees premium TV lift
Strong premium TV growth in the quarter to June has helped Vodafone-owned Kabel Deutschland lift…
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Vodafone Deutschland in Bundesliga deal
Vodafone Deutschland has struck a deal with Sky to provide the latter’s Bundesliga offering to…
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Liberty Global’s next generation TV base nears four million
Liberty Global converted more than 230,000 video customers to next-generation TV subscribers in the second…
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Deutsche Welle signs up with SES for CEE and Africa
German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle has signed a deal with satellite operator SES to broadcast…
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Sky Go users gain download options in Germany
Sky in Germany has added offline-viewing functionality to its Sky Go mobile TV service, allowing…
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Sky Germany appoints new finance chief
Sky in Germany has upped deputy chief financial officer, Simon Robson, to the CFO role….
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Vectra changes channel line-up
Polish cable operator Vectra is adding two new digital channels to its programming line-up, and…
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Sky tests HDR TV in DFL Supercup broadcast
Sky in Germany has concluded what it describes as another successful test of Ultra HD…
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Fox taking Bundesliga to entertainment channels
Fox will simulcast the opening match of the German football league on its sport as…
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Yahoo rolls out Livetext video messaging service
Yahoo has launched Livetext, a new video-texting app, in five new countries including the UK,…
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Digital and advertising boost for ProSiebenSat.1
A strong performance from digital activities including subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome, along with a strong…
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WISI invests in Inca Systems
German cable industry technology specialist WISI has made a strategic investment in Canadian video processing…
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ProSiebenSat.1 acquires programmatic ad leader
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired a majority stake in advertising exchange platform Smartstream.tv, one of…
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Pay TV powerhouse Sky passes 21 million subscriber mark
A strong UK performance helped deliver exceptional full-year results for Sky, with the operator adding…
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RTL’s BroadbandTV teams up with BMG for music
Multichannel network BroadbandTV is to partner with Bertelsmann stablemate music publisher BMG on an initiative…
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Vodafone’s cable investments contribute to recovery
Vodafone’s cable investments in Germany and Spain helped boost its first fiscal quarter performance, along…