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Sky Deutschland takes Snap to Xbox One
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has make its online services Sky Online and Snap available…
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TV ads strong in 2014, weaker than expected in 2015
Media agency ZenithOptimedia is forecasting that global ad expenditure will grow 4.9% in 2015, reaching…
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Sky Deutschland to drop out of MDAX as Sky stake passes 90%
Sky’s stake in Sky Deutschland has now passed the 90% mark, meaning that the German…
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Vodafone mulling Liberty Global acquisition
Vodafone is mulling an acquisition of Liberty Global among other potential acquisitions, according to Reuters,…
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German TV sales up but revenues slide
Germany should see sales of 8.2 million TV sets over the Christmas period, up 5%…
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TurkShow goes live in Western Europe via Astra
Germany-based TV channel TurkShow is now broadcasting across Western Europe via Astra at the 19.2…
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Wuaki.tv launches in Germany, adds 4K titles
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki has officially launched in Germany and has announced plans…
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Vodafone-Liberty Global deal ‘would be approved’
German regulators would likely approve a Vodafone buyout of Liberty Global’s assets in the country,…
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German internet users turning away from TV
One third of German users of video streaming services have replaced classic TV entirely or…
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BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’
Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…
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Multi-screening now mainstream, says ad sales bodies’ research
Using multiple screens at the same time and engaging with social media while watching TV…
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Pay TV uptake in UK and Germany outstrips Spain
Pay TV adoption in Germany and the UK now stand at 86% and 78% of…
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ProSiebenSat.1 taps Level 3 for additional services
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has chosen CDN provider Level 3 to provide additional content delivery services…
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KPN acquires full control of Reggefiber
Dutch telco KPN has acquired the 40% it did not already own in fibre-to-the-home provider…
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Multi-play investment pays off for Tele Columbus
Success in selling broadband and phone subscriptions has lifted Germany cable operator Tele Columbus’s performance…
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Sky Deutschland ad sales arm teams up with Sport Five
Sky Deutschland’s ad sales arm Sky Media Network has teamed up with sports agency Sport…
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Sky Deutschland launches Star Wars channel
Sky Deutschland, the German arm of UK-Italian-German pay TV operator Sky, has launched a dedicated…
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Primacom on the up after Telekabel acquisition
German cable operator Primacom was boosted by its acquisition of Deutsche Telekabel in the first…
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American Idol and digital costs hit FremantleMedia, RTL
FremantleMedia has seen a sharp decrease in profits with parent group RTL blaming lower revenue…
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Sky Deutschland taps SES unit for online service
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has tapped satellite operator SES’s media services arm SES…
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Netflix to up expansion efforts in 2015
Netflix is gearing up to make a “sizeable expansion” next year, that could surpass the…
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More viewers connect PCs to TVs in Europe than US
Among broadband households, there is higher adoption of PC-to-TV connections in Europe than in the…
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New Deutsche Telekom €500m fund could invest in OTT companies
Deutsche Telekom is to set up what it says will be one of the largest…
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Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
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Fixed line now almost a quarter of Vodafone’s European business
The fixed-line market now accounts for 23.7% of Vodafone’s service revenue in Europe, according to…
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Analysts downgrade BSkyB on Sky Europe concerns
Credit analysts have downgraded BSkyB after the UK pay TV platform moved a step closer…
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Kabel Deutschland reports TV gains
Kabel Deutschland added 53,000 Premium TV customers in the three months ending September 30, with…
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Sky Deutschland in 4K partnership with hip-hop band
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Sony Music to deliver live coverage in 4K of…
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Digital revenues drive ProSiebenSat.1 growth
Digital and adjacent revenues boosted German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1’s performance for the third quarter, with…
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Deutsche Telekom makes European TV gains
Deutsche Telekom reported a 12.1% year-on-year increase in TV customers in its home market of…