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Sky Deutschland cuts Snap price ahead of Netflix Germany launch
Sky Deutschland has slashed the price of its online video service Snap to just €3.99…
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Middle East operator My-HD takes Germany’s Yourfamily
Low-cost Middle East pay TV service provider My-HD has added German kids channel Yourfamily to…
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Deutsche Welle signs up for new Outernet satellite venture
German international channel Deutsche Welle is contributing content to a new satellite-based initiative designed to…
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Constantin Media sees second quarter sales boost
Germany’s Constantin Medien, which operates the Sport1 free TV channel, has boosted its second quarter…
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Sony and Microsoft make rival game console TV plays at Gamescom
Sony has announced that it will launch its new PlayStation TV streaming media device in…
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WWE Network gets global OTT launch
Over-the-top wrestling channel WWE Network has launched outside the US for the first time. The…
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Microsoft to add free-to-air DTT tuner for Xbox One in Europe
Microsoft is to provide a digital TV tuner for its Xbox One gaming devices in…
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Chile next for Horizon as Liberty Global evolves advanced TV platform
Liberty Global is turning to Chile for its next Horizon advanced TV launch, according to…
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Kabel Deutschland sees strong broadband and premium TV growth
Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland saw strong growth in both broadband and premium TV…
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Deutsche Telekom sees TV growth across Europe
Deutsche Telekom had 2.318 million TV subscribers in Germany and 3.619 million in the rest…
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Sky Italia sees continued decline
21st Century Fox-owned Sky Italia saw a continued decline in its subscriber base in the…
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Liberty Global sees strong next-generation TV growth
Liberty Global’s advanced TV platform Horizon passed the milestone of half a million subscribers in…
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Sky Deutschland expects big subscriber boost in coming year
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…
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Vodafone Germany launches vectoring for high-speed broadband
Vodafone Germany has launched a programme of vectoring to boost its broadband offering in the…
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ProSiebenSat.1 Group boosted by TV ad gains
ProSiebenSat.1 Group extended its lead over the German TV advertising market in the second quarter,…
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Crispin Odey rejects BSkyB’s Sky Deutschland bid
Sky Deutschland minority shareholder – and Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law – Crispin Odey has rejected…
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World’s first wide-scale 700MHz LTE Broadcast trial launched in Munich
Nokia Networks has announced what it says will be the world’s first field trial of…
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Astorg Partners takes majority stake in M7 Group
Private equity group Astorg Partners is acquiring a majority stake in pan-European pay TV provider…
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Primacom passes internet milestone
German cable operator Primacom has signed up its 100,000th internet customer. The milestone comes 15…
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Germany’s WDR looking to revive public service VoD plans
Germany’s WDR Media Group, an affiliate of public broadcaster ARD, is looking to revive plans…
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Sky confirms £5 billion ‘Sky Europe’ deal
UK satcaster BSkyB has confirmed its takeover of European pay TV sister companies Sky Deutschland…
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Kabel Deutschland growth offsets Vodafone decline
Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland grew its revenue by 5.8% to €491.1 million and…
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Deutsche Telekom gives Croatian unit enhanced IPTV role
Deutsche Telekom has given its Croatian subsidiary an enhanced role as a technology centre for…
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Netflix grows international numbers by 78%, plans further expansion
Netflix grew its international member base by 78% year-on-year in Q2 and has outlined plans…
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Tele Columbus adds TLC HD
German cable operator Tele Columbus is expanding its HDTV service with the addition of Discovery’s…
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BSkyB set to seal Sky Italia, Deutschland deals
BSkyB is reportedly planning to takeover sister companies Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in the…
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Discovery hires BBC business boss
Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…
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European broadcasters celebrate record-breaking World Cup
This summer’s World Cup set new TV records around the world, according to figures released…
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World Cup final sets German TV viewing record
Yesterday’s football World Cup final, which saw Germany triumph over Argentina, broke German viewing records…
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Sky Deutschland names business solutions vice-president
Sky Deutschland has appointed Paul Sexton-Chadwick, who previously worked at Sky subsidiary The Cloud WiFi,…