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Tele Columbus consumer business chief Riedel leaves

German cable operator Tele Columbus’s chief consumer officer, Stefan Riedel, is to leave the company….

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Viaplay Select to be added to Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV

Viaplay Group and Deutsche Telekom have struck a deal that will see Viaplay Select’s content…

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German broadcasters renew contracts with SES

Satellite operator SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog…

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Vodafone Deutschland moves forward with TV harmonisation and high-split plan

Vodafone Deutschland is moving into the second phase of its plan to digitize its radio…

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CTV Summit: Deutsche Telekom could launch its own TV alongside STB

Deutsche Telekom plans to move to an all-streaming future, but the set-top box will remain…

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Tele Columbus targets wholesale market with new appointment

German cable operator Tele Columbus has appointed Peer Lodbrok to as wholesale director in a…

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Tele Columbus COO to quit

German cable operator Tele Columbus’s chief operations officer Roland Schleicher is to leave the company….

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RTL sees streaming base rise by almost half

RTL Group saw its streaming subscriber base jump by almost half in the course of…

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Vodafone completes sale of 50% of German fibre JV to Altice

Vodafone has completed the sale of 50% of its German Fibre-to-the-Home company (FibreCo) to Altice….

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M7 Deutschland expands distribution deal with NBC Universal

M7 Group’s German cable network offering, M7 Deutschland has secured the long-term distribution rights of…

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DAZN launching women’s sport FAST channel for Germany and Austria

Sports streamer DAZN is launching a new free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel in Germany and Austria…

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Sky Deutschland strikes first collective remuneration deal with creatives

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has struck agreements with two groups representing TV creatives in…

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RTL Deutschland sets up media tech investment outfit

RTL Deutschland has set up a new unit, RTL Ventures, to invest in consumer tech companies….

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OneFootball to offer DAZN football as PPV offering in Germany and Austria

Sports streaming platform DAZN has unveiled a new alliance with football-focused media company OneFootball, which…

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Vodafone sees big drop in TV customers

Vodafone lost 140,000 European TV customers in its fiscal third quarter to the end of…

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German streamer Dyn acquires Bundesliga field hockey ahead of launch.

German streaming platform Dyn has secured exclusive rights to Germany’s Field Hockey Bundesliga, in a…

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Change of CTO for Tele Columbus

German cable operator Tele Columbus has confirmed that its chief technology officer, Dietmar Pöltl, is…

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Germany’s Sport1+ renews rights to NASCAR and Supercars motor series

German pay TV channel Sport1+ has renewed its broadcast partnership with US racing series NASCAR…

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High View to broadcast more channels with new SES agreement

High View, an independent Munich-based media company, has expanded its partnership with satellite operator with…

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German TV piracy losses hit €1.8bn in 2022, says Vaunet

Vaunet, the Berlin-based trade body for private audiovisual media in Germany, has published a report…

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Tele Columbus expands management board with new CTO and housing industry chief

German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has appointed a new…

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Sport1 acquires XFL rights for DACH region

Sports channel Sport1 has acquired an exclusive rights package for the next two seasons to…

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Vodafone Deutschland debuts 5G-enabled Watch Party for Bundesliga with DAZN

Vodafone Deutschland is introducing new 5G-enabled features to its Bundesliga football coverage in partnership with…

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Tele Columbus expands reach in Berlin with Gesobau deal

German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has extended its reach…

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Tele Columbus pushes forwards with Gigabit upgrade

German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has upgraded its networks…

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RTL Deutschland hires Netflix programming exec

Broadcaster RTL Deutschland has hired Netflix programming executive Inga Leschek as programming chief for RTL…

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ANGA COM unveils new features and reports uptick in registrations

Germany’s ANGA COM has reported registrations for more than 22,000 sqm gross exhibition space for this…

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Germany’s Joyn enters FAST market with 24/7 offering

ProSiebenSat.1-owned streaming platform Joyn has expanded its content offering with the launch of 16 new…

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Tele Columbus names von Ratibor as finance chief

German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Jeannette von Ratibor as the company’s new chief…

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Germany’s SWR selects PORTAL.easystream for event streaming efficiency

Germany-based media solutions provide Logic has been drafted in to help German regional public broadcaster…