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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….
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…
German broadcasters renew contracts with SES
Satellite operator SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog…
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…
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…
Tele Columbus targets wholesale market with new appointment
German cable operator Tele Columbus has appointed Peer Lodbrok to as wholesale director in a…
Tele Columbus COO to quit
German cable operator Tele Columbus’s chief operations officer Roland Schleicher is to leave the company….
RTL sees streaming base rise by almost half
RTL Group saw its streaming subscriber base jump by almost half in the course of…
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….
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…
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…
Sky Deutschland strikes first collective remuneration deal with creatives
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has struck agreements with two groups representing TV creatives in…
RTL Deutschland sets up media tech investment outfit
RTL Deutschland has set up a new unit, RTL Ventures, to invest in consumer tech companies….
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…
Vodafone sees big drop in TV customers
Vodafone lost 140,000 European TV customers in its fiscal third quarter to the end of…
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…
Change of CTO for Tele Columbus
German cable operator Tele Columbus has confirmed that its chief technology officer, Dietmar Pöltl, is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sport1 acquires XFL rights for DACH region
Sports channel Sport1 has acquired an exclusive rights package for the next two seasons to…
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…
Tele Columbus expands reach in Berlin with Gesobau deal
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has extended its reach…
Tele Columbus pushes forwards with Gigabit upgrade
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has upgraded its networks…
RTL Deutschland hires Netflix programming exec
Broadcaster RTL Deutschland has hired Netflix programming executive Inga Leschek as programming chief for RTL…
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…
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…
Tele Columbus names von Ratibor as finance chief
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Jeannette von Ratibor as the company’s new chief…
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…