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Germany
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German cable needs to consolidate; Horizon launch planned for 1H13
The German cable industry needs to be given the opportunity to consolidate in order to…
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Sport1+ HD to launch on Sky Deutschland
German sports broadcaster Sport1 will launch its high definition network Sport1+ HD via Sky Deutschland…
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Deutsche Telekom to take Sky Deutschland football
Deutsche Telekom is to take Sky Deutschland’s German football service and will close its Liga…
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Sky Deutschland expands HD line-up with TNT Series
Sky Deutschland is adding Turner’s general entertainment channel TNT Series HD to its line-up. The…
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Sky Deutschland expands customer service numbers
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is extending its customer service operations, provided by Invoco Group….
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CBC chooses Ateme for HD services
ANGA exhibitor Ateme (Stand L15) has been chosen by RTL-owned German TV production and broadcast…
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More Sky Deutschland channels for Unitymedia
Following its distribution deal for Sky Atlantic, Sky Deutschland has struck an agreement with Unitymedia…
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Lovefilm launches HD streaming
Online streaming service Lovefilm is launching high-definition streaming in the UK and Germany. The move…
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KDG achieves 4.7Gbps broadband milestone
Germany’s Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is claiming to be the first cable operator to achieve a…
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Tele Columbus serves up Servus TV
German cable operator Tele Columbus has added the Servus TV channel to its analogue offering….
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German connected TV universe growing fast
There will be some 26.5 million internet-connected display devices sold in the German market this…
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Deutsche Telekom could take Sky’s football offering
Deutsche Telekom and Sky Deutschland are reportedly close to a deal that could see the…
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NetCologne expands digital offering
Germany city carrier NetCologne has expanded its digital offering to include WDR HD, Phoenix HD,…
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Primacom offers new Humax box
German cable operator Primacom has begun offering a new set-top box from Humax. The CX-5100…
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Almost half of sets sold in Germany are connected TVs
Research from German industry association Bitkom shows that 46% of TVs sold in Germany are…
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ProSiebenSat.1 buys into price comparison site
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s SevenVentures subsidiary has acquired a majority stake in Sixt e-ventures-backed price…
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Sky Atlantic launches in Germany
The Sky Atlantic channel was officially launched in Germany yesterday with a party thrown in…
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Sky Deutschland adds Sky Atlantic and sports content to Go
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland will make HBO content from the Sky Atlantic channel,…
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Kabel BW adds Sky Atlantic and Super RTL HD
German cable operator Kabel BW is to add Sky Atlantic and Super RTL HD to…
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KDG confirms Tele Columbus acquisition
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed the acquisition of Tele Columbus. Under the…
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Kabel Deutschland to acquire Tele Columbus
Germany’s leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to acquire Tele Columbus, according to a…
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Sky Deutschland reports value-add service growth
Sky Deutschland has made significant inroads with its value-added services. The German pay TV operator…
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Maxdome to launch on Sony devices, strong growth for Pro7Sat.1
German video-on-demand service Maxdome is to launch on PlayStation games consoles before the end of…
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Telefónica Europe fails to match Lat-Am pay TV growth
Telefónica’s impressive pay TV growth continued in Latin America during the first quarter of 2012,…
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DT TV base up half a million in 12 months
Deutsche Telekom added half a million T-Entertain TV customers in the 12 months ending March…
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SES’s HD Plus reaches 2.6 million households.
SES’s German HD platform HD Plus reached more than 2.6 million households at the end…
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Germany’s VideoWeb selects ALi for OTT boxes
German OTT provider VideoWeb has selected ALi Corporation’s M3911 Network Media Processor for its new…
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RTL sees revenue rise thanks to German, French ad recovery
Pan-regional European broadcaster RTL Group saw its first-quarter revenues rise as a result of strong…
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Glitz launches on Kabel Deutschland
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has added Turner Broadcast’s female-oriented channel Glitz to its…
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Unitymedia extends VOD availability
Liberty Global-owned cable operator Unitymedia has extended the availability of its video-on-demand offering to the…