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Germany
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Liberty Networks Germany begins fibre rollout
Liberty Networks Germany, the fibre joint venture between Liberty Global’s investment arm and InfraVia Capital…
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New CFO for RTL Deutschland
RTL Group has appointed a new chief financial officer for RTL Deutschland. Ingrid Heisserer, currently…
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Vodafone Deutschland to begin standardising TV frequencies
Vodafone Deutschland is standardising the frequencies used by its TV and radio channels across its…
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Management changes for Vodafone Deutschland and VodafoneZiggo
Vodafone Deutschland has named Marcel de Groot, chief commercial officer of Vodafone’s Dutch JV with…
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New management team for RTL Deutschland
RTL Group is reorganising the management of RTL Deutschland. Matthias Dang, co-CEO, Alexander Glatz, chief…
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Deutsche Telekom sees solid growth in German TV base
Telekom’s TV subscriber base in Germany increased by 2.7% to 4.039 million year-on-year in the…
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Sport1 taps Better Collective for online gambling play
German sports broadcaster Sport1 GmbH and its gambling subsidiary Magic Sports Media GmbH have signed…
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RTL sees streaming growth accelerate
Paying subscribers for RTL Group’s streaming services in Germany and the Netherlands was up 48%…
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Amazon launches Freevee in Germany
Amazon’s ad-supported free streaming service Freevee has landed in Germany. This is the second international…
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Ex-Discovery exec Lemke to head Curiosity Channel Germany and Spiegel TV History
Germany’s Spiegel TV and its factual content producer partner Autentic have named Saevar Lemke as…
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RTL and SevenOne Entertainment to create new addressable ad tech JV
German broadcasters RTL Deutschland and Seven.One Entertainment Group/ProSiebenSat.1 are to set up an addressable advertising…
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Vodafone sees TV base slide in Germany
Vodafone lost around half a million TV customers in the year to June, with European…
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Liberty Networks Germany names CEO
Liberty Networks Germany, the joint venture launched last year by Liberty Global’s investment arm Liberty…
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FAST channel wedo movies extends reach with Zattoo and HbbTV
Germany’s Video Solutions AG is making its advertising-financed, free feature film channel wedo movies accessible…
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Tele Columbus to offer Bild TV on PŸUR
German service provider Tele Columbus Group, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has strengthened its…
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Ocilion secures raft of new contracts for TV offering
German IPTV specialist ocilion has secured a raft of new contracts for its cloud TV…
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Vodafone Deutschland adds Sky One HD on-demand offering
Vodafone Deutschland has struck a deal to add Sky One HD content, including originals and…
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Tele Columbus names business services CTO
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has named Mario Zöller…
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Broadcast service outfit EMG names Germany CEO
Broadcast service provider EMG has named René Steinbusch as the CEO of EMG Germany GmbH….
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UK to ‘overtake Germany’ as Europe’s largest media market
The UK is set to become the biggest entertainment and media market in Europe, overtaking…
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German TV advertising slows but streaming advertising grows
German TV advertising will grow by only around 1% this year, while the overall German…
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Vodafone sees big losses in TV base
Vodafone has lost 300,000 TV customers in the year to March, with its biggest market,…
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MFE declines to support discharge of ProSiebenSat.1 supervisory board
MediaForEurope (MFE), owner of Italy’s Mediaset and the biggest shareholder in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has…
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RTL-Telekom partnership fuels spectacular streaming growth
RTL’s streaming partnership with Deutsche Telekom has continued to fuel spectacular growth for its RTL+…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Beaujean plays down consolidation ideas ahead of AGM
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Rainer Beaujean has once again rejected the idea of a merger between his…
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IMDb TV to become Amazon Freevee, plans launch in Germany
Amazon’s AVOD service IMDb TV is rebranding as Amazon Freevee, with plans to grow its…
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MFE seeking power to discharge individual ProSiebenSat.1 board members
MediaForEurope (MFE) is seeking a change in the voting rules at the forthcoming AGM of…
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Parrot Analytics: Netflix tops in-demand list for Germany
Netflix’s drama The Witcher topped the list of the most in-demand digital originals in Germany…
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TalkTalk taps Netgem for new 4K box and TV offering
UK service provider TalkTalk has launched its new 4K TV box in partnership with technology…
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Berenberg: ProSiebenSat.1 faces ‘growing risks’ as ad recovery falters
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 faces growing risks from a challenged advertising market and other factors, with limited…