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RTL Deutschland launches Ukrainian news
RTL Germany and its news channel ntv have launched a news service in Ukrainian that…
Vodafone Deutschland and DAZN test 5G Bundesliga broadcasts
Vodafone Deutschland and sports streamer DAZN have revealed they are jointly testing the transmission of…
RTL sees rocketing streaming growth and surging revenues
Paying customers for RTL’s RTL+ and Videoland streaming services numbered 3.8 million by the end…
MFE takes ProSiebenSat.1 stake beyond 25%, looks to consolidate Mediaset España
MediaForEurope (MFE), the cross-border broadcast group formerly known as Mediaset, has upped its stake in…
MFE seeking to take ProSiebenSat.1 stake beyond 25%
MediaForEurope (MFE), formerly known as Mediaset, has sought the German competition watchdog’s permission to raise…
ProSiebenSat.1 highlights ad-focused streaming strategy, rejects RTL merger idea
ProSiebenSat.1 believes that an advertising-focused offering with a slim premium layer is the best way…
ProSiebenSat.1 rebounds as ad market rises
ProSiebenSat.1 rebounded strongly last year as higher ad revenues boosted its top line growth to…
Tele Columbus strikes deal with ARD
German cable operator Tele Columbus has struck an agreement with public broadcaster ARD covering the…
M-net launches new version of TVplus offering
German service provider M-net will tomorrow launch a new version of its IPTV service, TVplus,…
Freenet sees waipu.tv growth offset Freenet TV decline
German service provider Freenet saw growth in its Waipu.tv streaming service offset a decline in…
Berenberg reflects on mixed quarter for ProSiebenSat.1
Analysts at Berenberg have reiterated a hold rating, with a reduced price target, for ProSiebenSat.1…
Ex-DFL chief Seifert teams with Axel Springer to launch sports streamer
Christian Siefert, the former chief of the German football league (DFL) has teamed up with…
Deutsche Telekom and Google expand partnership in TV, cloud and messaging
Deutsche Telekom has unveiled an expanded partnership with Google spanning enhanced mobile messaging for businesses,…
Sky hit by loss of Italian football but UK sees growth
Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky’s top line was hit by the loss of sports programme…
Vodafone Deutschland to include Sky One in GigaTV offering
Vodafone Deutschland has struck an agreement with pay TV provider Sky Deutschland to include the…
Tele Columbus to build new fibre backbone in Berlin
German cable operator Tele Columbus is investing in a new fibre-optic ring to serve Berlin….
Deutsche Glasfaser secures €5.75bn in funding for FTTH
Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser Group has secured new financing to the tuen of €5.75 billion euros…
La Casa De Papel heads Parrot’s top 10 for Germany
Netflix’s mighty La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) dominated Parrot Analytics’ line up of the…
Liberty Networks Germany begins rolling out FTTH
Liberty Networks Germany, Liberty Global’s new German joint venture with InfraVia Capital, has begun rolling…
New chair for ProSiebenSat.1, Beaujean becomes CEO, Habets joins supervisory board
Andreas Wiele is to succeed Werner Brandt as chairman of the supervisory board of German…
Tele Columbus begins DOCSIS 3.1 rollout
German cable operator Tele Columbus has begun a nationwide upgrade of its network to DOCSIS…
Vodafone Deutschland taps Velocix for GigaTV rollout
Vodafone Deutschland has turned to video streaming and ad tech supplier Velocix to support the…
Altice unit to build fibre networks in Germany
Altice Group’s infrastructure construction unit Geodesia has struck a partnership with German fibre builder and…
Genius Brands to take over Fix&Foxi owner YFE
US-based kids content company Genius Brands International is to acquire a 29% in German kids…
Ocilion wins two more network operator deals in Germany
German network operators K-net, based in Kaiserslautern, and Leonet in Bavaria have turned to technology…
Vodafone loses more TV customers in Germany and Spain
Vodafone lost significant numbers of TV customers in Germany and Spain in its fiscal first…
Sky Deutschland makes Go available on Amazon Fire TV
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has added Amazon Fire tablets to the range of devices…
Telekom’s German TV base edges upwards towards four million
Deutsche Telekom’s TV base in Germany edged ever closer to four million during the third…
ProSiebenSat.1 results ‘overshadowed’ by poor dating numbers
ProSiebenSat.1’s solid results from its media and entertainment and production businesses risks being overshadowed by…
ProSiebenSat.1 raises outlook following stellar ad growth
German commercial broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has raised its full-year outlook after posting strong revenue growth…