Insight TV, a producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true 4K, has agreed a distribution deal with German DTT transmitter network operator Media Broadcast. The deal sees Insight TV’s HD channel distributed on Media Broadcast’s recently launched HbbTV service freenet TV connect, which is available over the DVB-T2 HD freenet TV platform. As well as Insight TV, which adds a new factual HD channel to the portfolio, the channel line-up includes: Spiegel TV, CNN and France 24 as well as regional and local channels.

“We have seen a major launch of our new freenet TV connect service within the freenet TV platform, which is reaching over a million households. Working with high-quality content creators like Inisght TV means that we can provide viewers with the best content available for all demographics,” said Sven Eckoldt, Product Manager, Media Broadcast.

Graeme Stanley, Commercial Director of Insight TV adds, “Insight TV is a major player in the HD and 4K UHD market and the success that we have demonstrated in the past twelve months is testament to that. We are delighted to be included as part of Media Broadcast’s new HbbTV offering and look forward to making further distribution announcements in the coming weeks.”

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