NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is expanding its distribution in Germany in collaboration with HD+. The German TV platform operator has integrated the channel into its streaming package HD+ IP as well as its multiscreen service HD+ MultiScreen, enabling reception on smartphones, tablets and further TV sets in […]
M7, the German provider of TV entertainment for cable and IP networks, is the content partner for a channel portfolio with which O2 Telefónica will launch its new TV platform, O2 TV, on September 25th. The licence package supplied by M7 covers over 130 pay-TV channels from Kinowelt, SPI and Hearst Networks: Kinowelt Television HD, […]
RTL, the German broadcaster, and Paramount have withdrawn their bid to merge Super RTL, the children’s television network, with Nickelodeon, according to Reuters. The German cartel office said the withdrawal had occurred after it informed the companies that it intended to prohibit the planned merger. Super RTL, belonging to Bertelsmann’s RTL Group, first announced in […]
RTL Deutschland and Vodafone will continue to bring RTL Deutschland’s content in streaming and linear TV to Vodafone’s 11 million+ TV customers. The partnership between the two companies has now been extended and will be expanded further in the future. To make it easier for Vodafone customers to access RTL Deutschland’s content and brands in […]
Children’s production and rights management company Hoho Entertainment (Cloudbabies, Toad and Friends) is launching a dedicated new German YouTube channel for its popular preschool property Shane the Chef. Entitled Shane der Koch, the new channel has been funded by a grant from the UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF), the initiative designed to boost international development, […]
Media Broadcast has officially launched the distribution of television programmes via 5G broadcast as part of a pilot project in Halle, Germany. The pilot project is based on a tender from the Media Authority of Saxony-Anhalt, in which DTT capacities were awarded to Media Broadcast for testing the distribution of programmes in the 5G broadcast […]
Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced that its German office has signed a partnership with Studio71, the digital media and entertainment company of ProSiebenSat.1, to launch two channel brands on the free streaming service Joyn. Effective immediately, selected content from Little Dot Studios’ Real Stories Germany and Real Crime Germany channels, will […]
Tim Rhoenisch has been appointed as the new CEO of the Commerce & Ventures segment of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE with imediate effect. He assumes this position in addition to his role as CFO, which he has held since May 2022. The previous CEO, Friedrich Thoma, is leaving the company by mutual agreement. Rhoenisch joined the […]
German public broadcaster ZDF has extended its long-standing relationship with Avid by migrating its existing asset management systems onto Avid’s MediaCentral | Cloud UX software platform. The transition provides the broadcaster with a complete tool set to manage news and programme workflows and provides the possibility to expand all the way from ingest through to […]
LTN, a specialist in transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has announced the successful delivery of live and pre-recorded coverage to fan zones across 10 locations in Germany for the 2024 European Football Championship. LTN’s innovative playout solution, LTN Lift, plays a critical role in ensuring fans can experience all the action throughout the […]