Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of media and entertainment powerhouse Banijay, has announced that historical drama Marie Antoinette has been acquired by Disney+ in Germany. Produced by Banijay Studios France, CAPA Drama and Les Gens, the eight-part series – created and written by Deborah Davis – will launch on Disney+ in Germany on June 21st. […]
PPF Group, the Czech Republic investment group, has raised its stake in German media group ProSiebenSat.1 to 15.04 per cent in stock and instruments. “Our growing shareholding in ProSiebenSat.1 demonstrates that PPF is a long-term and supportive investor with ample television broadcasting experience that can add value to Germany’s leading media company,” commented PPF Chief […]
Amagi, the global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced that health tv, a German private television station owned by the hospital group Asklepios, is making its foray into Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) using Amagi’s cloud solutions. health tv will now enjoy improved audience reach with its wide range […]
SPI’s drama hub Dizi is expanding its reach in Western Europe through Prime Video Channels. Dizi’s curated array of Turkish series can now be accessed in Sweden and Germany via an additional paid monthly subscription package on Prime Video Channels. The package allows viewers to select the shows they want to watch at €2.99 per […]
The DVB-I Pilot Germany – an initiative consisting of 21 stakeholders from the media industry, including broadcasters, device manufacturers, software providers and research institutions – has announced the successful completion of Phase 1. From September 2022 to March 2023, a proof-of-concept was realised to develop a common view on the technical features of the DVB-I […]
Video technology innovator Matrox Video has played a key role in increasing channel density of ingest servers for Studio Berlin, a technical service provider for TV productions and outside broadcast in Germany. Studio Berlin — part of Studio Hamburg Group, with headquarters in Berlin and offices in Cologne and Lüneburg — offers a broad portfolio […]
DTM has partnered with digital content agency, Little Dot Studios Germany, for the 2023 season to target new audiences and increase the digital global reach of the racing series. The collaboration will see Little Dot Studios Germany implement a multi-format approach on YouTube, utilising live and VoD content, together with magazine features and archive content […]
RTL, the Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, has reported that Q1 group revenue down 9 per cent to €1.4 billion, mainly due to significantly lower TV advertising revenue and the disposals of RTL Belgium (31 March 2022) and RTL Croatia (1 June 2022), which were still fully consolidated in Q1 2022. Group revenue was down 7.7 […]
ProSiebenSat.1 closed its 2022 financial year in line with its outlook. Group revenues were at €4.1 billion, down 7 per cent on the previous year, in what the German broadcasting group called a “severely weakened market environment”. Organically, i.e., adjusted for currency effects and portfolio changes, Group revenues were down 5 per cent year-on-year. The […]
WSC Sports, a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) powered sports video content, is partnering with new German streaming challenger brand Dyn Media to deliver content for its OTT streaming platform. Dyn has chosen WSC Sports’ technology to automatically create and distribute real-time video content and highlights directly to the new OTT platform and its associated […]