The UEFA Champions League Quarter Final stage kicked off on April 11th with a clash between Manchester City and Bayer Munich which saw the Premier League champions defeat the German giants 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. This first-leg match between two clubs broke Prime Video live streaming records in Germany, with over 4 million households […]
SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog with multiple German private and public broadcasters. The majority of renewals span several years and will enable millions of satellite TV households across Germany to continue watching SD and HD content, reinforcing SES’s position as the leading global content connectivity provider. The […]
Qvest has helped to realise the most modern planetarium in Europe at the Halle Planetarium, Germany. As project partner, Qvest orchestrated several high-tech AV systems in the planetarium and observatory which make the visit for all galactic explorers a special experience. The Qvest expertise was also called on to design, supply and install an array […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has revealed what it describes as a sharpened strategic focus, with which the Group addresses the challenges of the market environment and the changing media landscape, while at the same time leveraging the Group’s growth potential. “We at ProSiebenSat.1 have everything it takes to reach millions of people day by day,” […]
ProSieben MAXX and WWE have announced a new multi-year agreement to televise WWE’s flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown, and, for the first time, NXT in German on ProSieben MAXX. This means that ProSieben MAXX will remain the free TV home of WWE and expand the partnership that has existed since 2014. The deal marks a double-digit […]
Vevo, the music video network, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Amazon to launch new Vevo FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in both the UK and Germany. The announcement comes following an initial launch on Freevee in the US in December. Vevo’s flagship linear channel, Vevo Pop, will be available in both markets […]
Online sports broadcaster DAZN has announced the launch of a FAST channel in Germany and Austria dedicated entirely to women’s sports. The 24/7 channel, called DAZN Rise, will be available from March 16th via Samsung TV Plus and IPTV platform Waipu.tv before being made available on other platforms in the near future including LG and […]
RTL Deutschland has set up a new unit, RTL Ventures, to invest in consumer tech companies. The idea is to build up a portfolio of innovative European firms that aspire to become category market leaders in the long term and for which the DACH market (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) offers relevant growth potential. The investment […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported that it is “on track” despite unsteady market conditions. The German telco group exceeded its guidance for 2022, which it raised multiple times throughout the year. Total revenue increased by 6.1 per cent compared with 2021 to €114.4 billion. Service revenue increased by 10.6 per cent to €91.9 billion. Adjusted EBITDA […]
Prague-based PPF Group has acquired a 9.1% stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. The international investment group, that’s also the parent company of CME, said: “PPF is looking forward to liaising with the management and supervisory board of ProSieben in this digitalisation process. PPF is an active investor in the telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) […]