Roku has announced the arrival of Roku TV in Germany, with Metz blue and TCL as the first partners to launch Roku TV models. The launch follows Roku’s entry into the market last year with its streaming players. From October, consumers will be able to purchase a Roku TV model from Metz blue or TCL, […]
Liberty Networks Germany, a joint venture (JV) between Liberty Global Ventures, the investment arm of Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital Partners, starts construction this week on a new full-fibre network in Germany. Launched in 2021, Liberty Networks Germany will connect households and municipalities in Germany to state-of-the-art fibre optic networks operating under the new ‘helloFiber’ […]
RTL Group has appointed two new members of RTL Deutschland’s Management Board: Ingrid Heisserer, currently CFO Austria & Germany at the global cosmetics company L’Oréal, will become the new CFO of RTL Deutschland, effective December 1st. She will succeed Alexander Glatz, who will leave RTL Deutschland on August 31st as previously announced in July. Additionally […]
A report from analysts at investment bank Berenberg says that advertising revenues at German broadcasting giant ProSiebenSat.1 Media are softer and weaker than anticipated. Indeed, the report says that advertising assumptions for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland markets might be too optimistic. “While the guidance from March 2022 reflected an assumption of DACH advertising revenues […]
After a positive start to the year, ProSiebenSat.1 Group continued to grow in the second quarter of 2022. Group revenues rose by 1 per cent to €1.05 billion, while adjusted EBITDA remained stable year-on-year at €166 million (previous year: €166 million). In view of a strong previous-year quarter, which had benefited from catch-up effects due […]
Hannes Heyelmann, who was named EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros Discovery Germany, Switzerland and Austria in June, has unveiled his management team. “In the past few weeks I have been working on the future strategy for Warner Bros Discovery in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, including the formation of the management team for our […]
Sport1 and Magic Sports Media have signed a long-term agreement with Better Collective, the sports betting media group: The partnership includes delivery of content, data, and statistics for a new sports betting section at Sport1.de to bring in sports betting content to its near 9 million unique users monthly. The partnership will be co-branded with […]
Jefferies says there are clear signs of structural change within the German broadband market. “Ninety per cent of growth is now driven by fibre,” notes a report from the investment bank . “However, a slower market means absolute broadband intake is unsustainable at historical levels.” Jeffferies, in its report to clients, focuses on Deutsche Telekom […]
Liberty Networks Germany, the joint venture launched last year by Liberty Global Ventures, the investment arm of Liberty Global, and InfraVia Capital Partners to build full-fibre networks in Germany, has appointed Christian Böing as CEO. Böing’s previous roles include CEO oat web-hosting companies Strato and IONOS. Prior to that, he held roles at communications company […]
The pay-TV and SVoD market is continuing to grow in Germany, Austria and Switzerland according to the Pay TV and Paid VoD in Germany 2021/2022 report published by VAUNET. In Germany, total revenue from pay television and paid VoD in 2021 rose by 13.1 per cent to reach €4.7 billion, and is expected to grow […]