Chefclub, the digital brand, has announced its expansion into the world of animation with Chefclub Friends, an edutainment series for 5 to 7 year olds starring the beloved animated mascots from Chefclub’s dedicated kids’ network, Chefclub Kids. Chefclub Friends is an action-comedy edutainment series that sets out to build on Chefclub’s guiding principle: having fun […]
Watch4, an AVoD service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has entered into a licensing agreement with IMG, an Endeavor company, to stream three ATP 250 tournaments live from Australia. From now to January 15th, Watch4 will feature live streams of 21 Tennis Australia’s tournaments taking place in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The matches, which are […]
RT DE, the latest 24/7 TV news channel from global news network RT, has gone live. The channel, which brings news and views to the German-speaking world, features a mix of live news, debates, documentaries and original programming. “The degree of resistance and hostility with which RT was met in Germany is unlike anything we […]
Prysmian Group, a global in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has produced the first 20 kilometres of underground cable for the SuedOstLink, one of Germany’s most important high-voltage direct current lines for transporting wind power from the north to consumers in Southern regions. The cables have been manufactured according to international standards and […]
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Dr. Werner Brandt has decided not to stand for re-election to the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on May 5th 2022 after eight years and two election periods. The Supervisory Board has revealed it intends to elect Dr. Andreas Wiele, formerly a member […]
Roku has announced it is investing in an office in the city of Amsterdam. Roku says it plans to expand its existing presence in The Netherlands to help support its international growth. The Amsterdam office will be located on Weteringschans and offers space for up to 150 employees. Roku is headquartered in Silicon Valley in […]
Video streaming and ad tech supplier Velocix has supported the expansion of Vodafone Deutschland’s GigaTV service as part of a multi-year agreement for its open audio-video pipeline software, including its carrier-grade CDN, origin server, and video personalisation platform Vodafone Deutschland provides pay-TV services to more than 13 million subscribers and operates Germany’s largest cable TV […]
Kaltura, the Video Experience Cloud, has announced that its Kaltura TV Platform is powering the expansion of Vodafone TV into new markets. Vodafone TV is the world’s most advanced multi-tenant Cloud TV service, with nine operations, currently serving over two million subscribers worldwide. Germany is Vodafone TV’s most recent launch. The Kaltura-powered service is available […]
RTL Deutschland and Panasonic are bringing addressable TV to the smart TVs of the Japanese manufacturer as part of a cooperation. The HbbTV specification for Targeted Advertising (HbbTV TA) is now implemented in Panasonic 2021 smart TVs from the JX850 series. Models already on the market will receive HbbTV TA through a software update, which […]
Netflix’s Lucifer leads the Whip Watch Report of streaming originals among German viewers for the week of November 8th – 14th. The Whip Watch Report ranks the most viewed series originating from SVoD platforms in the past week. Second on the list is You, followed by the third and final season of Narcos: Mexico which […]