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ANGA COM returns May 2022

ANGA COM, the European exhibition and conference for broadband, TV and online, has announced it will return on May 10th – 12th 2022 in Cologne, Germany. Key topics of ANGA COM 2022 include FTTH, DOCSIS 4.0, 10G, Wifi, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Services, OTT, AppTV, Video Streaming, Smart City and Smart Home.A […]

October 28, 2021

TVSquared launches ADvantage XP in UK, Germany

TVSquared has announced the launch of ADvantage XP in the UK and Germany, bringing Europe’s largest advertising markets the cross-platform measurement and attribution solution for all forms of TV – linear, streaming and addressable. ADvantage XP is an always-on, scalable platform that offers independent, impression-based measurement of ad exposure and outcomes for converged TV campaigns. […]

October 26, 2021

Research: UK CTV viewing nears off-air

Research carried out across the EU5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) by omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite reveals that 78 per cent of European audiences watch Connected TV (CTV), making it an essential element of TV planning for advertisers. The report, CTV Is for Everyone: 2021, shows that CTV adoption across households in the […]

October 25, 2021

Grass Valley kits out Studio Berlin’s new OB truck

A suite of Grass Valley live production technology has been selected by Studio Berlin, a German full-service provider for live television production solutions, to equip its new outside broadcast (OB) truck, U10. Studio Berlin’s trucks capture and produce primetime content like the popular singing programme The Voice of Germany, as well as premium sports content for […]

October 1, 2021

Vodafone adds Facebook Watch to STB platform

Vodafone is to add Facebook Watch to Vodafone TV in Europe, becoming the first pay-TV operator in the region to offer the service on its set-top boxes. Vodafone TV is currently offering a cloud-based television service to 22 million customers across 10 markets in Europe, combining a variety of live and on-demand video content in […]

September 29, 2021

Roku unveils streaming player line-up for Germany

Roku has introduced its streaming player line-up for Germany, including the Roku Express, Roku Express 4K, Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Roku Streambar. At launch, German consumers will be able to acess a wide variety of global and local entertainment. Roku streaming players are powered by the Roku operating system (OS), offering consumers a customisable […]

September 27, 2021

Liberty in German FTTH JV

Liberty Global Ventures, the investment arm of Liberty, and InfraVia Capital Partners, an independent private equity firm specialised in infrastructure and technology investments, have set up a new Joint Venture (JV) aimed at assessing the opportunity in building fibre-to-the-home networks in Germany. The 50:50 JV, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees the two companies […]

September 27, 2021By Colin Mann

ProSiebenSat.1 delivers “confident” outlook

ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s CFO Rainer Beaujean, speaking at investment bank Berenberg’s German Conference on September 21st, told delegates that he was “extremely confident” that the broadcasting group will hit its EBITDA target of +/-€820 million, notwithstanding investment in new programming formats that should pay off in the longer term. That programming reinvestment is being made possible […]

September 22, 2021

Sky, Love Nature expand content partnership

Sky and Love Nature, a wildlife and nature brand with linear and streaming channels, have announced an extension of their content deal in support of Sky Nature, which originally launched in 2020 in the UK, and will now expand into Germany and Italy.  Sky customers in both new markets will now have access to Sky […]

September 20, 2021

Azteca Now app launches in Germany, Spain, Portugal

The ICARO Media Group’s Azteca Now video app for smartphones and tablets has been released by TV Azteca across iOS and Android stores in Germany, Spain, and Portugal. Azteca Now’s European launch will be marketed and distributed to millions of existing viewers in TV Azteca International’s audience of more than 100 million in its distribution footprint. […]

September 16, 2021