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Germany: Sony, Little Dot Studios launch new YouTube channels

Sony Pictures Entertainment Germany has partnered with Little Dot Studios to launch and manage a suite of six new German-language YouTube channels. The new channels will be rolled out in a phased launch, with the first channel, Absolute Action – featuring crime, thriller and western movies, now live. The remaining five channels: Comfy Movies – […]

September 23, 2025

Germany: Online audio hits record levels

Germany’s Online Audio Monitor 2025 from VAUNET reveals that online audio has become inseparable from everyday life in the country. With 53 million users, it has reached a new record high. While new formats such as video podcasts are gaining traction and music streaming in cars is also becoming increasingly significant, linear web radio is […]

September 18, 2025

ProSiebenSat.1 downgrades outlook for FY 2025

Citing “an evaluation of current business and forecast data on the expected business development in the Entertainment segment for the second half of 2025”, the Executive Board of German broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1 Media has adjusted the outlook for the financial year 2025. “The macroeconomic environment in the German-speaking region continues to be characterised by considerable […]

September 16, 2025

Germany: Pay-TV, SVoD revenues at €5.5bn in 2024

Demand and willingness to pay for pay-TV and paid video content in Germany continues to grow, despite a difficult economic climate and complex regulation. In 2024, revenues from pay-TV and paid video-on-demand rose by around 6 per cent to €5.5 billion. For the current year 2025, VAUNET – German Media Association – expects revenues to […]

September 11, 2025

RDK deployed by Vodafone

In advance of the annual RDK Global Summit, RDK Management has announced that Vodafone has deployed RDK-B as its central software for the latest generation of Wi-Fi 7 Fibre and DOCSIS CPEs, the Ultra Hub 7 routers. These new routers have been now deployed commercially in the UK and in Germany. Vodafone also continues to […]

September 11, 2025

Goldvertise selects Publica by IAS as CTV ad server

Publica by IAS, the independent ad server purpose built for Connected TV (CTV), has announced that Goldvertise, a specialist in marketing moving image content including linear TV, CTV, and online video, has chosen Publica as an ad serving partner for CTV inventory in Germany and the wider DACH region. Goldvertise, formerly known as Goldbach Germany, […]

September 11, 2025

ProSiebenSat.1 extends CFO Mildner’s contract

The Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media has extended the contract of Group CFO Martin Mildner for another three years until May 2029. Since joining ProSiebenSat.1 in 2023, Mildner has played a key role in strengthening the Group’s financial foundation and driving operational resilience. He has successfully implemented various efficiency initiatives, resulting in leaner cost structures […]

September 2, 2025

On air with Vinted – leveraging data through Direct TV

Ad Alliance Germany has teamed up with Vinted on its next venture: a new booking channel embracing linear TV, with programmatic, fixed-CPM, AI-optimised and target audience-specific solutions. Back in June, Vinted opted to go with Direct TV’s data-driven purchasing solution for Contact+ TV. Following a successful initial pilot, Vinted will be back on air on […]

August 18, 2025

Germany’s OHB outlines record expectations

OHB, the Germany-based space and technology company, says it expects record revenues and profits over the next few years as Europe increases its defence and space-related spending. This year it expects to report a 16.5 per cent increase in revenues, and another 25 per cent expected by 2027. OHB assumes that it will win a […]

August 13, 2025By Chris Forrester

Bavaria Fiction receives EMAS Validation and ISO 14001 Certification

Bavaria Fiction has become the world’s first major film and series production house whose corporate environmental management system at its Munich headquarters – including the production sites of the long-running drama series Storm of Love and The Rosenheim Cops – has been successfully validated under the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS; registration number: DE-155-00375) and […]

August 7, 2025