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Germany: DAZN expands live event channel portfolio with LTN

Sports streaming service DAZN and LTN have expanded their partnership to bring a broader range of live coverage of some of the biggest international football competitions to betting audiences and commercial partner platforms across Germany. Harnessing a suite of LTN’s automated linear channel creation and playout technologies, DAZN now delivers a portfolio of 11 low […]

December 10, 2024

Germany: SPORT1 retains Bundesliga package

SPORT1 will remain the free-TV home of Sunday Bundesliga in Germany after acquiring a package of rights that includes the exclusive highlight rights on free-TV and the simulcast live stream on SPORT1.de and SPORT1 app offering summaries of the Friday and Saturday Bundesliga games for subsequent viewing on Sunday between 6am and 3pm. The highlights […]

December 5, 2024

WISI’s insolvency proceedings terminated

WISI Communications, the German communications tech provider, has announced that, on November 27th, the Pforzheim District Court decided to terminate the insolvency proceedings against the assets of the company. The decision came into effect at midnight on November 30th, following the legally binding confirmation of the insolvency plan. WISI said it initiated the insolvency proceedings […]

December 2, 2024

yes Studios Night Therapy to get first adaptation in Germany

yes Studios has extended its long-term partnership with Vuelta Group Germany´s SquareOne Productions, with the latter now working on an adaptation of its most recently launched psychological drama series, Night Therapy. SquareOne Productions has previously collaborated with yes Studios on the global hit format of Your Honor, with the high-profile boutique producer creating a German […]

November 18, 2024

Mixed Q3 for ProSiebenSat.1

In the first nine months of 2024, German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group reported it generated Group revenues of €2.6 billion. This is an increase of 3 per cent reflecting higher Digital & Smart advertising revenues in the German-speaking region as well as  growth in the Commerce & Ventures segment. Organic growth – i.e. adjusted for portfolio […]

November 14, 2024

Deutsche Telekom raises FY financial guidance

Deutsche Telekom has reported that it “remained on course for success” in Q3 2024, in line with the plans recently outlined by the company at its Capital Markets Day in mid-October. Revenue increased in the period from July to September by 3.6 per cent year-on-year in organic terms – i.e., excluding exchange rate fluctuations and […]

November 14, 2024

Rivada Space late paying bills

A report in Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper says that Munich-based Rivada Space has not been paying salaries on time this year and has outstanding bills to at least four suppliers. The is said to not be the first time that there have been delays. The newspaper quotes a letter from CEO Declan Ganley, sent on June […]

November 7, 2024

Germany: BBC Studios launches FAST channels on waipu.tv

BBC Studios and waipu.tv, the German streaming platform, have announced the addition of four BBC FAST channels to waipu.tv . BBC Food and BBC Travel which are available immediately, and BBC History and Top Gear will be available in all packages at no additional cost from November 11th. BBC Food Germany: The channel offers an […]

November 5, 2024

IP Austria part of RTL AdAlliance in 2025

From July 2025 onwards, the multi-channel marketer IP Österreich will become part of RTL AdAlliance, the international advertising sales house of RTL Group. IP Österreich will merge its full portfolio with RTL AdAlliance. In addition, advertising clients will gain access to the advertising inventory of many European media brands and the premium content of the […]

October 28, 2024

UNIO Enterprise placed into administration

Munich based satellite technology company Unio Enterprise has been placed into insolvency by a German commercial court on October 16th. SES, along with other high-profile technology names, were investors in the business. UNIO had tried to bring together these names to develop solution for space-to-Earth connectivity. On October 17th the company announced that, with approval […]

October 28, 2024By Chris Forrester