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 […]
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 […]
Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) has announced that Kristina Löbbert has been promoted to the role of Director of Fiction at WBITVP Germany, taking the lead on developing, financing and producing the company’s scripted content in the territory. Löbbert, who has been with Cologne-based WBITVP since 2023, will replace Bernd von Fehrn, who is […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has welcomed efforts to ensure Germany’s public broadcasters reach all of society in an ever more digital world but says it is concerned about elements of draft reforms that seek to further limit the ability of public service media (PSM) to offer online text-based news. PSM must adapt to the […]
According to VAUNET’s annual autumn forecast, the total revenue from audio and audiovisual media in Germany in 2024 is projected to rise by 4.3 per cent, totalling €16 billion (2023: €15.3 billion). This growth is primarily driven by subscriptions and advertising revenues in the audio and video streaming segments. At least single-digit percentage growth is […]
Viaplay Content Distribution has launched the Viaplay channel as an add-on subscription on Prime Video via Prime Video Channels in Germany. Subscribers on Prime Video Channels will be able to seamlessly access the specialised offering of Scandinavian and European series and films. Viaplay’s Germany content offering focuses on the Nordic region’s psychologically penetrating series and […]
OneGate Media has licensed all 24 episodes of the hit German TV series Vet Jacobs – Agent on Occasion (ARD) to the Italian free-to-air crime channel Giallo, part of the Warner Bros Discovery network, with three new episodes currently in production. Vet Jacobs – Agent on Occasion (OT: Nord bei Nordwest), which is produced by […]
Revenues from pay-TV and paid VoD in Germany grew by 8.8 per cent to €5.4 billion in 2023 reports VAUNET, the umbrella organisation of audio and audiovisual media companies in the country, in its Pay TV & Paid VOD in Germany 2023/2024 study. VAUNET expects additional growth of around 5 per cent for 2024, bringing total […]
Mega Max Media has announced a new partnership for its toddler channel, ducktv, in Germany through a FAST carriage agreement. The channel is now part of the newly launched o2 TV platform from o2 Telefónica, which went live on September 25th. This agreement was facilitated by The Channel Store, a provider of FAST/AVoD B2B services […]
AVoD and FAST Channel provider wedotv is part of the newly launched German TV platform from o2 Telefónica. wedotv will contribute its three FAST Channels wedotv movies, wedotv big stories and wedotv sports to the platform’s channel lineup, adding a variety of movies, documentaries and sports coverage to the streaming service. The launch was facilitated […]