MFE-MediaForEurope, the Italian TV group controlled by the Berlusconi family, has called a board meeting to review a potential takeover bid for German broadcasting rival ProSiebenSat.1, according to a Reuters report. MFE, which runs TV operations across Italy and Spain, already has a near 30 per cent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 as part of a strategy […]

ProSiebenSat.1 Media is selling its minority stake in Urban Sports Club to Wellhub. The transaction is part of the acquisition of Urban Sports Club by Wellhub, a corporate wellbeing platform. Urban Sports Club, founded in 2012, is a European platform for sports and wellness. ProSiebenSat.1 acquired a stake in Urban Sports Club in 2021 via […]

The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media have approved a proposed agreement with General Atlantic on the acquisition of its minority stakes in NuCom Group (excluding flaconi) and ParshipMeet Group. ProSiebenSat.1 has also signed a binding agreement with a subsidiary of Moltiply Group for the sale Verivox, the consumer energy and household […]

Public and private television broadcasters are working together with associations and organisations to develop a framework for the market launch of DVB-I in Germany. The aim is to create the conditions to simplify the transformation of linear television into streaming. “The new DVB-I TV standard will soon merge streaming and traditional television to an even […]

ProSiebenSat.1 Group has reported revenue growth of 2 per cent to €3.91 billion in the 2024 financial year (previous year: €3.85 billion). The German broadcaster says the revenue performance was “in line with the forecast for the year and reflects the challenging macroeconomic situation”. While revenues from the linear TV advertising business declined in 2024, […]

SES has announced a multi-year extension of its agreement with ProSiebenSat.1. Under the deal, ProSiebenSat.1 will continue to distribute its programmes in Germany and Austria using SES’s satellites at its prime video neighbourhood of 19.2 degrees East. Additionally, ProSiebenSat.1 will integrate content from Joyn, its streaming platform in Germany, with SES’s HD+ TV App. For […]

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Dr Andreas Wiele, has informed the company’s Supervisory Board and Executive Board that he will not seek a further term of office after the regular expiry at the German media company. Wiele intends to step down from the Supervisory Board at the end of the Annual […]

ProSiebenSat.1 Group is accelerating its digital transformation through close collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider. The aim is to transfer the entire content supply chain from production to distribution to the AWS cloud. This accelerates both the development of new products, for example through the integration of artificial intelligence, and […]

SevenVentures, the investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1, is making a media-for-equity investment in the mid-single-digit millions in Planted Foods, an innovative food tech scale-up from Switzerland. The company’s mission is to bring better proteins to the table of consumers who enjoy the texture and taste of meat but want to eat plant-based and sustainably. In doing […]

Virtual Minds, the adtech specialist of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, and RTL Technology have completed the technical integration of Media Manager into RTL Deutschland’s TV playout system, creating the technical infrastructure for Ad Alliance to make RTL Deutschland’s linear TV reach programmatically accessible. This is a milestone for cross-media advertising sales house Ad Alliance and a major […]