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Report: European works 51% of all content broadcast in EU

A new report, Works on television in Europe 2023 data, has been published by the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. This report provides an analysis of films and TV content broadcast in 2023 by a sample of 1,663 European TV channels from 25 European Union countries, i.e. 436 000 […]

February 4, 2025

KOTTO and OLO Remote Controls win at German Design Awards 2025

The KOTTO and OLO remote controls, developed by t4h. and celebrated for their innovation and sustainability, have added another achievement to their growing list of honours by securing German Design Awards 2025. This follows their recognition at the Red Dot Design Awards 2024 and the iF Design Award 2024 for the KOTTO remote control, solidifying […]

February 4, 2025

Wiele stepping down at ProSiebenSat.1

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 […]

January 27, 2025

Deutsche Telekom, RTL renew streaming partnership

Deutsche Telekom and RTL Group’s business unit, RTL Deutschland, have announced an agreement to renew their cooperation in streaming, which started at the end of 2020, for another five years. Under the terms of the agreement, RTL+ Premium is automatically included in most price plans of Deutsche Telekom’s TV offer, MagentaTV, without additional fees for […]

January 21, 2025

kicker deploys Bitmovin Player

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, announces that kicker, a leading German digital sports publisher, has chosen the Bitmovin Player for Web to elevate its video streaming capabilities and drive revenue growth. The collaboration will support kicker’s aim of enhancing the audience’s viewing experience and maximising ad revenue. kicker is one of Germany’s most […]

January 17, 2025

Sportdigital scores ACB rights in Germanic countries

In partnership with Munich-based sports media advisory SN1, the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has awarded to Sportdigital the broadcasting rights for ACB competitions (Supercopa, Liga Endesa and Copa del Rey) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the remaining 2024-25 season and the full 2025-26 season. The agreement covers the broadcast rights for live […]

January 15, 2025

IRIS2 master control to be in Germany?

The upcoming European IRIS2 mega-constellation will have its master network control hub in Cologne, Germany according to a report by Heise. Some observers had expected Eutelsat’s OneWeb control centre, based in London, to provide security given that OneWeb is a major part of the IRIS2 system. The report, not confirmed by the consortium managing the […]

January 2, 2025By Chris Forrester

RTL Deutschland integrates Virtual Minds’ Media Manager

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 […]

December 10, 2024

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