RTL Deutschland to charge for aps

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RTL Deutschland has launched apps for RTL II Now and Vox Now with a monthly subscription fee.

RTL Deutschland channels join Zattoo

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Following an agreement between Swiss-based live streaming service Zattoo and the RTL Deutschland media group, six RTL channels will be added to the line-up.

German RTL to end DTT broadcasts

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RTL Deutschland has decided to terminate its current DVB-T distribution in the country. This will affect terrestrial distribution of RTL, Vox, Super RTL and RTL II and, for Berlin only, n-tv.

€55m fine for ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland

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The German cartel commission Bundeskartellamt has slapped fines totalling €55 million on the country’s two major private broadcasters, ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland, because of an illegal agreement between the two parties about encryption of their TV signals.

German Hulu dealt fatal blow

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Plans by RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 to create a joint online portal, dubbed the German Hulu, have been all but buried after a regional court in Düsseldorf backed an earlier judgment at federal level.

RTL Deutschland launches social music TV

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RTL Deutschland’s online Clipfish portal is launching Dooloop, a new on-demand music service with 42,000 videos.

Court confirms ‘German Hulu’ ban

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Chances for a common online platform for German private broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL have slimmed down even further following a ruling by the Oberlandesgericht in Dusseldorf.

Gerhard Zeiler to head Turner International

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Gerhard Zeiler will join Turner Broadcasting System as president of the broadcaster’s international division.

German broadcasters fight Bundeskartellamt

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The two biggest German private broadcasters RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 Media have decided to fight the decision of the monopoly commission Bundeskartellamt to block their plan for a common online web TV platform.

No common web TV for ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL

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The German monopoly commission Bundeskartellamt has told private broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland they have serious doubts about the creation of a common web TV platform, reports Financial Times Deutschland.