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Alchimie adds ORF content to VOD services
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MediaMelon and Nowtilus team up for AVOD ad insertion
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M7 offers new ProSiebenSat.1 channels in Germany
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Sky Deutschland launches new streaming package
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ARD confirms deferral of SD switch-off
German public broadcaster ARD has confirmed that it will postpone the switch-off of its SD channels on the Astra satellite system (19.2° East) originally scheduled for January 2021.
ARD postpones SD switch-off on Astra
The industry and retailers were ready, consumers had been informed, but then came Corona: In view of the current crisis, German public broadcaster ARD does not consider it appropriate to carry out the SD switch-off of its TV channels on Astra (19.2 degrees East).