Indian telecommunications provider Tata Communications and German media company Constantin Medien have joined forces to create a new media hub in Germany.
Amazon increases Amazon Prime price in Germany
Amazon will charge €69 instead of €49 per year from new Amazon Prime customers in Germany from February 1, 2017.
Jan Wachtel to head RTL Germany’s digital content division
Jan Wachtel will join German media company Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland as chief digital content officer and managing director of RTL Interactive on May 1, 2017.
Sky Deutschland moves Astra uplink to Sky Italia
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will commence the relocation of the playout and uplink for its transponders on the Astra satellite system (19.2 degrees East) from Munich to Milan tonight.
Unitymedia: 9% use Horizon
German cable operator Unitymedia has won 31,000 new customers for its multimedia home gateway Horizon in Q3 2016 which is now in a total of 558,000 households.
Swiss cable grows with telephony and internet
The Swiss cable operators have won 58,300 new telephony and 3,400 new interneht customers in the past 12 months.
M7 Deutschland to add N24 HD and ATV Avrupa
M7 Deutschland will add TV channels N24 HD and ATV Avrupa to its line-up for cable operators and IPTV providers in autumn 2016.
YouTube unblocks German music videos
German authors rights society GEMA has concluded a licence agreement with video portal YouTube settling a long lasting legal battle regarding royalties.
Motorvision TV ends Sky D tie-up
Motorvision TV, the German pay-TV channel for car and motor sports fans, can be received outside the Sky Deutschland platform for the first time.
Unitymedia upgrades network to 400Mbps
German cable operator Unitymedia has commenced offering its high-speed internet access with a data rate of 400Mbps across its whole cable network.