German commercial broadcast group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will close down its encrypted DTT platform Viseo+ in Stuttgart and Halle/Leipzig at the end of 2014.
Swisscom attacks Netflix with SVOD service
Switzerland’s national telco Swisscom has launched a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service offering movies, TV series, documentaries, sports and children’s programmes for a flat monthly fee of CHF12.90 (€10.70).
European cable operators expect faster growth
The largest European cable operators expect an accelerated growth with an average turnover increase of 6% per year until 2016. Two years ago, they expected a yearly increase of 5%.
Fix&Foxi launches in German-speaking Europe
German media company Your Family Entertainment (YFE) has launched its family channel Fix&Foxi on December 1, 2014.
ProSiebenSat.1 to drop HD encryption at Christmas
German commercial TV group ProSiebenSat.1 will surprise its viewers at this year’s Christmas with free reception of the HD versions of its free-to-air channels.
Sat.1 Gold HD to launch on January 1, 2015
German commercial free-to-air channel Sat.1 Gold will offer its programmes in high definition from January 1, 2015.
Stingray Lite TV launches in Germany
Canadian music service provider Stingray has launched music channel Stingray Lite TV on M7 Deutschland’s KabelKiosk platform on December 1, 2014.
German CE industry expects strong Q4 sales
The consumer electronics (CE) industry expects to increase its turnover in Germany in this year’s Christmas sales period by 2.3% to more than €8.5 billion compared with 2013, according to […]
Sky Deutschland takes OTT to Samsung Smart TV
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has rolled out its recently launched OTT service Sky Online as an app on connected TV sets from Samsung (models from 2014) in Germany and […]
RTL Nitro gains DTT slot in Germany
German commercial free-to-air TV channel RTL Nitro will become available on digital terrestrial frequencies in federal state North-Rhine Westphalia.