US media company AMC Networks has acquired German pay-TV movie channel Kinowelt TV, paving the way to roll out its Sundance Channel in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the first […]
Universal Channel to launch at Unitymedia Kabel BW
Universal Networks International Germany will extend the reach of its pay-TV channel Universal Channel in Germany and roll out the service to Austria and Switzerland.
Exclusive: ARD/ZDF to block out World Cup on Hot Bird
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF will not broadcast the games of the Football World Cup 2014 on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite system at 13° East due to rights restrictions.
ProSiebenSat.1 to open new Swiss ad windows
German commercial TV group ProSiebenSat.1 will launch advertising windows for Swiss viewers on its new free-to-air channels Sat.1 Gold and ProSieben Maxx.
Swisscom picks iWedia for IPTV set-top-box
Switzerland’s national telco Swisscom has selected iWedia, a Swiss company specialised in integrated software solutions for television devices, to provide the software for its new Swisscom TV 2.0 Android IPTV […]
Kabel Deutschland to expand Wi-Fi network
Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland will add more than 60 cities to its public Wi-Fi network in the next weeks.
Popcornflix launches in Germany and France
Popcornflix, a free movie streaming media service operated by New York City-based rights dealer Screen Media Ventures, has launched in Germany and France.
Swisscom adds live-TV to Couchfunk app
German social TV service Couchfunk will enable its users in future not only to chat about the TV programmes on their smartphones, tablets and laptops, but also to directly watch […]
SES and Gilat expand Astra Connect
SES Broadband Services, the internet via satellite subsidiary of Astra satellite operator SES, and broadband via satellite solutions provider Gilat Satellite Networks have expanded their consumer Ka-band services to Germany […]
HD+ platform gains 4 channels
HD+, Astra’s HDTV platform for German DTH satellite households, has added four new channels: RTL Nitro HD, ProSieben Maxx HD, n-tv HD and TLC HD.