German commercial sports broadcaster sportdigital will launch an HD channel on November 4, 2014.
Eurosport, Nickelodeon, Disney stay on DTT in Germany
Commercial broadcasters Eurosport, Nickelodeon/Nicknight, Tele 5 and Disney Channel will remain available via DTT in the Hannover/Braunschweig region in German federal state Lower Saxony.
Discovery considers DTT changeover in Munich
Discovery Communications Deutschland can broadcast its women’s channel TLC instead of men’s channel DMAX via DTT in Munich from January 1, 2015.
münchen.tv shuts down HD service on Astra
Munich’s local TV broadcaster münchen.tv has terminated the HD distribution of its channel on Astra (19.2° East).
Media Broadcast kicks off DVB-T2/HEVC trial in Berlin
German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast has launched a large-scale trial to evaluate digital terrestrial TV distribution system DVB-T2 in combination with the new compression standard HEVC/H.265 in Berlin.
German children’s channel RiC joins Vodafone Mobile TV
German children’s channel RiC has expanded its distribution and can now also be received as part of Vodafone Mobile TV.
German children’s channel RiC to launch on DTT in Dresden
German children’s channel RiC will expand its digital terrestrial distribution.
German commercial broadcasters to stay on DTT in Hessen
DTT households in German federal state Hessen will continue to be able to receive commercial TV channels on digital terrestrial frequencies.
A&E to enter Germany on September 22
US television broadcaster A&E will launch its German channel on September 22, 2014.
Sky Deutschland to add music channel Jukebox
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will take music channel Jukebox onboard its platform on October 1, 2014.