German commercial TV channel Tele 5 has commenced offering its programmes as a live-stream on the internet 24 hours per day.
New OTT service TV.de launches in Germany
Zattoo, Magine TV and TV Spielfilm live face a new competitor: German social TV provider Couchfunk has rolled out a fully-fledged internet TV platform offering public and commercial TV channels as live-streams.
Sky Deutschland launches Windows 10 Mobile apps
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has rolled out its mobile service Sky Go and its OTT platform Sky Online on mobile devices using operating system Windows 10 Mobile.
TEN chooses Kaltura and 3 Screen for SVOD service
US action and adventure sports network TEN: The Enthusiast Network has selected Kaltura and 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) for the launch of its new Motor Trend OnDemand subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service.
WWE Network to launch in Germany
US professional wrestling league WWE will take its OTT platform WWE Network to Germany: From January 5, 2016 wrestling fans will be able to sign up for the offering; the first months is free of charge.
HMS teams up with joiz for TV, VOD, social TV platform
HMS Media Solutions, a German provider of broadcast automation solutions, and Swiss marketing and social TV platform creator joiz Global have partnered to provide a fully integrated end-to-end solution for live TV, video-on-demand (VOD) and community interaction.
Austria’s Kabel-TV Lampert goes multiscreen with Zattoo
Austrian cable operator Kabel-TV Lampert has chosen the multiscreen TV platform solution of Swiss internet TV provider Zattoo to offer its customers TV packages on smartphones and tablets.
ZDF takes catch-up TV service to Apple TV
German public broadcaster ZDF will make its catch-up TV service ZDFmediathek available as an app on the new TV box Apple TV which will be introduced in the next days.
Sky Deutschland launches Sky Online on Windows 10
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has extended its partnership with Microsoft.
Sat.1 launches fighting sports streaming portal
German commercial general interest channel Sat.1 has launched a subscription-based streaming portal for fighting sports fans.