German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has extended its free-of-charge offer for sports fans.
Molotov partners with Nvidia’s Shield TV
CES 2017. Following the opening Keynote of CES 2017 by Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and founder of Nvidia, Molotov announced a partnership to bring the French OTT platform to Shield TV.
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.
ARD and ZDF unveil youth service “funk”
The web-TV service for young viewers from the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF will be called funk and launch on October 1.
Goldmedia kicks off Web-TV-Monitor 2016
German consultancy and research company Goldmedia has commenced the survey among online video providers for the 2016 edition of its Web-TV-Monitor.
A quarter of German internet users hit by geoblocking
Almost a quarter (23%) of internet users in Germany wanted to watch videos on the net which turned out to be inaccessible due to geoblocking.
YouTube launches mobile live video streaming
In face of increased competition from live streaming from mobile devices on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, YouTube is now introducing mobile live video streaming.
RTL II launches youth channel
German commercial broadcaster RTL II has launched its new digital TV offer for young viewers: RTL II You combines linear television with a video-on-demand service.
ProSiebenSat.1 revamps MyVideo
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 redesigns its free streaming video portal MyVideo.
NetRange adds watchmi to smart TV portal
The German TV/video app watchmi is now available on TV sets equipped with smart TV portals from NetRange following a partnership signed between the Hamburg-based service provider and watchmi operator Funke Digital TV Guide.