German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform welcomes Divitel, based in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and Gracenote, based in Munich, Germany, as new members.
RTL and TP Vision bring HbbTV TA to smart TVs in Germany
German broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is working with TV set manufacturer TP Vision to drive the rollout of addressable TV in Germany.
SmarDTV Global joins Deutsche TV-Plattform
German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform welcomes a new member: SmarDTV Global. The French company develops pay-TV reception devices such as CI+ modules.
M7 Deutschland adds further RTL channels
German platform operator M7 Deutschland is adding free-TV channels RTLplus, VOXup and Toggo plus to its BasisHD package.
German TV set market grows, 90% with HbbTV
Despite the Corona crisis, 2.7 million TV sets were sold in Germany between January and May 2020, slightly more than in the first five months of the previous year (2.65 […]
German RTL channels to remain unencrypted in SD on Astra
The free-TV channels of German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will continue to be available in SD quality unencrypted via Astra (19.2° East) until at least 2024.
Fincons Group and Media Press join Deutsche TV-Plattform
German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform has gained Italian IT consultancy Fincons Group and Media Press, a Swiss provider of TV metadata and technological solutions, as new members.
German smart TV market on the rise
Smart TV sets continue to be highly popular with German consumers.
Google joins Deutsche TV-Plattform
Google is a new member of Deutsche TV-Plattform. The German industry association now has a total of 56 members.
5G to bridge broadcast and mobile networks
5G Broadcast offers a unique chance to establish a uniform global transmission standard for broadcast and mobile services for the first time in TV history.