German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired the exclusive live broadcasting rights of the EHF Handball Champions League in Germany and Austria.
Austria to commence DVB-T2 transition in 2016
Austria wants to commence the planned full transition of its digital terrestrial television (DTT) distribution system from DVB-T to successor standard DVB-T2 in autumn 2016.
MTV HD Germany to leave Sky for HD+
US media company Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe is changing the distribution strategy of the HD version of its music and youth channel MTV in Germany.
Vipnet exec moves to Telekom Austria
Mladen Pejkovic will assume the position of CTO at Telekom Austria Group on August 1.
Exclusive: SPI International eyes Germany and Austria
Global media group SPI International wants to launch its TV channels in Germany and Austria, as Berk Uziyel, director of new media at SPI International and executive director of FilmBox […]
ORF to build up Austrian Netflix competitor
Austria’s public TV and radio broadcaster ORF wants to build up a domestic competitor to Netflix and plans to take over Austrian video-on-demand (VOD) provider Flimmit for this purpose.
Sky Deutschland to drop Nicktoons
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will terminate carriage of children’s channel Nicktoons on its platform on June 30, 2014.
Austria to make transition to DVB-T2
Austrian transmitter network operator ORS wants to fully convert the country’s digital terrestrial transmission network (DTT) to the DVB-T2 standard.
Universal Channel to join UPC in Austria and Switzerland
The German version of movie and series channel Universal Channel will expand into neighbouring Austria and Switzerland.
Trying times for Telekom Austria
Bulgaria is proving to one of Telekom Austria’s more difficult markets in the CEE region.