Netflix has announced the appointment to its board of Directors of Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE.
Constantin Medien drops plans to sell Sport1
German media company Constantin Medien will not sell its sports broadcaster Sport1 and advertising sales arm Sport1 Media.
N24 to be renamed WELT in January 2018
German news channel N24 will become WELT (translated “World”) on January 18, 2018.
Constantin Medien considers sale of Sport1 [Analysis]
German media company Constantin Medien is considering selling all shares in sports TV broadcaster Sport1 and advertising sales agency Sport1 Media held by its wholly-owned subsidiary Constantin Sport Holding.
Axel Springer and ProSiebenSat.1 call off merger talks
German media group Axel Springer and TV broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 have disbanded their merger ambitions and will instead launch a joint project supporting new digital startups.
German news channel N24 to become WELT
German media company Axel Springer will change the name of its TV news channel N24 into WELT (translated “World”).
ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer in merger talks
ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer are reputedly in talks to combine their businesses.
Axel Springer sells Talpa Germany to Talpa Media
Talpa Media, the media group founded by Dutch entrepreneur John de Mol, acquires the remaining 50.1% shares in Talpa Germany from German media company Axel Springer, thereby taking over the TV producer completely.
Talpa Media makes major move in Germany
Talpa Media, the media group of Dutch entrepreneur John de Mol, has acquired 49.9% of the shares in German production company Schwartzkopff TV, a 100% subsidiary of German media group Axel Springer, and will rename it Talpa Germany.
Kartellamt gives green light for N24 takeover
The German monopoly commission Bundeskartellamt has given the go-ahead for the takeover of all news channel N24 by Axel Springer publishers.