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Francie Petrick to become new Media Broadcast managing director

July 13, 2022 14.52 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Francie Petrick will join Arnold Stender and Andreas Stähr in the management board of German technical service provider Media Broadcast on August 1, 2022.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Tech Tagged With: Andreas Stähr, Arnold Stender, Christoph Vilanek, Francie Petrick, Freenet, Media Broadcast Edited: 13 July 2022 14:52

Christoph Vilanek remains CEO of Freenet

April 12, 2018 20.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Supervisory Board of German media company Freenet AG has extended the contract of CEO Christoph Vilanek by five years until December 31, 2023.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Platforms Tagged With: Antonius Fromme, Christoph Vilanek, Freenet, Helmut Thoma, Rickmann von Platen Edited: 14 April 2018 09:55

German HD platform Freenet TV launches on Astra

March 28, 2018 01.01 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German platform operator Media Broadcast has launched the satellite version of its DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV for DTH households in Germany on Astra (19.2° East).

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Set-Top Boxes, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Astra, Christoph Vilanek, Diveo, Freenet TV, Freenet TV Connect, HD+, irdeto, Jörg Brühl, M7 group, Media Broadcast, SES, Sky Deutschalnd, Wolfgang Breuer Edited: 29 March 2018 15:23

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