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Advanced TV Study 2026: Connected TV becomes primary viewing environment

April 21, 2026 07.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Connected TV (CTV) usage continues to diversify across households in Germany and Austria, strengthening its value for advertisers through more targeted and attentive audiences, according to the Advanced TV Study […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Research, TV Tagged With: Advanced TV Study, Azerion Austria, Connected TV, Goldvertise Media Edited: 27 April 2026 13:06

RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 join forces for adtech in Europe

February 22, 2024 09.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media companies RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 join forces in advertising technology (adtech).

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Top Story, TV Tagged With: addressable TV, Addressable TV Initiative, adtech, Carsten Schwecke, Connected TV, d-force, Joyn, Matthias Dang, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, Seven.One Media, Smartclip, Virtual Minds Edited: 23 February 2024 17:24

Goldbach: 70% of 16 to 49-year-olds in DACH use Connected TV

April 4, 2022 21.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Connected TV has become an integral part of the living room in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Research, TV Tagged With: Connected TV, Frank Möbius, Goldbach, Mario Neumann, Smart TV Edited: 6 April 2022 12:03

BBC updates connected TV app

June 18, 2018 10.26 Europe/London By Julian Clover

With the World Cup not even a week old, BBC Sport has upgraded its connected TV app to place a greater emphasis on live content.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline Tagged With: BBC, BBC Sport, Connected TV Edited: 18 June 2018 10:26

7th Annual HbbTV Symposium heads to Berlin

April 9, 2018 22.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The HbbTV Association will hold this year’s HbbTV Symposium on November 7-8, 2018 in Berlin in conjunction with German industry association Deutsche TV Plattform.

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Standards, Tech Tagged With: Connected TV, Deutsche TV-Plattform, HbbTV Association, HbbTV Awards, HbbTV Symposium Edited: 9 July 2018 23:28

Lars Friedrichs moves from ProSiebenSat.1 to TeraVolt

October 6, 2015 18.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

TeraVolt, a German media production company and consultancy specialised in the digitalisation of television, has appointed Lars Friedrichs, former director teletext and hybrid TV at ProSiebenSat.1, as its new director.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Multiscreen, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, People Tagged With: Connected TV, HbbTV, Lars Friedrichs, ProSiebenSat.1, Smart TV, TeraVolt Edited: 6 October 2015 18:26

German RTL launches free VOD via HbbTV

February 5, 2015 10.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German commercial media group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has launched an advertising-financed video-on-demand (VOD) service on which owners of connected TV sets can watch full-length movies free of charge.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms Tagged With: Clipfish Filme, Connected TV, Germany, HbbTV, RTL, VOD Edited: 5 February 2015 10:09

Amazon launches Ultra HD streaming in Germany

January 16, 2015 19.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Online retailer Amazon has commenced providing selected movies and series in Ultra HD/4K resolution on its video-on-demand (VOD) service Amazon Instant Video in Germany, an Amazon spokesman confirmed to Broadband […]

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms Tagged With: 4K, Amazon, Amazon Instant Video, Connected TV, Germany, Ultra HD, VOD Edited: 20 January 2015 11:44

German CE market to decline in 2015

December 16, 2014 10.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The turnover with consumer electronics (CE) devices will go down in Germany by 3.3% to €10.2 billion in 2015, reports German industry association BITKOM with reference to market prognosis by […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: 2015, BITKOM, Connected TV, consumer electronics, EITO, Germany, market, turnover Edited: 16 December 2014 10:27

Strong growth for connected TV devices in US

December 11, 2014 11.19 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Driven by strong demand for Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One as well as digital media streamers such as Google’s Chromecast and Amazon’s Fire TV, shipments of connected TV Devices […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Connected TV, Strategy Analytics, US Edited: 12 December 2014 07:48

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