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Smart TV devices achieve record sales in Germany

February 28, 2018 20.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

More smart devices for media use at home were sold in Germany last year than ever before.

Filed Under: Connected TV, HbbTV, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Tech Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, GfK, Smart TV, TV sets Edited: 2 March 2018 08:35

Ultra HD on the rise in Germany

May 29, 2017 09.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

More than a quarter of German TV viewers (28%) who don’t yet own an Ultra HD TV set want to buy such a device.

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, TV sets, Ultra HD, Virtual Reality Edited: 30 May 2017 22:46

Half a million DVB-T2 boxes sold in Germany

March 7, 2017 13.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The switchover of DTT in Germany from DVB-T to successor system DVB-T2/HEVC on March 29, 2017 drives the sale of compliant set-top-boxes.

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, DVB-T2, DVB-T2 HD, Freenet TV, HEVC, logo Edited: 7 March 2017 13:09

Deutsche TV-Plattform and DTG explore UHD/HDR

December 13, 2016 22.46 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform and the UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) held their largest joint plugfest to date from December 6-8, 2016 at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institute.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Research, Standards, Tech, Testing, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, DTG, HDR, HLG, plugfest, PQ, Ultra HD Edited: 13 December 2016 22:46

Ultra HD on growth course in Germany

August 29, 2016 09.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A quarter (25%) of the 3.3 million TV sets sold in Germany in the first half of 2016 were Ultra HD sets.

Filed Under: Newsline, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Ultra HD, ZVEI Edited: 29 August 2016 09:11

Andre Prahl new head of Deutsche TV-Plattform

April 11, 2016 21.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Andre Prahl is the new chairman of German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Tech Tagged With: Andre Prahl, chairman, Deutsche TV-Plattform, Wolfgang Elsäßer Edited: 11 April 2016 21:35

Ultra HD gains importance in Germany

September 4, 2015 14.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The share of Ultra HD screens among the TV sets sold in Germany has risen from 1% to 7.7% within one year.

Filed Under: Newsline, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Germany, TV sets, Ultra HD Edited: 7 September 2015 11:58

Smart TV on the rise in Germany

April 14, 2015 10.07 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The number of smart TV households in Germany has increased to more than 20 million.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline, Platforms, Research Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Germany, HbbTV, Smart TV Edited: 14 April 2015 10:07

HbbTV reaches breakthrough in Germany

March 5, 2015 10.46 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

HbbTV has established itself in Germany: 92% of the connected TV sets sold in 2014 were compliant with the interactive multimedia standard, corresponding with 4.2 million devices, according to the […]

Filed Under: Hybrid, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Germany, HbbTV, Smart TV Edited: 6 March 2015 11:45

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