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Tele Columbus and ARTE settle cable dispute

January 15, 2021 17.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Germany’s second largest cable operator Tele Columbus and ARTE have settled their legal dispute over the conditions of the cable carriage of the European cultural channel and agreed on a comprehensive cooperation.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: Arte, carriage fees, dispute, Tele Columbus Edited: January 15, 2021 17:38

Unitymedia and ZDF settle cable carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

September 13, 2018 09.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia and public broadcaster ZDF have settled their long-standing legal battle over the payment of carriage fees for the cable distribution of ZDF’s channels and have agreed on a long-term carriage deal.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: carriage fees, dispute, settlement, Unitymedia, ZDF Edited: September 14, 2018 21:19

Unitymedia receives €31m from ARD carriage fee settlement

May 9, 2018 10.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The recent settlement of the long-standing carriage fee dispute with public broadcaster ARD pours €31.2 million into the pockets of German cable operator Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Liberty Global, Unitymedia Edited: May 10, 2018 06:36

ARD/ZDF end cable dispute and pay carriage fees

April 3, 2018 12.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD and the two major cable operators Vodafone Deutschland (formerly Kabel Deutschland) and Unitymedia have settled their dispute over carriage fees for the cable distribution of the public broadcaster’s channels. ZDF reached an agreement with Vodafone, but not with Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Hannes Ametsreiter, Lutz Schüler, Thomas Bellut, Unitymedia, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: September 13, 2018 09:48

German media authorities and Tele Columbus in carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

February 26, 2018 10.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

According to the German media authorities, cable operator Tele Columbus treats commercial free-to-air TV broadcasters unequally,

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: carriage fees, dispute, MABB, N24, Tele Columbus, WELT, ZAK Edited: February 27, 2018 22:16

Court rules: ARD/ZDF have to pay cable carriage fees

July 19, 2017 12.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have received a setback in the legal dispute regarding cable carriage fees that has been running since 2013.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, ZDF Edited: July 21, 2017 10:23

Discovery and Sky fight over Bundesliga [UPDATE]

June 27, 2017 11.48 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A dispute has broken out between Discovery Networks Deutschland and Sky Deutschland over the Bundesliga rights.

Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Bundesliga, Discovery Networks Deutschland, dispute, Eurosport, Eurosport Player, Rights, Sky Deutschland Edited: June 28, 2017 08:46

Vodafone and ARD affiliate in HD carriage spat

April 12, 2017 23.33 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A row has broken out between Vodafone Deutschland and Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), the affiliate of public broadcaster ARD serving federal state Saarland, regarding HD cable distribution of its TV channel SR Fernsehen with both sides accusing each other of blocking carriage.

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Distribution, Finance, HDTV, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, HD+, Kabel Deutschland, SR Fernsehen, Vodafone, ZDF Edited: April 13, 2017 10:32

Sky Deutschland and Discovery battle over carriage contract

January 25, 2017 23.57 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A dispute regarding carriage conditions has broken out between Sky Deutschland and Discovery Networks Deutschland which could lead to Eurosport 1 HD, Eurosport 2 HD, Eurosport 360 HD and Discovery Channel being removed from the German pay-TV platform on February 1, 2017.

Filed Under: Channels, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story Tagged With: carriage, Discovery Channel, Discovery Networks Deutschland, dispute, Eurosport 1 HD, Eurosport 2 HD, Sky Deutschland Edited: January 27, 2017 08:44

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