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Mediaset increases stake in ProSiebenSat.1 further

April 24, 2020 18.07 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Italian media group Mediaset has increased its shareholding in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 by 4.1% to a total of 24.2%.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Federal Cartel Office, Mediaset, ProSiebenSat.1 Edited: 24 April 2020 18:07

Mediaset seeks German antitrust clearance for ProSiebenSat.1 stake increase

April 4, 2020 12.24 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Italian media company Mediaset is seeking approval from Germany’s Federal Cartel Office for gaining “significant competitive influence” over German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Federal Cartel Office, Max Conze, Mediaset, ProSiebenSat.1 Edited: 7 April 2020 12:59

Coronavirus: DFL postpones Bundesliga rights tender

March 24, 2020 22.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In light of the current situation, the Executive Committee of German football association DFL has decided to postpone the planned tender for the media rights of Germany’s domestic football league […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Bundesliga, Coronavirus, DFL, Federal Cartel Office, Rights, tender Edited: 26 March 2020 09:27

German RTL channels to remain unencrypted in SD on Astra

January 9, 2020 09.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The free-TV channels of German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will continue to be available in SD quality unencrypted via Astra (19.2° East) until at least 2024.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Tech, TV Tagged With: Andre Prahl, ARD, Astra, Christoph Mühleib, Federal Cartel Office, Freenet, HD+, KEF, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, ProSiebenSat.1, SD, SES, ZDF Edited: 10 January 2020 13:20

European Commission opens full deal review of Vodafone, Liberty acquisition

December 11, 2018 20.00 Europe/London By By Robert Briel and Jörn Krieger

The European Commission (EC) has concerns about Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania and has therefore opened an in-depth investigation.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Telco, Top Story Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, Deutsche Telekom, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Margrethe Vestager, Mike Fries, Telefónica Deutschland, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 12 December 2018 12:43

Unitymedia continues DOCSIS 3.1 rollout / CEO interview

November 8, 2018 14.40 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia aims to provide over 1.3 million households with its DOCSIS 3.1-based 1Gbps high-speed internet access by the end of 2018, CEO Winni Rapp told Broadband TV […]

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, DOCSIS 3.1, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, gigabit, GigaBuild, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone, Winni Rapp, ZDF Edited: 12 November 2018 09:52

German Cartel Office requests referral of Vodafone/Unitymedia merger case

November 8, 2018 10.04 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office intends to examine the takeover of German cable network operator Unitymedia by telecommunications group Vodafone itself and has requested the European Commission to refer the […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, Andreas Mundt, European Comission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 8 November 2018 15:59

German cartel office examines UEFA Champions League deal between Sky and DAZN

October 16, 2018 11.01 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German cartel office is currently examining the conformity with competition law of the cooperation between Sky Deutschland and Perform Group, operator of sports streaming service DAZN, for the […]

Filed Under: Platforms, Regulation, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, DAZN, Federal Cartel Office, Perform Group, Rights, Sky Deutschland, UEFA Champions League Edited: 16 October 2018 11:53

FRK demands strong conditions for Unitymedia Vodafone merger

September 18, 2018 17.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK calls for tough conditions from the competition and regulatory authorities to be imposed on Vodafone in the antitrust review of the planned acquisition of Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: conditions, EU Commission, Federal Cartel Office, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, open access, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 19 September 2018 18:55

German Cartel Office approves ProSiebenSat.1/ Discovery’s OTT plans

July 23, 2018 13.15 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German Federal Cartel Office has approved the plans of media groups ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications to expand their joint OTT platform 7TV by integrating their streaming services maxdome and […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: 7TV, Andreas Mundt, Discovery Communications, Eurosport Player, Federal Cartel Office, Hulu, Maxdome, ProSiebenSat.1 Edited: 24 July 2018 20:36

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