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Media Broadcast continues to rely on Dotscreen for Freenet HbbTV portal

April 12, 2022 09.24 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

French multiscreen app and user interface provider Dotscreen has renewed its multi-year contract with Media Broadcast, operator of German DTT platform Freenet TV, for the evolution, support and maintenance of […]

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Dotscreen, Freenet TV, Freenet TV Connect, Media Broadcast, Stanislas Leridon Edited: 12 April 2022 09:35

New alliance wants to secure UHF frequencies for broadcasting

October 22, 2021 08.33 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A new German alliance of market players wants to ensure that the UHF frequencies in the 470 to 694 MHz range remain available for terrestrial broadcasting and event technology in […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Standards, Tech, Terrestrial, Top Story Tagged With: 5G Broadcast, Alliance for Broadcasting and Cultural Frequencies, Deutschlandradio, DTT, DVB-T2, Freenet TV, Media Broadcast, Sennheiser, SOS - Save Our Spectrum, UHF, Vaunet, WRC-23 Edited: 25 October 2021 12:28

Media Broadcast stays with Dotscreen for HbbTV Freenet TV portal

February 10, 2021 20.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Media Broadcast, operator of German DTT platform Freenet TV, has renewed its contract with French app and user interface provider Dotscreen in regards to the evolution, support and maintenance of […]

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial Tagged With: Dotscreen, Freenet TV, Media Broadcast Edited: 10 February 2021 20:59

Comedy Central HD joins Freenet TV on DTT

June 16, 2020 11.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German DTT platform Freenet TV has added entertainment channel Comedy Central HD to its DVB-T2 offer.

Filed Under: Distribution, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Comedy Central HD, DVB-T2, Francie Petrick, Freenet TV, Freenet TV Connect, Media Broadcast Edited: 16 June 2020 11:19

Freenet grows with waipu.tv

May 4, 2020 11.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German internet TV service waipu.tv gained around 44,200 new paying customers in Q1 2020.

Filed Under: DTH, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Astra, customers, Freenet, Freenet TV, waipu.tv Edited: 4 May 2020 11:43

Freenet closes teleshopping channel

April 20, 2020 23.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media company Freenet has shut down its teleshopping channel Freenet Shopping.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Astra, DVB-T2, Freenet, Freenet Shopping, Freenet TV, Media Broadcast Edited: 20 April 2020 23:18

German Freenet TV confirms price increase

March 4, 2020 15.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German technical services provider Media Broadcast will increase the subscription prices of its TV platform Freenet TV from May 1, 2020, a company spokesman confirmed to Broadband TV News.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial Tagged With: Astra, DVB-T2, Freenet TV, Freenet TV Connect, Media Broadcast Edited: 4 March 2020 15:26

waipu.tv reaches over 400,000 customers / Price increase for Freenet TV

February 27, 2020 22.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German internet TV platform waipu.tv reached around 408,300 paying customers at the end of 2019.

Filed Under: DTH, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial Tagged With: Astra, DVB-T2, Freenet, Freenet TV, waipu.tv Edited: 27 February 2020 22:01

ARD to drop SD satellite distribution in 2021 [UPDATE]

February 12, 2020 21.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ARD will cease the satellite distribution of its TV channels in SD resolution on Astra (19.2° East) in January 2021.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Tech, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Astra, Das Erste, Diveo, Freenet TV, HD+, KEF, M7 group, Media Broadcast, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, One, ProSieben, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, Sat.1, SD switch-off, SES, tagesschau24 Edited: 13 February 2020 21:16

Freenet TV closes German DTH service on Astra

February 5, 2020 21.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German service provider Media Broadcast has ceased marketing its HDTV platform Freenet TV for DTH satellite households on Astra (19.2° East) on February 5, 2020.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Astra, Diveo, Freenet, Freenet TV, HD+, M7 group, Media Broadcast, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, SES, waipu.tv Edited: 7 February 2020 06:39

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