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German media regulator clears RTL’s acquisition of Sky Deutschland

September 12, 2025 16.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media regulator KEK has given the green light for RTL Group’s planned takeover of Sky Deutschland and its subsidiary NBC Universal Global Networks Deutschland.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: KEK, NBC Universal Global Networks Deutschland, RTL Deutschland, RTL Group, Sky Deutschland Edited: 16 September 2025 13:30

Jan Mojto’s Beta Film acquires stake in High View

April 12, 2023 10.07 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German film and TV production group Beta Film is acquiring a stake German media company High View.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Alexander Trauttmansdorff, AT Media Holding, Autentic Distribution, Bergblick, Beta Cinema, Beta Film, Channel Factory GmbH, Curiosity Channel, Deluxe Music, Gute Laune TV, High View, High View Holding, Jan Mojto, Just Music, KEK, Spiegel Geschichte Edited: 12 April 2023 10:09

Motorvision TV operator wants to take over eoTV

December 11, 2019 21.46 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The insolvent German TV channel European Originals Television (eoTV) has found an investor who wants to continue the channel.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, TV Tagged With: EO Television, eoTV, German Car TV Programm, KEK, Motorvision TV, MV International, MV Sendebetriebsgesellschaft, Paul Bauer-Schlichtegroll Edited: 11 December 2019 21:46

Sportdigital to launch EDGEsport in Germany

October 9, 2019 22.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German broadcaster Sportdigital TV Sende- und Produktions GmbH, which operates pay-TV channel Sportdigital Fußball, wants to bring the international fun and action sports channel EDGEsport to Germany.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, DTH, IPTV, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Astra, EDGEsport, IMG Media, KEK, MA HSH, Sportdigital Fußball Edited: 11 October 2019 11:16

Brexit: DAZN applies for licences in Germany

January 16, 2019 16.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

DAZN intends to operate its European sports streaming services under German licences in future.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: DAZN, KEK, licence, MABB, Perform Investment Germany Edited: 17 January 2019 11:56

Deutsches Musik Fernsehen plans Nice Gold TV

November 8, 2018 15.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German music broadcaster Deutsches Musik Fernsehen wants to offer a new entertainment channel in addition to its current channel which launched in 2008.

Filed Under: DTH, Newsline, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Astra, Deutsches Musik Fernsehen, KEK, Nice Gold TV Edited: 8 November 2018 15:35

High View takes over Gute Laune TV

May 14, 2018 19.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vienna-based High View holding has acquired 100% of the shares in German music channel Gute Laune TV effective January 1, 2018.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Alexander Trauttmansdorff, Deluxe Music, Gute Laune TV, High View, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Jukebox, KEK, Marko Tomazin, RCK.TV Edited: 14 May 2018 19:59

Lagardère Sports plans streaming service in Germany [UPDATE]

January 10, 2018 14.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Lagardère Sports, the sports rights subsidiary of French media company Lagardère, wants to launch a streaming service for sports fans in Germany.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: BLM, Erik Range, eSports, FIA World Rally Championship, Gronkh, GronkhTV, KEK, KW 25 Beteiligungs GmbH, Lagardere, Lagardère Sports Germany, LfM, MA HSH, Red Bull, Twitch.tv, WRC Promoter, WRC+ Edited: 12 January 2018 12:50

RTVi Archive gets licence

September 20, 2017 14.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media commission KEK has granted RTVi Germany the green light for the new entertainment channel RTVi Archive.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, TV Tagged With: KEK, MABB, RTVi, RTVi Archive, RTVi Germany, Ruslan Sokolov Edited: 20 September 2017 14:49

Green light for new German OTT sports channels

May 10, 2017 12.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German anti-media concentration commission KEK has granted the green light to two new OTT channels for sports fans.

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: AFVD, American football, GFL TV, KEK, Rhein-Live.tv, Sportstadt.tv Edited: 11 May 2017 10:31

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