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German media authorities publish privileged channels list for smart TVs

September 29, 2022 14.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities have published the list of TV and radio channels that will receive prioritised placement on smart TVs and user interfaces for easy discovery.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Radio, Regulation, TV Tagged With: Albrecht Bähr, media authorities, public value, Smart TV, user interface, Wolfgang Kreißig Edited: 29 September 2022 23:05

German cable players unite for analogue switch-off

January 15, 2018 08.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities have jointly with industry associations, cable operators and TV broadcasters founded the initiative Digitales Kabel to accompany the transition to sole digital TV distribution on German […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Standards, Top Story, TV Tagged With: analogue switch-off, Anga, ARD, Digitales Kabel, Goldmedia, media authorities, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, P?UR, ProSiebenSat.1, Telekom Deutschland, Vodafone Deutschland, VPRT Edited: 15 January 2018 11:44

Primacom revises TV channel listing

April 3, 2017 23.43 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Primacom will change the allocation of the slots on its digital TV channel listing from April 4, 2017.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: channel listing, media authorities, PrimaCom Edited: 6 April 2017 10:58

German media authorities to examine smart TV portals

March 21, 2017 23.03 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities want to find out whether the user interfaces of smart TV sets and set-top-boxes comply with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, equal opportunities and user autonomy.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: media authorities, monitoring, set-top boxes, Smart TV, user interface Edited: 21 March 2017 23:24

Digital TV grows in Germany, but HD faces obstacle

September 7, 2016 11.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The number of households in Germany receiving digital TV services has risen to 35 million, or 92.3% of the total.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, IPTV, Newsline, Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, Top Story, TV Tagged With: cable, digitalisation report 2016, DTT, Germany, HDTV, IPTV, media authorities, satellite Edited: 8 September 2016 07:42

German media authorities push for 2018 analogue cable TV switch-off

February 2, 2016 22.10 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities have called for analogue switch-off on the country’s cable networks in 2018 at the latest.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Tech Tagged With: 2018, analogue switch-off, Anga, cable, DLM, Germany, media authorities, ZVEI Edited: 4 February 2016 12:01

Local TV in decline in Germany

June 25, 2014 13.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The number of commercial local and regional TV channels has considerably decreased in Germany last year.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Germany, Local TV, media authorities Edited: 25 June 2014 13:36

German commercial channels to encrypt on DVB-T2

June 3, 2014 14.20 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

For the DVB-T2 platform to be rolled out from 2016, Germany’s commercial broadcasters aim for a uniform, mainly encrypted offering marketed nationwide while the public broadcasters will stay free-to-air.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: DVB-T2, encryption, Germany, media authorities Edited: 5 June 2014 11:44

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