Samuel Bauer has become the new director product & customer experience at Freenet TV, the German DTT and DTH platform operated by Media Broadcast, on January 1, 2019.
Media Broadcast in difficulties, plans cost cuts
German technical services provider Media Broadcast GmbH is in a difficult economic situation, according to trade union verdi. In order to avoid redundancies, the employer plans to introduce a 4-day week.
Media Broadcast expands executive board
Klaus Baumhauer is the new chief commercial officer B2B of German technical services provider Media Broadcast.
Media Broadcast to complete Freenet TV rollout in autumn
German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast will make its DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV available in seven additional metropolitan areas by autumn 2018.
1-2-3.tv launches on DVB-T2 in Germany
Home-shopping channel 1-2-3.tv can now be received via DVB-T2 throughout Germany.
New channels and VOD on Freenet TV Connect
German platform operator Media Broadcast has expanded the hybrid service Freenet TV Connect accompanying DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV with new channels and a video-on-demand (VOD) offering.
German HD platform Freenet TV launches on Astra
German platform operator Media Broadcast has launched the satellite version of its DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV for DTH households in Germany on Astra (19.2° East).
German DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV to launch on Astra
German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast has confirmed that it will launch a DTH satellite version of its DVB-T2 platform Freenet TV on Astra (19.2° East).
ARD and ZDF could switch off SD on Astra in 2020
KEF, the commission for the evaluation of the public licence fee for ARD and ZDF, aims for the public broadcasters to terminate the SD distribution of their TV channels on Astra (19.2° East) for DTH satellite households in mid-2020.
Eurosport 1 HD drops encryption on German DTT during Olympics
Eurosport 1 HD will be available unencrypted and free-of-charge to DTT households across Germany on the commercial broadcaster platform Freenet TV during the Olympic Winter Games from February 9-25, 2018.