German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has achieved victory in a year-long trial against Spanish hotel group NH for the illegal redistribution of its TV channels in hotel rooms.
RTL UHD to be unlocked for Sky Deutschland customers
German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is expanding the reach of its Ultra HD channel RTL UHD.
GEO Television joins Teleclub/Swisscom TV
German pay-TV channel GEO Television is now available in Switzerland on Teleclub/Swisscom TV.
RTL to continue UHD channel in 2019
German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will continue to offer its Ultra HD channel RTL UHD next year.
RTL Living launches on Amazon Prime Video
German pay-TV channel RTL Living is now available on OTT platform Amazon Prime Video Channels.
Bitmovin streamlines RTL’s German online platforms
CBC, the technical services subsidiary of German broadcast group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, has selected the HTML5 web player and SDKs from US online video technology provider Bitmovin.
Moritz Pohl to drive RTL’s VOD business
Moritz Pohl will become head of video-on-demand content (VOD) at RTL interactive, a company part of German commercial broadcast group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, from October 1, 2018.
ZDF to approach Cartel Office on OTT platform prospects
German public broadcaster ZDF wants to approach the Federal Cartel Office to find out whether the conditions for a joint OTT platform of the public broadcasters or a platform together with other broadcasters have changed.
Sky Deutschland to drop RTL’s pay-TV channels
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will remove pay-TV channels RTL Crime, RTL Passion and RTL Living from its line-up on July 17, 2018.
RTL to launch Ultra HD channel in Germany
German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will launch a linear Ultra HD test channel on April 28, 2018.