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Anke Schäferkordt to leave RTL Group

November 21, 2018 09.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Anke Schäferkordt will leave RTL Group on December 31, 2018 after more than 13 years as CEO of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and over 27 years with RTL.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Anke Schäferkordt, Bernd Reichart, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL Group Edited: 21 November 2018 15:32

RTL wins lawsuit against NH Hotels for illegal TV usage

September 11, 2018 09.32 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: European Court of Justice, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, NH Hotels, RTL International, Stefan Sporn Edited: 12 September 2018 11:43

RTL UHD to be unlocked for Sky Deutschland customers

September 3, 2018 13.20 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is expanding the reach of its Ultra HD channel RTL UHD.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, TV, Ultra HD Tagged With: Astra, HD+, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL UHD, Sky Deutschland Edited: 3 September 2018 13:21

GEO Television joins Teleclub/Swisscom TV

August 30, 2018 22.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV channel GEO Television is now available in Switzerland on Teleclub/Swisscom TV.

Filed Under: Distribution, IPTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms, TV Tagged With: GEO Television, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, Swisscom TV, Teleclub Edited: 30 August 2018 22:11

RTL to continue UHD channel in 2019

August 30, 2018 09.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German commercial broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will continue to offer its Ultra HD channel RTL UHD next year.

Filed Under: DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, TV, Ultra HD Tagged With: Astra, Formula 1, HD+, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL UHD Edited: 30 August 2018 08:13

RTL Living launches on Amazon Prime Video

August 9, 2018 10.49 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV channel RTL Living is now available on OTT platform Amazon Prime Video Channels.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video Channels, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL Living Edited: 9 August 2018 10:49

Bitmovin streamlines RTL’s German online platforms

July 30, 2018 20.52 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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.

Filed Under: Conditional Access/Security, Connected TV, Distribution, Mobile TV, Multiscreen, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, Tech Tagged With: Andreas Schmeiler, Android, API, Apple, Bitmovin, CBC, DRM, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, OTT, Stefan Lederer Edited: 30 July 2018 20:52

Moritz Pohl to drive RTL’s VOD business

July 13, 2018 10.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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.

Filed Under: Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, People, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: ARD, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, Moritz Pohl, RBB, RTL Interactive, VOD Edited: 13 July 2018 10:18

ZDF to approach Cartel Office on OTT platform prospects

June 30, 2018 00.06 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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 […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Amazonas, ARD, Discovery, Federal Cartel Office, Germany's Gold, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, ProSiebenSat.1, Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 2 July 2018 21:31

Sky Deutschland to drop RTL’s pay-TV channels

June 27, 2018 12.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, DTH, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Klaus Holtmann, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL Crime, RTL Living, RTL Passion, Sky Deutschland Edited: 28 June 2018 12:30

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