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MTV drops encryption in Germany

December 15, 2017 10.05 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

MTV has become a free-to-air, unencrypted TV channel in Germany and Austria again with immediate effect.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, DTH, IPTV, Multiscreen, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Astra, free-to-air, HD+, MTV, MTV Play, Raffaele Annecchino, Viacom International Media Networks Edited: 15 December 2017 10:09

MTV goes free-to-air in Germany again

August 14, 2017 14.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

MTV will be offered as an unencrypted free-to-air channel in Germany and Austria again from January 2018.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: free-to-air, Mark Specht, MTV, MTV Play, Viacom International Media Networks Edited: 16 August 2017 11:45

MTV Play app launches in the Netherlands and Belgium

May 9, 2017 08.57 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Viaacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) has announced the launch of a new MTV Play mobile app in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Android, Belgium, Benelux, iOS, MTV Play, Play Plex, The Netherlands, Viacom, VIMN Edited: 9 May 2017 19:27

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