Dr Michael Rombach will become the new production director of German public broadcaster ZDF on January 1, 2019.
NDR deploys Elemental Live video streaming
Elemental Technologies has announced that German public broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has deployed Elemental Live video processing systems to perform 24/7 encoding of live content.
Three German broadcasters launch HbbTV apps
Three German broadcasters – home shopping channel QVC, private broadcaster Vox and regional public broadcaster NDR – have launched interactive HbbTV services.
Phoenix, BR, NDR, SWR and WDR plan HD for 2012
The Astra capacity that will be freed up from April 30, 2012 by switching off the analogue signals from the German public broadcasters will be used to launch HD versions of the factual channel Phoenix and the so-called ‘third channels’ of BR, NDR, SWR and WDR.