European culture channel ARTE can now be received as a live-stream on German OTT platform Joyn.
RTL Group to focus on RTL brand / TVNow to be renamed RTL+
Faced with growing competition by globally uniform players such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, RTL Group wants to focus more strongly on its core brand RTL.
Sport1+ and eSports1 launch on Joyn Plus+
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery have added the first third-party channels to the pay-TV section of their joint German streaming platform Joyn.
Discovery faces decision: discovery+ or Joyn in Germany?
The announcement to launch its streaming service discovery+ in Germany via a partnership with Vodafone puts Discovery in a tight spot.
ProSiebenSat.1 takes pay-TV channels to Amazon
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 has made its pay-TV channels ProSieben Fun, Sat.1 Emotions and Kabel Eins Classics available on streaming platform Amazon Prime Video Channels.
Kabelio launches Swiss DTH package on Eutelsat Hotbird
Kabelio, a new TV package for Swiss DTH satellite households, will launch on Eutelsat Hotbird (13° East) on October 15, 2020, featuring both domestic and international channels such as ARD, ZDF, ORF, TF1, BBC and ITV.
M7 offers new ProSiebenSat.1 channels in Germany
M7 has renewed and expanded its long-standing cooperation with ProSiebenSat.1 for network and platform operators in Germany.
ARD postpones SD switch-off on Astra
The industry and retailers were ready, consumers had been informed, but then came Corona: In view of the current crisis, German public broadcaster ARD does not consider it appropriate to carry out the SD switch-off of its TV channels on Astra (19.2 degrees East).
James Baker to leave Red Arrow Studios
James Baker, CEO of Red Arrow Studios, has decided to leave the production subsidiary of German media company ProSiebenSat.1 when his contract expires at the end of 2020.
Sky Deutschland and DAZN acquire Bundesliga rights, Amazon left empty-handed
German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland has secured most of the domestic broadcasting rights to live Bundesliga football matches from the 2021/22 season onwards.