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Satellite remains Germany’s leading TV platform – IPTV on the rise

September 8, 2025 12.29 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

DTH satellite remains the most widely used TV reception infrastructure in Germany, even though the platform lost households over the past year.

Filed Under: Cable, IPTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Astra, Astra TV Monitor 2024, Christoph Mühleib, SES Germany Edited: 8 September 2025 12:29

ProSiebenSat.1 renews Astra capacity with SES

February 28, 2025 07.50 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media company ProSiebenSat.1 and Astra satellite operator SES continue their long-standing cooperation.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite Tagged With: Astra, Christoph Mühleib, HD+, HD+ TV-App, Joyn, Nicole Agudo Berbel, ProSiebenSat.1, SES, SES Germany Edited: 27 February 2025 19:10

QVC renews Astra capacity for German channels

April 16, 2024 09.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

SES Germany and teleshopping broadcaster QVC are extending their long-standing partnership.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Christoph Mühleib, Judith Haker, QVC, QVC Style, QVC2, SES Germany Edited: 16 April 2024 09:29

HD+ adds 13 HD channels from High View on Astra

October 30, 2023 08.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German DTH satellite platform HD+ is expanding its offer on Astra (19.2° East) on November 2, 2023 with the new Vielfalt+ (Variety+) package, offering 13 HD channels.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Astra, Christoph Mühleib, Crime Time HD, Deluxe Dance by Kontor HD, Deluxe Flashback HD, Deluxe Lounge, Deluxe Lounge HD, Deluxe Rap HD, Deluxe Rock HD, HD Plus, HD+, High View, HipTrips HD, Just Cooking HD, just.fishing HD, OneTerra HD, Red Adventure, Red Adventure HD, Serien+ HD, series, SES Germany, Vielfalt+, xplore HD Edited: 31 October 2023 13:10

High View launches just.fishing on Astra

August 31, 2023 09.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Satellite operator SES Germany and German media company High View are expanding their partnership to include just.fishing.

Filed Under: DTH, FAST Channels, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Astra, Goldbach, High View, just.fishing, SES Germany Edited: 31 August 2023 09:39

Deutsche TV-Plattform elects new Board of Directors

June 27, 2023 16.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The representatives of the more than 50 member companies, organisations and institutions of German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform elected their new Board of Directors at today’s general assembly in Berlin.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Andre Prahl, ARD, Christoph Mühleib, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche TV-Plattform, Dietmar Schill, Joachim Abel, Marc Albers, NDR, Nicole Agudo Berbel, Niklas Brambring, RTL Deutschland, RTL Technology, Sascha Molina, SES Germany, Seven.One Entertainment Group, Sky Deutschland, Sony Europe, Stefan Kunz, Vodafone, Zattoo Edited: 27 June 2023 16:14

High View launches Just Cooking and Crime Time on Astra

June 1, 2023 13.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

SES Germany and German media company High View are expanding their partnership with two more channels.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Astra, Crime Time, High View, Just Cooking, SES Germany Edited: 1 June 2023 13:39

Media Innovation Platform: Is TV moving online?

May 31, 2023 22.58 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Will TV distribution and consumption move completely online? This question will be explored by German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform on June 28, 2023 as part of the 6th edition of […]

Filed Under: FAST Channels, HbbTV, Newsline, TV Tagged With: BBC, Berlin, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche TV-Plattform, Fraunhofer FOKUS, LG Electronics, Media Innovation Platform, NDR, SES Germany, University of Digital Science Potsdam Edited: 31 May 2023 23:09

ZDF extends contract for HD distribution on Astra

March 14, 2023 10.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ZDF has extended its distribution contract with Astra satellite operator SES for transponder capacity on Astra (19.2° East) on a long-term basis.

Filed Under: DTH, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Satellite, Satellite, TV Tagged With: Astra, Christoph Mühleib, SES, SES Germany, ZDF Edited: 15 March 2023 09:44

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