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Unitymedia and ZDF settle cable carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

September 13, 2018 09.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia and public broadcaster ZDF have settled their long-standing legal battle over the payment of carriage fees for the cable distribution of ZDF’s channels and have agreed […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: carriage fees, dispute, settlement, Unitymedia, ZDF Edited: 14 September 2018 21:19

VG Media and Tele Columbus resolve royalty dispute

July 3, 2018 17.30 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German royalty collection society VG Media and cable operator Tele Columbus have reached an out-of-court settlement.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: royalties, settlement, Tele Columbus, VG Media Edited: 3 July 2018 17:30

ARD/ZDF pay Vodafone €100m in carriage fees

May 15, 2018 16.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF are paying Vodafone €100 million in carriage fees as part of the recently reached settlement regarding a new contract for the cable distribution of […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, settlement, Unitymedia, Vodafone, ZDF Edited: 17 May 2018 10:49

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