German football association Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has selected Swiss content protection solutions provider Nagra as a partner in its fight against illegal content sharing of live Bundesliga matches over the internet.
DFL takes action in Eurosport’s Bundesliga streaming mishaps
Germany’s national football association Deutsche Fußball-Liga (DFL) has summoned an immediate meeting with Eurosport following the repeated problems during its Bundesliga live transmissions on OTT service Eurosport Player.
German police close illegal Sky streaming sites
A 25-year old computer scientist from Cologne has been arrested as the main offender in the case of the illegal distribution of Sky Deutschland’s channels over the internet.
Sky Deutschland adds ZDF and Arte to Roku streaming box
Owners of the Sky Online TV Box can now access the catch-up TV portals from German public broadcaster ZDF and European cultural channel Arte directly on their TV set.
1.8 million users stream Euro 2016 on Zattoo
The UEFA Euro 2016 provided Zattoo with a new user record: A total of 1.8 million viewers watched the games on the OTT platform, more than 800,000 of them in Germany.
ProSiebenSat.1 revamps MyVideo
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 redesigns its free streaming video portal MyVideo.
46% of Germans ready to drop cable & satellite for OTT
Almost every second German (46%) could imagine replacing TV reception via cable, satellite or DTT by internet-delivered over-the-top television (OTT) – an increase by 60% compared with last year.
German police crack down on Sky piracy
As part of a Europe-wide raid against the operators of so called underground economy forums, the central unit for the fight against internet crime of the public prosecution office in Frankfurt has by order of Germany’s federal crime agency induced a warrant of arrest against the alleged operator of illegal streaming platform istreams.to.
Sat.1 launches fighting sports streaming portal
German commercial general interest channel Sat.1 has launched a subscription-based streaming portal for fighting sports fans.
Muxx.tv launches German music concert portal
Live concerts, music and cultural events are the focus of the new German music streaming portal Muxx.tv which has received the green light from media regulator KEK.