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ZDF Enterprises to become ZDF Studios

February 14, 2022 09.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

From April 1, 2022, ZDF Enterprises, the commercial subsidiary of German public broadcaster ZDF, will operate under the new name ZDF Studios.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Fred Burcksen, Thomas Bellut, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, ZDF Studios Edited: 14 February 2022 09:16

Norbert Himmler to become new ZDF director

July 2, 2021 13.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The board of German public broadcaster ZDF has elected programme director Dr Norbert Himmler as the broadcaster’s future general director.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Marlehn Thieme, Norbert Himmler, Thomas Bellut, Tina Hassel, ZDF Edited: 2 July 2021 13:37

ARD and ZDF join forces in catch-up TV

November 16, 2019 01.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF will interconnect their catch-up TV services with the first step being a cross-linking search function available from November 18, 2019.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, Benjamin Fischer, Catch-Up TV, Eckart Gaddum, Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 19 November 2019 12:38

ZDF calls for cross-linking instead of central OTT platform

March 15, 2019 21.56 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Dr Thomas Bellut, general director of German public broadcaster ZDF, calls for cross-linking the content of the various catch-up and on-demand services instead of attempting to set up a central OTT platform for all German TV broadcasters.

Filed Under: Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 15 March 2019 22:00

ZDF to approach Cartel Office on OTT platform prospects

June 30, 2018 00.06 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ZDF wants to approach the Federal Cartel Office to find out whether the conditions for a joint OTT platform of the public broadcasters or a platform together with other broadcasters have changed.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Regulation, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Amazonas, ARD, Discovery, Federal Cartel Office, Germany's Gold, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, ProSiebenSat.1, Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 2 July 2018 21:31

Dr Michael Rombach to become ZDF production director

April 27, 2018 15.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Dr Michael Rombach will become the new production director of German public broadcaster ZDF on January 1, 2019.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Production Tagged With: Andreas Bereczky, Michael Rombach, NDR, Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 27 April 2018 15:11

ARD/ZDF end cable dispute and pay carriage fees

April 3, 2018 12.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ARD and the two major cable operators Vodafone Deutschland (formerly Kabel Deutschland) and Unitymedia have settled their dispute over carriage fees for the cable distribution of the public broadcaster’s channels. ZDF reached an agreement with Vodafone, but not with Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Finance, HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, dispute, Hannes Ametsreiter, Lutz Schüler, Thomas Bellut, Unitymedia, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: 13 September 2018 09:48

Thomas Bellut to stay ZDF director

September 18, 2015 09.51 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The board of German public broadcaster ZDF has reelected ZDF’s general director Thomas Bellut for another 5-year term.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, TV Tagged With: board, director, Germany, Thomas Bellut, ZDF Edited: 18 September 2015 09:51

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