For the first time this year, the audiovisual media industry in Germany will reach a combined turnover of more than €13 billion.
Pay-TV/VOD revenues continue to grow in Germany
Revenues from pay-TV and paid video-on-demand (VOD) services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland rose by 14% year-on-year to around €4 billion in 2018.
Deutsche Telekom, industry associations consider legal action against EU approval of Vodafone/Unitymedia merger
Deutsche Telekom and several industry associations are considering taking legal action against the European Commission’s decision to approve Vodafone’s acquisition of German cable operator Unitymedia.
German industry associations oppose Vodafone/Liberty Global cable deal
German industry associations BREKO, BUGLAS, VAUNET and DNMG are concerned about the consequences of Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s German cable subsidiary Unitymedia.
Media usage in Germany rises in 2018
Germans are consuming an increasing amount of audio and audio-visual media content.
German media industry to achieve record revenue in 2018
The turnover with audio-visual media content will increase by 6.2% to €12.44 billion in Germany this year.
TV piracy causing €700m in damage in Germany per year
1.9 million people in Germany regularly use illegal live TV signals, causing a loss of more than €430 million per year for media companies.
Pay-TV remains on growth course in Germany
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Germany rose from 7.5 million (2016) to 7.7 million in 2017 and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 8.4 million to 8.7 million.
Germany’s VPRT turns into Vaunet
The German industry association of commercial broadcasters, VPRT, will change its name to Vaunet on May 21, 2018.