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WDR launches children’s HbbTV app

April 21, 2020 22.44 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

WDR, the regional affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, has launched a smart TV app for children.

Filed Under: Connected TV, HbbTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Streaming Tagged With: app, ARD, HbbTV, Sendung mit der Maus, WDR Edited: April 21, 2020 22:47

ARD’s regional TV channels to drop SD satellite distribution in 2021

March 21, 2020 21.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The regional affiliates of German public broadcaster ARD will terminate the satellite distribution of their TV channels in SD resolution on Astra (19.2° East) in January 2021.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Arte, Astra, Das Erste, MDR, One, SD switch-off, tagesschau24, WDR, Wolfgang Wagner, ZDF Edited: March 21, 2020 21:38

Tom Buhrow to become new ARD chairman

September 18, 2019 10.51 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

WDR, the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state North-Rhine Westphalia, will take over the directorship of ARD at the beginning of 2020.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: ARD, BR, Tom Buhrow, Ulrich Wilhelm, WDR Edited: September 18, 2019 10:53

WDR and Fraunhofer HHI join forces for VVC/H.266

September 3, 2019 22.50 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster WDR and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI will collaborate in the next months to test the video coding possibilities offered by forthcoming international standard VVC/H.266.

Filed Under: IBC Special, Newsline, Standards, Technology, Testing, Video Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Fraunhofer HHI, HEVC/H.265, IFA 2019, VVC/H.266, WDR Edited: September 4, 2019 15:39

Vodafone to trial TV via 5G in Germany

February 13, 2019 10.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland and regional public broadcaster WDR will test how TV and video-on-demand (VOD) content can be broadcast via 5G in Germany.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Technology, Telco, Testing Tagged With: 5G, trial, Vodafone Deutschland, WDR Edited: February 14, 2019 08:58

Autentic to take full control of Autentic Distribution

October 16, 2017 10.48 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media company Autentic will take full control of international factual distribution company Autentic Distribution, formerly a joint-venture of Autentic and WDR mediagroup, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster WDR.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Production Tagged With: Autentic, Autentic Distribution, Beta Film, Jan Mojto, Patrick Hörl, WDR, WDR Mediagroup Edited: October 16, 2017 10:49

DVB-T2/HEVC trial to kick off in Cologne/Bonn

August 13, 2015 13.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

WDR, the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state North-Rhine Westphalia, and German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast will commence their joint DVB-T2/HEVC trial in North-Rhine Westphalia on August 18, 2015.

Filed Under: Distribution, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Standards, Technology, Terrestrial, Testing Tagged With: ARD, Bonn, Cologne, DVB-T2, HEVC, Media Broadcast, trial, WDR Edited: August 17, 2015 11:20

WDR and Media Broadcast to launch DVB-T2/HEVC trial in Cologne

October 14, 2014 12.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

WDR, the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD for federal state North-Rhine Westphalia, and transmitter network operator Media Broadcast prepare a joint trial to test the new digital terrestrial transmission system DVB-T/HEVC under live conditions in the urban area of Cologne and Bonn.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Hybrid, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Standards, Technology, Terrestrial, Testing, Top Story Tagged With: ARD, Bonn, Cologne, DVB-T2, HEVC, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, trial, WDR, ZDF Edited: October 16, 2014 09:53

Phoenix, BR, NDR, SWR and WDR plan HD for 2012

February 9, 2011 10.22 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Astra capacity that will be freed up from April 30, 2012 by switching off the analogue signals from the German public broadcasters will be used to launch HD versions of the factual channel Phoenix and the so-called ‘third channels’ of BR, NDR, SWR and WDR.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: ARD, BR, NDR, Phoenix, SWR, WDR Edited: February 11, 2011 15:02

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