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Sky Deutschland seals major content deal with Sony Pictures Television

November 12, 2025 10.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has signed a wide-ranging content licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Elke Walthelm, Holly Comiskey, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky Stream, Sky X, Sony Pictures Television, WOW Edited: 12 November 2025 11:00

Hearst Networks and Sky Deutschland sign new carriage deal

August 25, 2025 10.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Hearst Networks Germany and Sky Deutschland have renewed their partnership with a new multi-year carriage deal that secures the continued distribution of The History Channel and Crime + Investigation across […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Crime & Investigation, Hearst Networks Germany, Kathrin Palesch, Sky Deutschland, Sky Media, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky Stream, Sky X, The History Channel, Wolfram Wildhagen, WOW Edited: 25 August 2025 10:11

Sky Deutschland adds WOW Live-Sport to Amazon Prime Video

August 1, 2025 09.57 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sports fans in Germany can now access Sky Deutschland’s premium live sports offering – including Bundesliga – on Amazon Prime Video.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, Bundesliga, Christoph Schneider, Evelyn Rothblum, Sky Deutschland, WOW Edited: 1 August 2025 09:57

RTL Group to acquire Sky Deutschland – and the strategy behind it

June 27, 2025 09.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In an unexpected move, RTL Group today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Barny Mills, Bundesliga, Comcast, Dana Strong, Joyn, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, RTL Group, Sky Deutschland, Sky Stream, Stephan Schmitter, Thomas Rabe, WOW Edited: 1 July 2025 16:24

waipu.tv introduces new TV/streaming box

March 18, 2025 10.02 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German TV streaming provider waipu.tv is launching a new streaming box which combines classic TV with streaming services.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Amazon Prime, Android TV, Disney+, eXaring, Markus Härtenstein, Netflix, waipu.tv, WOW, YouTube Edited: 18 March 2025 10:02

Sky to launch Sky Stream in Germany

March 25, 2024 12.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky plans to launch Sky Stream as a new, central streaming platform in Germany in late summer 2024.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Barny Mills, Sky, Sky Q, Sky Stream, Sky TV, WOW Edited: 26 March 2024 15:00

Sky Deutschland cuts down movie channels

February 20, 2024 13.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky Deutschland is focusing its range of linear movie channels on Sky Cinema Premiere, Sky Cinema Classics, Sky Cinema Action, Sky Cinema Family and Sky Cinema Highlights from April 11, […]

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Sky Cinema, Sky Cinema Action, Sky Cinema Classics, Sky Cinema Family, Sky Cinema Highlights, Sky Cinema Premiere, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, WOW Edited: 20 February 2024 14:02

Sky and A+E Networks Germany renew carriage deal

November 21, 2023 10.05 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The channels from A+E Networks Germany will continue to be available on Sky Deutschland’s pay-TV platform.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: A+E Networks Germany, Crime & Investigation, Sky Deutschland, Sky Q, Sky Show, Sky X, The History Channel, WOW Edited: 21 November 2023 10:07

waipu.tv adds Sky WOW to streaming stick

November 6, 2023 09.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky Deutschland’s streaming service WOW is now available on the waipu.tv 4K stick.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: eXaring, Markus Härtenstein, Sky Deutschland, waipu.tv, WOW Edited: 6 November 2023 09:25

Sky Deutschland launches basic, ad-supported streaming subscription

July 19, 2023 15.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky Deutschland is following the trend towards price-reduced, ad-supported versions of subscription streaming services.

Filed Under: Newsline, Streaming Tagged With: Sky Deutschland, WOW Edited: 20 July 2023 12:20

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