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German media authorities start new public value application tender

August 26, 2024 11.52 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities are launching the second round of the tender for TV and radio broadcasters seeking classification as public value offerings, which means that they must be made […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: DLM, Eva Flecken, Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, public value, Tobias Schmid, ZAK Edited: 27 August 2024 14:22

German media authorities extend regulation to in-car entertainment

April 3, 2024 11.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media regulator ZAK has categorised the in-car entertainment systems from Audi, BMW/Mini and Tesla as user interfaces at its latest meeting.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Audi, BMW, Eva Flecken, in-car entertainment, Mini. Tesla, Tesla Media Player, Thorsten Schmiege, user interface, ZAK Edited: 4 April 2024 13:34

German media authorities and Tele Columbus in carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

February 26, 2018 10.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

According to the German media authorities, cable operator Tele Columbus treats commercial free-to-air TV broadcasters unequally,

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: carriage fees, dispute, MABB, N24, Tele Columbus, WELT, ZAK Edited: 27 February 2018 22:16

NetCologne in carriage fee dispute

February 23, 2017 23.43 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator NetCologne must not distribute some commercial channels for a fee while it still carries other commercial channels without a fee.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: carriage fees, NetCologne, ZAK Edited: 24 February 2017 21:53

Vodafone Deutschland revises HD cable carriage conditions

June 21, 2016 19.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland has revised its so called coins per subscriber (CPS) model for the distribution of encrypted HD channels on its cable network (formerly Kabel Deutschland) to comply with the […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Top Story, TV Tagged With: carriage, contracts, Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone Deutschland, ZAK Edited: 22 June 2016 22:04

RTL plus returns to German TV market

March 16, 2016 11.15 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The channel name RTL plus will return to German TV screens after almost 25 years.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation, TV Tagged With: licence, RTL, RTL plus, ZAK Edited: 17 March 2016 09:45

German media authorities rebuke Tele Columbus in carriage fee dispute [UPDATE]

February 4, 2016 11.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

STORY UPDATED. German cable operators have to equally treat the operators of comparable TV channels regarding carriage fees – even if channels hold must carry status or a prominent market […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: cable, carriage fees, N-TV, N24, Phoenix, RTL, Tele Columbus, ZAK Edited: 4 February 2016 18:56

German media regulators criticise cable channel listings

September 15, 2015 14.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The channel listings of German cable operators Tele Columbus and Primacom are not in accordance with the stipulations of the media law, according to the media authorities’ licencing and supervision […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: allocation, cable, channel listing, Germany, PrimaCom, Tele Columbus, ZAK Edited: 15 September 2015 14:25

German media authorities call for joint analogue cable TV switch-off

June 24, 2015 19.57 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German media authorities aim for a coordinated approach by all industry players to establish a joint date for nationwide analogue switch-off on cable networks.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Tech Tagged With: analogue switch-off, Anga, cable networks, Germany, media authories, Unitymedia, ZAK Edited: 24 June 2015 19:57

Kabel Deutschland in trouble for HD cable carriage conditions

June 24, 2015 12.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The current HD carriage distribution model of Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland doesn’t comply with the principle of equal chances and poses unreasonable obstructions to smaller and new TV […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: carriage, conditions, HDTV, Kabel Deutschland, ZAK Edited: 24 June 2015 12:22

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