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Axinom enables ZDF’s new streaming service

March 20, 2025 15.47 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Axinom, a German provider of streaming technology backend components and architecture, has played a key role as a consortium member and technical lead in the launch of ZDF’s new streaming […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Andreas Grün, Axinom, Condat, HBT, JAKALA, Stefanie Schuster, Tina Kutscher, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 20 March 2025 15:48

ZDF transforms media library into streaming service

March 18, 2025 09.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ZDF has transformed its media library ZDFmediathek into a streaming portal.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, Florian Kumb, Public Spaces Incubator, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 21 March 2025 15:19

TeraVolt develops Zapping Player for ZDF

November 2, 2023 22.18 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

TeraVolt, OTT development partner of ZDF, has developed the Zapping Player as a new HbbTV-based feature on the public broadcaster’s catch-up service ZDFmediathek.

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Streaming, TV Tagged With: TeraVolt, Zapping Player, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 2 November 2023 22:19

ARD and ZDF add KiKA shows to their catch-up services

April 12, 2023 11.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Users of the ARD and ZDF catch-up services now also have access to productions from KiKA, the children’s channel jointly operated by the two German public broadcasters.

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Streaming, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD Mediathek, Astrid Plenk, catch-up, Kika, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 12 April 2023 11:19

ZDF and BBC extend strategic partnership

February 28, 2023 08.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ZDF has extended its strategic partnership with BBC Studios, the production and distribution subsidiary of the BBC.

Filed Under: Newsline, Production, TV Tagged With: BBC, BBC Studios, Nadine Bilke, Nick Percy, ZDF, ZDFinfo, ZDFmediathek, ZDFneo Edited: 28 February 2023 08:26

NetCologne and ZDF settle carriage fee dispute

November 17, 2021 12.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator NetCologne and public broadcaster ZDF have settled their long-standing legal dispute over the payment of carriage fees for the cable distribution of ZDF channels.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, TV Tagged With: carriage fees, Federal Court of Justice, NetAachen, NetCologne, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 19 November 2021 13:02

ARD and ZDF connect catch-up services

June 21, 2021 11.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF want to connect their catch-up services into a joint streaming world to make it easier for users to find the content they are looking […]

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, Streaming, TV Tagged With: ARD, Catch-Up TV, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 21 June 2021 11:50

TeraVolt to upgrade ZDFmediathek

November 19, 2020 21.13 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In a pan-European tender German public broadcaster ZDF has awarded the budget for the further development of its catch-up TV service to TeraVolt.

Filed Under: Connected TV, HbbTV, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Streaming Tagged With: Deutsche Telekom, HbbTV, MagentaTV, Sky Deutschland, Smart TV, TeraVolt, Tobias Fröhlich, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 19 November 2020 21:14

ZDF rolls out premium catch-up TV service ZDF select on Amazon

December 12, 2019 22.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Marking the first rollout of its premium catch-up TV brand on a third-party platform, German public broadcaster ZDF has launched ZDF select on Amazon Prime Video Channels.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video Channels, Terra X, ZDF, ZDF Herzkino, ZDF Krimi, ZDF select, ZDFmediathek, ZDFtivi Edited: 16 December 2019 12:52

ZDF expands HbbTV service

April 8, 2016 11.57 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ZDF has added short news, weather reports and a TV programme guide to its HbbTV service for smart TV sets.

Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline, TV Tagged With: HbbTV, ZDF, ZDFmediathek Edited: 8 April 2016 12:09

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