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Optus Sport acquires German football cups

Optus Sport continues to expand its football offering after securing the exclusive Australian rights to the DFB-Pokal and DFB-Pokal Frauen for the next three seasons. The DFB-Pokal is held annually by the German Football Association (DFB) and running from August through to June. 64 teams participate in the German Cup, including all clubs from the […]

September 8, 2022

German DVB-I Pilot commences

Stakeholders from the media industry, including broadcasters, device manufacturers, software providers and research companies have announced the start of the ‘German DVB-I Pilot’. The project develops a common understanding of the DVB-I functionality and challenges as well as a standardised future scenario to include the complete DVB-I ecosystem. DVB-I enables an easy access to video […]

September 7, 2022

Roku TV launches in Germany

Roku has announced the arrival of Roku TV in Germany, with Metz blue and TCL as the first partners to launch Roku TV models. The launch follows Roku’s entry into the market last year with its streaming players. From October, consumers will be able to purchase a Roku TV model from Metz blue or TCL, […]

September 1, 2022

Liberty Networks Germany constructing new fibre network

Liberty Networks Germany, a joint venture (JV) between Liberty Global Ventures, the investment arm of Liberty Global and InfraVia Capital Partners, starts construction this week on a new full-fibre network in Germany. Launched in 2021, Liberty Networks Germany will connect households and municipalities in Germany to state-of-the-art fibre optic networks operating under the new ‘helloFiber’ […]

August 31, 2022

RTL Deutschland adds to Management Board

RTL Group has appointed two new members of RTL Deutschland’s Management Board: Ingrid Heisserer, currently CFO Austria & Germany at the global cosmetics company L’Oréal, will become the new CFO of RTL Deutschland, effective December 1st. She will succeed Alexander Glatz, who will leave RTL Deutschland on August 31st as previously announced in July. Additionally […]

August 30, 2022

Bank trims ProSiebenSat.1 guidance

A report from analysts at investment bank Berenberg says that advertising revenues at German broadcasting giant ProSiebenSat.1 Media are softer and weaker than anticipated. Indeed, the report says that advertising assumptions for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland markets might be too optimistic. “While the guidance from March 2022 reflected an assumption of DACH advertising revenues […]

August 17, 2022

ProSiebenSat.1 maintains growth in Q2

After a positive start to the year, ProSiebenSat.1 Group continued to grow in the second quarter of 2022. Group revenues rose by 1 per cent to €1.05 billion, while adjusted EBITDA remained stable year-on-year at €166 million (previous year: €166 million). In view of a strong previous-year quarter, which had benefited from catch-up effects due […]

August 11, 2022

WBD names Germany management team

Hannes Heyelmann, who was named EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros Discovery Germany, Switzerland and Austria in June, has unveiled his management team. “In the past few weeks I have been working on the future strategy for Warner Bros Discovery in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, including the formation of the management team for our […]

August 10, 2022

Sport1, Magic Sports Media to launch new betting service

Sport1 and Magic Sports Media have signed a long-term agreement with Better Collective, the sports betting media group: The partnership includes delivery of content, data, and statistics for a new sports betting section at Sport1.de to bring in sports betting content to its near 9 million unique users monthly. The partnership will be co-branded with […]

August 10, 2022

Bank: “German broadband faces structural change”

Jefferies says there are clear signs of structural change within the German broadband market. “Ninety per cent of growth is now driven by fibre,” notes a report from the investment bank . “However, a slower market means absolute broadband intake is unsustainable at historical levels.” Jeffferies, in its report to clients, focuses on Deutsche Telekom […]

July 26, 2022