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DTM partners with Little Dot Studios Germany

DTM has partnered with digital content agency, Little Dot Studios Germany, for the 2023 season to target new audiences and increase the digital global reach of the racing series. The collaboration will see Little Dot Studios Germany implement a multi-format approach on YouTube, utilising live and VoD content, together with magazine features and archive content […]

May 5, 2023

RTL revenue down 9% despite streaming gains

RTL, the Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, has reported that Q1 group revenue down 9 per cent to €1.4 billion, mainly due to significantly lower TV advertising revenue and the disposals of RTL Belgium (31 March 2022) and RTL Croatia (1 June 2022), which were still fully consolidated in Q1 2022. Group revenue was down 7.7 […]

May 4, 2023

ProSiebenSat.1 FY revenues down 7%

ProSiebenSat.1 closed its 2022 financial year in line with its outlook. Group revenues were at €4.1 billion, down 7 per cent on the previous year, in what the German broadcasting group called a “severely weakened market environment”. Organically, i.e., adjusted for currency effects and portfolio changes, Group revenues were down 5 per cent year-on-year. The […]

April 28, 2023

WSC Sports to provide AI-powered content for Dyn OTT

WSC Sports, a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) powered sports video content, is partnering with new German streaming challenger brand Dyn Media to deliver content for its OTT streaming platform. Dyn has chosen WSC Sports’ technology to automatically create and distribute real-time video content and highlights directly to the new OTT platform and its associated […]

April 27, 2023

Germany: Champions League sets Prime Video streaming record

The UEFA Champions League Quarter Final stage kicked off on April 11th with a clash between Manchester City and Bayer Munich which saw the Premier League champions defeat the German giants 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. This first-leg match between two clubs broke Prime Video live streaming records in Germany, with over 4 million households […]

April 17, 2023By Nik Roseveare

SES secures €75m of extended contracts

SES has signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog with multiple German private and public broadcasters. The majority of renewals span several years and will enable millions of satellite TV households across Germany to continue watching SD and HD content, reinforcing SES’s position as the leading global content connectivity provider. The […]

April 13, 2023By Chris Forrester

Qvest helps Halle Planetarium reach for the stars

Qvest has helped to realise the most modern planetarium in Europe at the Halle Planetarium, Germany. As project partner, Qvest orchestrated several high-tech AV systems in the planetarium and observatory which make the visit for all galactic explorers a special experience. The Qvest expertise was also called on to design, supply and install an array […]

March 30, 2023

ProSiebenSat.1 strengthens focus on Entertainment

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has revealed what it describes as a sharpened strategic focus, with which the Group addresses the challenges of the market environment and the changing media landscape, while at the same time leveraging the Group’s growth potential. “We at ProSiebenSat.1 have everything it takes to reach millions of people day by day,” […]

March 28, 2023

Germany: WWE, ProSieben MAXX expand content deal

ProSieben MAXX and WWE have announced a new multi-year agreement to televise WWE’s flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown, and, for the first time, NXT in German on ProSieben MAXX. This means that ProSieben MAXX will remain the free TV home of WWE and expand the partnership that has existed since 2014. The deal marks a double-digit […]

March 22, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Vevo launches linear channels on Amazon Freevee

Vevo, the music video network, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Amazon to launch new Vevo FAST channels on Amazon Freevee in both the UK and Germany. The announcement comes following an initial launch on Freevee in the US in December. Vevo’s flagship linear channel, Vevo Pop, will be available in both markets […]

March 9, 2023By Nik Roseveare