Results from the Kagan year-end 2021 Germany Consumer Insights survey show a substantial spike in online subscription video use last year, with overall SVoD use climbing 9 percentage points over 2020 to 81 per cent. Use of Amazon Prime Video, the most widely used SVoD service among respondents in Germany, reached 52 per cent at […]
RTL Group has released its full-year results for the year ending December 31st 2021. Group revenue increased 10.3 per cent to €6,637 million (2020: €6,017 million), mainly due to strong growth of TV advertising revenue in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021, of Fremantle and of the streaming businesses. Group revenue was up […]
Deutsche Telekom and RTL Deutschland are testing the production of live video content in their 5G standalone network. In the future, high-quality broadcasting will be possible with smartphones over 5G connections. The progress is achieved by a technology called network slicing. The new technology divides the network into logically separate sections. In the future, such […]
RTL Group’s RTL Deutschland business unit has signed an exclusive agreement for an extensive, multi-year programme volume deal with Warner Bros Entertainment. Starting from Q1 2022, RTL Deutschland will receive access to exclusive films and series, including HBO Max originals, to complement the increasing number of German originals on its rapidly-growing streaming service RTL+. In […]
smartclip, the adtech platform of RTL Group, has introduced smart Audiences, the next generation targeting solution that addresses the growing demand for non-intrusive targeting practices. smart Audiences integrates two proven cornerstones of identity-safe advertising in a streamlined offering: socio-demographic online and offline data and contextual targeting capabilities. The new offering represents a viable alternative to […]
Bloomberg, in what investment bank Exane/BNPP describes as an “informal survey”, has suggested that Eutelsat and ITV are “most likely takeover” candidates. The bank suggests that ITV has been in the Bloomberg poll fairly frequently over the past ten years. Other companies named as possible takeover targets include KPN, Telecom Italia, Invit, Nokia, ProSiebenSat. 1 […]
In the week that commemorates ten years since one of the worst maritime disasters in living memory, Beyond Rights announces that it has licensed ITN Productions’ two-hour investigative documentary, The Costa Concordia: Why She Sank, to several international broadcasters. In Europe, initial deals have been struck with TF1 in France, Discovery in Italy, TV2 in […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a global provider of software solutions for multiscreen TV entertainment, has announced an integration into an automotive platform which will bring advanced digital entertainment to cars. 3SS’ award-winning 3Ready Product Framework is now integrated as part of a modular automotive demo platform, a simulator which serves to give the observer a […]
RTL Group has completed the sale of its entire shareholding in VideoAmp, a US software and data company for media measurement, for $104 million (€92 million) in cash. The transaction was carried out as a share buyback by VideoAmp and became effective on January 4th 2022. RTL Group’s shareholders will benefit from the transaction in […]
3 Screen Solutions – 3SS, a provider of software solutions for multiscreen entertainment, and Cinemo, a global player in automotive infotainment middleware, today announce their technology collaboration which will bring advanced digital entertainment to cars. Cinemo is a pioneer and established leader in the arena of in-vehicle infotainment and connectivity. The company is renowned for […]