IP Migration
Bundesliga offers broadcast rights holders IP-based live streaming
The DFL said it is enabling IP-based live streaming in order to meet the rising demand for OTT content.
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Media Delivery
DAZN joins Vodafone’s GigaTV
Companies say it is the first of multiple partnerships integrations anticipated across Europe
Live Production
HD Broadcast debuts 30-camera UHD/HDR OB truck
Truck is currently one of the largest OBs available in Germany, with an interior space of around 60 m2
Media Delivery
Discovery fails to terminate its deal with German Football League
German Institute of Arbitration rules broadcaster's argument is invalid
Business
RTL reports streaming growth during H1 2020, but profits hit hard
Company blames the impact of the coronavirus impact
Media Delivery
Fox News International streaming channel set for European launch
DTC service will combine Fox News and Fox Business Network
Media Delivery
DAZN Germany scores Champions League rights
Streamer wins UCL rights for three seasons from 2021/22
Media Delivery
Barcroft Studios launches new OTT channel, truly
Channel will debut on Pluto TV in the UK, Austria, Switzerland and Germany in early July
Business
Broadcast Solutions launches new products and services division
Germany's Media Online GmBH is now trading as Broadcast Solutions Produkte und Service GmbH
Media Management
How Rohde & Schwarz is helping to archive German history
Jens Wangenheim from Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv explains the role Rohde & Schwarz's Venice server platform plays at the archive
Live Production
AWS, Bundesliga to debut real-time game analysis during Dortmund v Bayern
AWS machine learning and analytics to deliver new advanced statistics including Average Positions and xGoals
Media Delivery
DAZN extends Bundesliga streaming agreement in Germany and Switzerland
Deal covers nine live matches from the top-tier Bundesliga and four relegation matches between Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2
Business
Private equity firm takes stake in ProSieben
KKR originally bought the German broadcaster with Permira in 2006 in a deal worth over €5 billion
Media Delivery
German Football League considering legal action against Discovery
Discovery believed to have a "special termination" clause in its media rights deal
Business
Germany’s RTL cuts staff hours during pandemic
Certain departments such as editorial and production likely to be excluded from the measure
Data Centre
Western Europe pay-TV subs “to fall below 100 million”
“IPTV is gaining subscribers at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms"
Production & Post
The importance of keeping people connected in a time of crisis
LiveU explains how its technology is currently helping people communicate across Europe
Media Consumption
WWE tags DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
DAZN will air Raw and SmackDown exclusively live and on-demand in the regions
Media Delivery
Germany to host alternative Eurovision
ProSieben will broadcast the Free European Song Contest live from Cologne on 16th May
Data Centre
Disney Plus ‘hits 5 million app downloads’ on day one in Europe
Figures are for the mobile app only
Business
Germany’s Bundesliga media rights tender postponed
All Bundesliga matches currently suspended until the end of April
Production & Post
German broadcasters remove live audiences
RTL looks to "protect the public" from coronavirus
Media Management
M7 supplies UHD signals to BrightBlue
BrightBlue to introduce 4K-capable IPTV boxes
Production & Post
Germany’s Bundesliga looks to produce 170+ matches in 4K UHD
Part of forthcoming rights deals
Production & Post
RTL takes pit stop for Vietnam Grand Prix
Moves production to Cologne over coronavirus concerns
Business
Bertelsmann CEO calls for RTL, ProSiebenSat.1 merger
"National companies will simply have no chance in a few years against the giants from Silicon Valley"
Production & Post
Riedel backs German horse racing
Partnership brings new camera solutions and high-end equipment to capture races
Production & Post
Make.TV takes ‘I’m a Celebrity’ to Germany
Live Video Cloud streamlines remote live video contributions
Media Consumption
Global Cycling Network to launch in German
Channel will feature race footage, weekly magazine show
Live Production
Bundesliga scores with AWS for insight into every live broadcast
Bundesliga will use AWS artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, compute, database, and storage services
Business
ProSiebenSat.1 announces sustainability initiatives
Aims to establish its own sustainability department
TVBEverywhere
Amazon ‘wins German Champions League rights’
Prime Video has won the A1 package for the 2021-22 season
Production & Post
Deutsche Football League tests world’s first football broadcast in 9:16
Allows fans to watch the match in a vertical aspect ratio on mobile
Live Production
Fourgreen TV, Telestream air American football in Germany
Telestream Wirecast streams directly to Facebook Live, YouTube Live and Microsoft Azure
TVBEverywhere
Starz launches international D2C streaming app
New app available in the UK, France and Germany
