germany
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
Media Delivery
Arqiva delivers A+E to Amazon Prime
Transcodes in the Cloud using AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Business
Mediaset raises stake in ProSieben, could go further
Italian broadcaster now ProSieben's largest investor
TVBEverywhere
Western Europe launch date for Disney Plus confirmed
DisneyLife will be rebranded in the UK and Ireland
Data Centre
Over 40 per cent of Germans see OTT-only future
Two-thirds prefer media libraries of TV channels to YouTube or Netflix
Media Consumption
Facebook Watch reveals 27 short series
Digital publishers include Tastemade (UK), Brainpool (Germany) and Ciaopeople (Italy)
Technology
ARRI employs TIXstream MFT to manage files in Germany
Post production company is using solution at three locations
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV launches on LG Channels
Expands distribution in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Business
Mediaset files complaint against Vivendi
Row over Mediaset's plans to create new Amsterdam-based holding
Business
Broadcast Solutions expands Zero Density’s distribution
Delivers virtual studio solutions for broadcasting, augmented reality, live events and esports
Business
Bundesliga invests in anti-piracy company
Will monitor all illegal streaming of games from the Bundesliga
Business
Vodafone, Liberty Global merger approved by European Commission
Conditional on Vodafone's compliance with commitments
TVBEverywhere
DAZN, Discovery announce Eurosport distribution partnership
DAZN makes Eurosport 1 HD and Eurosport 2 HD available in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain
Business
RTL Group aims to create Europe’s leading digital studio
Companies in Nordics, Germany and Netherlands to combine
Videos
TVBEverywhere
3SS powers Joyn
3SS has custom-developed Joyn’s web front end based on its 3READY Front End UI framework
TVBEverywhere
Bundesliga, Vodafone Deutschland kick off 5G partnership
New real-time app lets fans access information and performance data instantly via augmented reality
Technology
German TV viewers struggle with HDR, OLED, UHD etc
Just 26 per cent of Germans understand the term HDR
Business
MX1, Sky Deutschland extend service agreement
Includes content management, playout and uplink services
Content
Facebook Watch signs first European content deal
ProSiebenSat.1 will post short episodes and clips to the platform
Business
Mediaset sets up pan-European media company
MediaForEurope will operate in Italy, Spain and Germany
TVBEverywhere
RTL, ProSiebenSat.1 announce advertising joint venture
Entire addressable TV and online video inventory of both companies will be available on a common demand side platform
Production & Post
Sony, Qvest Media provide production system for Germany’s DW
Reduces operational costs by eliminating need for multiple systems
News
Data Centre
Linear TV makes up three-quarters of German video consumption
SVoD usage accounts for 13 per cent