Business
Mediaset files complaint against Vivendi
Row over Mediaset's plans to create new Amsterdam-based holding
germany
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
Business
Pluto TV launches on Amazon devices in Europe
Also introduces MTV Pluto TV, MTV Dating and MTV The Shores
Business
NAGRA, HD PLUS renew technology partnership
Includes NAGRA content security integrated in Smart TVs
TVBEverywhere
Netflix to open Berlin office
Streamer is expected to release more German-made content
TVBEverywhere
Discovery Deutschland, MX1 to distribute HGTV
MX1 handling playout for eighth German Discovery channel
Data Centre
Europeans juggle ‘multiple TV services to get the content they want’
On-screen programme guides and UIs remain critical tools for finding content to watch
Business
Vodafone offers concessions to secure Unitymedia takeover
Vodafone commits to not restricting distribution of TV broadcasters' content for OTT services
TVBEverywhere
Former RTL Deutschland boss predicts ‘Netflix will fail’
Helmut Thoma predicts a bright future for traditional TV
Data Centre
German millennials switch to streaming
New YouGov report looks at the rise of streamers in Germany
Content
Students design algorithm to predict Game of Thrones deaths
Series returns this weekend for its final season
Business
ProSiebenSat.1 dismisses takeover speculation
Deputy chief executive rules out takeover by Mediaset
Business
Alchimie, Lagardère Active announce distribution partnership
Brings Gulli to Belgium and Mezzo Live HD to Germany
Business
Riedel invests in visitor counting specialist EvoCount
Both companies will remain autonomous
Content
Discovery’s HGTV launches in Germany
Channel's first European launch since Discovery acquired Scripps
Business
ACCESS in-car media service first to be certified in Germany
ACCESS Twine for Car achieves certification as ‘privileged media platform’
Audio
Shure creates Western Europe sales region
Appoints Nik Gledic, Rob Smith and Tuomo Tolonen as sales leaders
Data Centre
SVoD Stackers on the rise across Europe
New research finds more than half of SVoD homes are SVoD Stackers
Business
Investment firm KKR acquires Germany’s Tele Munchen
New owners are looking to create a "leading independent audio-visual content platform”
Business
Lawo opens UK subsidiary, announces appointments
New team formed to deliver complex, solution-orientated projects
Business
SonoVTS resolves insolvency with new investor
The German company filed for insolvency in December
Business
German Football League to reassign media rights in Spring 2020
CEO Christian Seifert tells German newspaper Handelsblatt
Technology
Vodafone Deutschland in TV via 5G trial
Joining forces with WDR to test the transmission of TV and VoD content over 5G
TVBEverywhere
DAZN enables streaming multiple events on one screen
New 'MultiView' feature made available on fourth and fifth generation Apple TV devices
TVBEverywhere
TVU Networks partners with Germany’s TVN on next-gen live IP streaming
Broadcasters can deploy TVU One mobile solution