German public broadcaster ZDF has extended its long-standing relationship with Avid by migrating its existing asset management systems onto Avid’s MediaCentral | Cloud UX software platform. The transition provides the broadcaster with a complete tool set to manage news and programme workflows and provides the possibility to expand all the way from ingest through to […]
LTN, a specialist in transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has announced the successful delivery of live and pre-recorded coverage to fan zones across 10 locations in Germany for the 2024 European Football Championship. LTN’s innovative playout solution, LTN Lift, plays a critical role in ensuring fans can experience all the action throughout the […]
The European Commission wants to build a new satellite constellation called IRIS2. A consortium (SpaceRise) has submitted its best and final bid to secure the contract to build the highly-secure system which will be targeted at military, governmental and potentially consumer users. However, Germany has not been keen on the proposal and has issued very […]
wedotv, the AVoD and FAST channel network, has agreed a deal with Germany’s DF1 to carry coverage of the SailGP events from its FAST channel wedotv sports. In exchange, wedotv sports will cover the MotoGP from DF1 as part of its overall content portfolio on wedotv sports. In addition, wedotv sports has acquired rights Asian Tour of Golf and the 52 Super Series for its FAST channel […]
RTL Deutschland’s and n-tv’s coverage of the Euro 2024 opening match in Munich between Germany and Scotland was enriched with live broadcasts by reporters via Deutsche Telekom’s 5G network. The match at the European Championship on June 14th offered a whole range of possibilities for the use of innovative network solutions, enabling various live broadcasts. […]
Nielsen has released a study on media consumption in Germany. The report looks at the current trends in usage habits across video, TV and audio, as well as social media platforms, trust in advertising and trust in news reporting.The report reveals a significant shift in German viewing habits with the use of streaming services being […]
More than 10 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of Euro 2024 opening match between Germany and Scotland on June 14th – the highest peak audience of any opening to a major football tournament in a decade. On ITV1 and ITVX the match peaked with 10.4 million, with an average of 9.1 million watching the match […]
O2 Telefónica in Germany and Nokia have announced the deployment of 5G standalone core software on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The rollout provides O2 Telefónica with ultra-low latency to deliver advanced 5G services, like extended reality and network slicing, which require instant availability and greater bandwidth capacity. Nokia’s secure and cloud-native 5G core architecture, including […]
Roku and ARTE.tv, the European streaming platform, have announced the launch of ARTE’s app on Roku’s TV streaming platform in the UK, Germany and France. “At Roku, we want to offer our customers a wide variety of entertainment across genres and formats, in all the languages they speak,” said Bernhard Gloeggler, Director of Content Distribution […]
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reported what it has described as “a very good start to the year”, and achieved profitable growth in many areas of the portfolio in Q1. This is the result of an analysis of preliminary figures. The Group increased its revenues in the first quarter by 6 per cent to €867 million […]