Germany

KDG confirms Tele Columbus acquisition

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German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed the acquisition of Tele Columbus. Under the terms of a deal signed today, KDG will pay €603… Read more

Kabel Deutschland to acquire Tele Columbus

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Germany’s leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is to acquire Tele Columbus, according to a report in the Financial Times Deutschland. The paper reports that… Read more

Sky Deutschland reports value-add service growth

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Sky Deutschland has made significant inroads with its value-added services. The German pay TV operator has announced subscriber growth for its HD and DVR services,… Read more

Maxdome to launch on Sony devices, strong growth for Pro7Sat.1

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German video-on-demand service Maxdome is to launch on PlayStation games consoles before the end of the year, with the service also to offered via Sony… Read more

Telefónica Europe fails to match Lat-Am pay TV growth

Telefónica’s impressive pay TV growth continued in Latin America during the first quarter of 2012, with yearly increases also seen in Spain and the other… Read more

DT TV base up half a million in 12 months

Deutsche Telekom added half a million T-Entertain TV customers in the 12 months ending March 31. The telco ended the first quarter with a total… Read more

SES’s HD Plus reaches 2.6 million households.

SES’s German HD platform HD Plus reached more than 2.6 million households at the end of March, with over half a million homes paying the… Read more

Germany’s VideoWeb selects ALi for OTT boxes

German OTT provider VideoWeb has selected ALi Corporation’s M3911 Network Media Processor for its new set-top boxes. VideoWeb’s B12 set-tops feature a HTML 4/5/CD-HTML browser… Read more

RTL sees revenue rise thanks to German, French ad recovery

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Pan-regional European broadcaster RTL Group saw its first-quarter revenues rise as a result of strong advertising in Germany and France. This comes despite continued decline… Read more

Glitz launches on Kabel Deutschland

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has added Turner Broadcast’s female-oriented channel Glitz to its programming line-up. Glitz, which focuses on fashion, lifestyle and celebrity,… Read more