Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

Germany's 1&1 launches IPTV service
Jan 29, 2015 – German ISP 1&1 has begun to re-sell Deutsche Telekom's Entertain IPTV service to its VDSL broadband customers. The service 'Digital TV - provided by Telekom' has been available since January 20th, 2015.
News categories: 1&1, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Kabel Deutschland to create next generation video service with Cisco
Jan 5, 2015 – Kabel Deutschland (KD) has announced a partnership with Cisco to create its next generation video service. The service converges TV content, including broadcast, on-demand, catch-up, and time-shift TV with Internet video of all types, to create a video-hub for the home.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, CES2025, Content Distribution, Germany, IFABerlin

Germany's primacom selects Conax revenue security for cable TV
Dec 9, 2014 – Conax (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it is providing primacom with content revenue protection for its cable and pay-TV network. primacom has deployed Conax' Contego unified security back-end to deliver service protection for its operations across Germany.
News categories: Conax, primacom, Thomas Blichfeldt, Ludwig Modra, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany

Digital TV Research Newsletter - December 2014
Dec 5, 2014 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the December 2014 edition of Digital TV Research's free monthly newsletter is now available for download.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Smart TV, Streaming, USA, Worldwide

Netflix heading for 17 million international subscribers
Dec 2, 2014 – Netflix is expected to achieve 17 million paying subscribers to its international operations by the end of 2014, following its announcement of 14.4 million international subs in September. Launches in six European countries during September will help to boost the total.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latin America, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, Worldwide

Sky Deutschland releases app for Samsung Smart TVs
Nov 28, 2014 – Sky Deutschland has announced that an app for its streaming TV plus video-on-demand service, Sky Online, is now available for Samsung Smart TVs. Sky Online was launched at the end of October 2014.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Samsung, Apps, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Smart TV, Streaming

European OTT market to experience rapid growth by 2017
Nov 25, 2014 – Vindicia and Ooyala have announced the results of a qualitative pan-European study that looks at the current premium service OTT market and its projected growth in the UK, Dutch and German regions by 2017.
News categories: Ooyala, Vindicia, MTM, Jay Fulcher, Gene Hoffman, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Streaming, UK

Pay TV service adoption higher in the U.K. and Germany than in Spain
Nov 19, 2014 – Parks Associates has announced research showing pay-TV adoption in Germany and the U.K. has reached 86% and 78% of broadband households, respectively. Spanish adoption is much lower, with 47% of broadband households receiving only local broadcast channels.
News categories: Parks Associates, Brett Sappington, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Spain, UK

Sky completes Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland deals
Nov 13, 2014 – Sky has created Europe’s leading entertainment company after completing the acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland. The enlarged group will serve 20 million customers across five countries: Italy, Germany, Austria, the UK and Ireland.
News categories: BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, MandA, Satellite, UK