Digital TV News: RTL Deutschland

Ad Alliance all set for programmatic linear TV
Dec 10, 2024 – Virtual Minds' Media Manager has been integrated into RTL Deutschland's TV playout system, creating the infrastructure for Ad Alliance to make RTL's linear TV reach programmatically accessible.
News categories: Ad Alliance, Virtual Minds, RTL Deutschland, Frank Vogel, Tom Peruzzi, Advertising, Digital TV, Germany

smartclip and Virtual Minds complete server technology integration
Nov 27, 2024 – Virtual Minds’ data management platform has been integrated with smartclip's ad server, enabling broadcasters to leverage data for the integrated delivery of campaigns across all video channels.
News categories: Virtual Minds, smartclip, Tom Peruzzi, Thomas Servatius, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Europe

VAUNET expects audio and AV revenue in Germany to hit €16bn in 2024
Oct 23, 2024 – According to VAUNET, revenue from audio and audio-visual media in Germany in 2024 will rise by 4.3% to €16.0bn (2023: €15.3bn), primarily driven by the audio and video streaming segments.
News categories: VAUNET, Frank Giersberg, Claus Grewenig, Advertising, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Streaming, TV Services

Pay TV and Paid-VOD revenues in Germany rose to €5.4bn in 2023
Oct 16, 2024 – Revenues from pay TV and paid VOD in Germany grew by 8.8% to €5.4 billion in 2023. VAUNET expects additional growth of around 5% for 2024, bringing total revenues to €5.6 billion.
News categories: VAUNET, Frank Giersberg, Tim Werner, Elke Walthelm, Nicole Agudo Berbel, Henning Nieslony, Michael Keidel, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers, Switzerland, TV Services

RTL Deutschland expands FAST Channel offer with Harmonic and netorium
Aug 15, 2024 – RTL Deutschland has added eight new FAST channels to its video streaming service, RTL+. The FAST channels are powered by Harmonic's VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all stages of media processing.
News categories: Harmonic, RTL Deutschland, netorium, Gil Rudge, Andre Prahl, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, IBCShow, Streaming

SES extends satellite distribution deal with RTL Deutschland
Jul 16, 2024 – SES and RTL Deutschland have extended their partnership to deliver TV channels to audiences in Germany and Austria. RTL Deutschland’s TV offering will also continue to be available on SES's HD+.
News categories: SES S.A, RTL Deutschland, Norbert Hölzle, Andre Prahl, Austria, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

MagentaTV strengthens addressable TV business with Equativ
Apr 23, 2024 – Deutsche Telekom has unveiled that it will use Equativ's ad serving and server-side ad insertion technology to advance programmatic, ad server-based TV advertising in Germany.
News categories: Equativ, Deutsche Telekom, Arnaud Créput, Dr. Jörg Richartz, Jean-Baptiste Salvin, Alexander Helmke, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Verance shows HbbTV ADB2 watermarking at DVB World 2024
Mar 19, 2024 – At the 2024 DVB World Conference, Verance is showing a demonstration of its watermarking technology integrated into the HbbTV ADB2 application discovery ecosystem.
News categories: Verance, HbbTV Association, Nil Shah, Vincent Grivet, Advertising, Apps, Broadcast, Content Identification, Digital TV, Germany, HbbTV, Smart TV, Worldwide

Addressable TV Initiative certifies HbbTV-TA at TP Vision and Vestel
Mar 18, 2024 – The addressable TV Initiative (ATVI) has concluded partnership agreements with TP Vision and Vestel. The agreements include the certification of TV platforms according to the HbbTV-TA specification.
News categories: Addressable TV Initiative, TP Vision, Vestel, Seraphic, Nicole AGUDO BERBEL, Andre PRAHL, Elie BONTE, Antic OGUT, Xinwen XUE, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, HbbTV, Smart TV