Aug 22 2016
Sky Deutschland will launch two Ultra-HD sports channels on SES Astra’s 19.2 degrees East position shortly. While the precise date has not been unveiled, Sky Deutschland will show one game per each Bundesliga match day on Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and selected games from the UEFA Champions League on Sky Sport UHD. “Sky customers will be […]
Aug 22 2016
Sky Deutschland will launch two Ultra-HD sports channels on SES Astra’s 19.2 degrees East position shortly. While the precise date has not been unveiled, Sky Deutschland will show one game per each Bundesliga match day on Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and selected games from the UEFA Champions League on Sky Sport UHD. “Sky customers will be […]
Aug 19 2016
Sky Deutschland is to launch a new 4K Ultra HD set-top and channels in the autumn. The Sky+ Pro box will be rolled out along with the launch of two exclusive UHD TV channels – Sky Sport Bunedesliga UHD and Sky Sport UHD. The Bundesliga channel will provide highlights of German top-tier football in UHD, […]
Aug 11 2016
Sports rights group Perform has launched its DAZN live streaming service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. DAZN is described by Perform as the world’s first dedicated live sports streaming service, providing fans with unlimited access to watch live and on-demand sport on multiple devices. The service is available for €9.99 a month with no long-term […]
Jul 28 2016
Sky is due to launch a new set-top box with Ultra HD capabilities in Germany, Austria and Italy this autumn, the company has confirmed. The new box, which was already in development prior to the UK release of Sky Q earlier this year, will be an upgrade on the current generation of Sky+ box and […]
Jul 21 2016
Pay TV and paid video-on-demand revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries is forecast to pass the €3 billion threshold this year, according to German commercial broadcasters’ association the VPRT. According to the organisation, pay TV and paid VoD revenues grew by 12% in Germany last year to reach €2.5 billion, while revenues across Germany, Austria and […]
Jul 13 2016
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has said it will make its Sky Sports News HD channel freely available to viewers from December. Sky Sports News HD launched in December 2011 as the first 24-hour sports news channel in Germany and Austria. Under the change, it will become freely available across all platforms in the two […]
May 5 2016
The DTVP’s Ultra HD Working Group and the DTG’s UK UHD Forum will hold the second joint Plugfest on 12th – 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in Vauxhall, London. This follows the success of the first joint UHD Plugfest which took place in Berlin last December. The second joint UHD Plugfest will focus on […]
Jan 25 2016
German media company ProSiebenSat.1 will transmit its TV channels on the upcoming DVB-T2/HEVC platform in Full HD mode (1080p50). After public broadcaster ZDF and media group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, ProSiebenSat.1 is the third large company opting for Full HD. ARD is currently evaluating its options. With 1920×1080 pixels and 50 frames per second, Full HD […]
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Aug 31 2016
ZDF selects Eutelsat for Ultra HD
Eutelsat will show the first documentary German public broadcaster ZDF has produced in Ultra HD exclusively via satellite. The distribution will be at the occasion of upcoming fairs IFA and IBC from September 2, 2016 on Eutelsat’s unencrypted showcase channel Hot Bird 4k1 on Hot Bird (13° East) on the frequency 10.727 GHz H (SR […]
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By Expat • Germany, UK Media News • Tags: Eutelsat, Hot Bird 4k1, IBC, IFA, Terra X: Mythos Wolfskind – Mogli und die wilden Kinder, Ultra HD, ZDF