Tag: TV
Bertelsmann fails with mergers worth five billion euros
Thomas Rabe The boss of Bertelsmann and the RTL Group wants to promote large mergers of media companies – but has now failed four times in a row. (Photo: Bertelsmann)…
JP Morgan reportedly wants to invest in Italian soccer league
JPMorgan headquarters in New York In addition to JPMorgan, many fund companies are said to be interested in the Series A transfer licenses. (Photo: Bloomberg) Rome According to insiders, the…
Netflix increases user numbers thanks to “Harry & Meghan” – co-founder Reed Hastings announces resignation
New York, Dusseldorf First, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings made his living shipping DVDs. But the manager recognized the potential of streaming early on. In 2007, ten years after founding the…
Netflix increases user numbers thanks to “Harry & Meghan” – co-founder Reed Hastings announces resignation
new York Netflix reports a surprisingly strong increase in subscribers. The number of users rose by 7.6 million to 231 million in the fourth quarter, the US streaming service announced…
Netflix increases user numbers thanks to “Harry & Meghan” – co-founder Reed Hastings announces resignation
Reed Hastings The Netflix co-founder announces his retirement. (Photo: AP) The success of the documentary “Harry & Meghan” and the series “Wednesday” brought Netflix a surprisingly strong increase in customers.…
Prüfer’s column: leaf blowers against Christmas trees
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I read in “Welt am Sonntag” that right now would be a good time to buy a television.…
Carsten Coesfeld is responsible for the future of the media group
Coesfeld is not just any manager at Bertelsmann. He is a grandson of Reinhard Mohn, who died in 2009. Under the company patriarch, after the Second World War, Bertelsmann developed…
TV quota collapsed by 40 percent
ZDF commentator Claudia Neumann at the World Cup The preliminary round of the DFB selection pushed the German TV ratings. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Argentina’s victory over France in the final…
40 percent fewer viewers – TV quota collapses
Kylian Mbappe France’s top player was disappointed after the final defeat. The German TV stations also draw a mixed balance. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf Argentina’s victory over France in the…
Penguin boss Markus Dohle leaves the group after the US takeover collapsed
Markus Dohle The manager resigns from his board position at Bertelsmann. (Photo: Bertelsmann) Dusseldorf After the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House failed with the takeover of the New York publisher…
Latvia withdraws broadcasting licenses from exiled Russian journalists
Logo of the TV channel Doschd After the start of the war against Ukraine, the Russian broadcaster shifted its business abroad. (Photo: imago/Russian Look) Riga Latvia revoked the broadcasting license…
Germany’s most important media researcher says what’s wrong with ARD and ZDF
Munich Lutz Hachmeister, 63, is one of the most prominent media researchers in Germany. For decades, the former head of the Adolf Grimme Institute has been observing public broadcasting, occasionally…
Amazon Prime: The ten most popular films & series for the weekend | entertainment
Sunday is the first Advent. Amazon Prime subscribers obviously know this too and are already preparing for a more loving time. This week are at Amazon Prime mostly family-friendly films…
Scandals force public broadcasting to reform
WDR director Tom Buhrow In the turmoil of the reform debate. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images, ARD [M]) Munich Anyone who believed that the end of the series of explosive, scandalous…
Scandals force public broadcasting to reform
WDR director Tom Buhrow In the turmoil of the reform debate. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images, ARD [M]) Munich Anyone who believed that the end of the series of explosive, scandalous…
Penguin Random House will not take over Simon & Schuster
Dusseldorf In the book industry, a deal worth billions has finally collapsed: the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House will not take over the New York publisher Simon & Schuster. “Bertelsmann…
Penguin Random House will not take over Simon & Schuster
Dusseldorf In the book industry, a deal worth billions has finally collapsed: the Bertelsmann subsidiary Penguin Random House will not take over the New York publisher Simon & Schuster. “Bertelsmann…
He was Disney boss for 15 years, now Bob Iger is returning – and has to solve a problem worth billions
Bob Iger The ex-CEO wins the power struggle with his successor and returns to Disney. (Photo: AP) new York There is a surprising change of boss at entertainment giant Disney:…
Bob Iger is back at the helm
Bob Iger The ex-CEO wins the power struggle with his successor and returns to Disney. (Photo: AP) new York There is a surprising change of boss at entertainment giant Disney:…
Journalism & Politics – Media make brotherhood
Vienna Austria’s media have reported a lot in recent months about how the country’s politics are contaminated by “friendship” and corruption. But now even they, who are supposed to be…