RTL Group S.A. is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France and other European countries. It also offers national streaming platforms, content productions and a range of digital services. Important segments of RTL Group are RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6 and Fremantle.
Viva was a German free-to-air music television channel, first broadcast on December 1, 1993. The channel was intended to compete against MTV Europe and was the sole German-language music TV channel after the closure of musicbox in 1988, while MTV was only broadcast in English until the introduction of MTV Germany in 1997. It was also supposed to focus more on German music and pop culture while MTV only broadcast anglophone music by artists primarily from North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia.
ProSiebenSat1 Welt is a German-language television channel developed for North American audiences.
Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first regular television service in the world, named Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow.
Comedy Central is a German free-to-air channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. It is distributed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and broadcasts many American and British imported television series as well as original programming. It launched on 15 January 2007 replacing former music channel VIVA Plus. Prior to its launch, Viacom had Nick Comedy, it is a licensed version of the U.S. channel of the same name, which was a timeshared channel with Nickelodeon Germany, airing from 9:15pm to 6:00am.
Thomas Hermanns is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show Quatsch Comedy Club.
Cartoon Network was a German pay television channel which primarily broadcasts cartoons. It is based in Munich and is available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Sky Krimi is a German television channel dedicated to crime series. It mostly features original German language productions.
Sky Cinema is a German set of movie channels owned by Sky Deutschland.
Sky Comedy is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky, a division of Comcast. It launched on 27 January 2020, replacing Universal TV. It is the first dedicated full-time comedy station in Sky's channel portfolio since the closure of The Comedy Channel in 1992.
HD+ is a premium high-definition (HD) satellite and streamed TV service for German users, owned by HD PLUS GmbH, a subsidiary of SES based in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany.
Nicktoons is a German pay television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA.
WarnerTV Comedy is a German pay television channel, originally launched on 8 May 2012 as glitz*. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International.
Binny and the Ghost is a German crime-mystery television series for children and teenagers, which was produced by UFA Fiction for the Walt Disney Company (Germany). The series was created by producer Steffi Ackermann and author Vivien Hoppe. The first episode of the series premiered in Germany on 23 March 2013 on Disney Channel. The series finale aired on Disney Channel in Germany on 15 May 2016. The plot of the series was concluded in the last episode.
Universal TV is a German pay-tv-channel, operated by Sky Deutschland and headquartered in Munich. The station was announced on 22 May 2013 and launched on 5 September 2013.
13th Street is a German pay television channel owned operated by Sky Deutschland. The channel is devoted to the genres thriller & crime and shows series, feature films as well as short films.
Sky Atlantic is a German-and English-language pay-TV station specializing in the broadcasting of HBO productions and therefore has the slogan The Home of HBO.
Sky Switzerland is a Swiss media company based in Neuchâtel, which supplies over-the-top pay television and video on demand accessible through the Internet in Switzerland.
AXN White is a German pay cable and satellite channel owned by High View Group, based in Munich. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
AXN Black is a German language pay-TV channel from High View Group that mainly offers feature films and series, as well as reality formats and lifestyle broadcasts. The German version of the international AXN was launched on 1 November 2004 and was known simply as "AXN" until October 2019 and later rebranded as Sony AXN until August 2023. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
