Austria telecommunications operator, Magenta Telekom, has deployed Mavenir’s end-to-end Cloud-Native IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution to enable software-defined voice services for end-users of Magenta Telekom’s network. The network software provider’s fully Cloud-Native IMS solution will be used to provide Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) services to customers of Magenta Telekom, which will […]
RTL Group-owned Austrian cross-media advertising sales house IP Österreich is extending its partnership with Smartclip, RTL Group’s ad-tech development unit, to jointly advance digital cross-platform advertising for the Austrian market. IP Österreich recently migrated to smartclip’s full ad-tech stack to deliver its total video strategy, meaning the combination of digital video and addressable live linear […]
Media Distillery, a leading provider of AI-enabled video analysis solutions for the video entertainment industry, has announced that Austrian multiservice provider Magenta Telekom is deploying its EPG Correction Distillery technology to improve the user experience for its 500,000 video service customers. EPG Correction Distillery resolves a common problem facing super-aggregators and their subscribers – the […]
Austrian broadcast transmission provider ORS is to carry out tests of 5G-based live broadcast transmissions from the Danube Island Festival in Vienna this weekend. In a project funded by the Austrian Television Fund set up by regulator Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs (RTR), ORS is testing the suitability of 5G broadcast technology for large events in […]
Sports streamer DAZN is launching a new free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channel in Germany and Austria dedicated to women’s sports. The streaming provider says that DAZN Rise, which will launch on March 16, is the first independent channel for women’s sports in the two countries. The launch is timed to come just ahead of the final […]
A1 Telekom Austria Group’s chief financial officer, Siegfried Mayrhofer, will exit the company at the end of August 2023 after over two decades. According to Telekom Austria, Mayrhofer made the decision to leave in mid-2022 and informed the presidium of the supervisory board about it. He will leave when his management board contract expires. Mayrhofer joined the company in […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has unveiled a new alliance with football-focused media company OneFootball, which will see DAZN live football matches from elite leagues available as a pay-per-view offering to OneFootball users. The move is DAZN’s latest bid to unlock new routes to market for its premium content. Centred on Germany and Austria, the deal […]
Viaplay Group and Canal+ have agreed a partnership to make hundreds of hours of content from branded block Viaplay Select exclusively available on Canal+ in Austria. All told, Canal+ subscribers in Austria will have access to 300 hours of Viaplay series, films and documentaries, together with third-party content from the Nordic region. The deal means […]
Sports channel Sport1 has acquired an exclusive rights package for the next two seasons to the new XFL US Football League starting in February. The XFL 2023 season will begin after the NFL Super Bowl, and Sport1 will present the XFL from February 18 live and in highlights on free-TV and extensively on pay TV […]
Global streaming service Paramount+ is launching today in the DACH market (Germany, Switzerland, and Austria) with thousands of hours of content. The launch follows last week’s arrival in France and means the service is now live in 45 markets. Parent group Paramount held an event in Berlin last night to showcase the content coming at […]
