Germany's competitive IPTV landscape

Duetsche Telekom (DT) subsidiary T-Online Vision bought non-exclusive xDSL forwarding rights for five stations' programs in ProSiebenSat.1 Media after Telefonica purchased IPTV rights from ARD, ZDF, RTL Group and ProSiebenSat.1 Media at the beginning of February. In addition, ProSiebenSat.1 will also provide T-Online Vision with 200 hours of programs for its VoD service.

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