ARD and ZDF want to put the code for their streaming media libraries on a common basis. Parts of it are also to be made freely available. Competitors should also be able to use the Streaming OS code ...

BERLIN — Germany has one of the biggest free TV markets in the world, but despite some 30 commercial rivals and plenty of U.S. fare on air, it’s pubcasters ARD and ZDF that lead in the ratings, year ...

Germany’s pubcasters ARD and ZDF have rolled out their combined streaming service, which allows users to watch shows from both on one service. The new streamer provides access to shows with common ...

ProSiebenSat.1 had integrated the media libraries of ARD and ZDF into Joyn against the wishes of the public broadcasters. The media libraries of ARD and ZDF are no longer available on Joyn. Direct ...

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have taken legal action against ProSiebenSat.1 in a dispute over the embedding of their media libraries into the commercial broadcaster’s streaming service Joyn.

History repeated itself in several ways at this year's German TV Awards, held Saturday night in Cologne. Public broadcasters ZDF and ARD once again swept the honors, taking 16 of 21 trophies, and all ...

The structure of the Baden-Baden based company mirrors the de-centralised organisation of German federal public broadcasting. Its shareholders are the State broadcasting corporations ARD and ZDF. The ...