Multithek Wins German IPTV Award

Award in the category of ‘Most innovative technology’ Bonn / Munich, 13.12.2013 at this year’s German IPTV award she received the award in the category of most innovative technology multithek from MEDIA BROADCAST yesterday evening in Hamburg and successfully asserted itself against competitors like MyVideo and Save.tv. The most innovative and creative formats in the categories of best business model, innovative formats, cutting-edge technology and belgisches use concept be awarded the award annually. The most important German Internet TV prize aims to explore creative potentials and promote. Hans Rummert and Steffen Brauer, both expert sales manager at MEDIA BROADCAST, attended Thursday the prize for the multithek. We are pleased about the award, which shows once more how much of the innovation is in the multithek “, as Hans Rummert.

Alexander Schulz-Heyn, Chairman of German IPTV Association: with the multithek, a highlight is successful MEDIA BROADCAST. On the basis of the open Standards-HbbTV is the multithek to the device-independent portal for interesting TV apps. MEDIA BROADCAST ventures the step and offers multithek not only in his own DVB-T network in, but also the high-reach DVB-S Network of Astra. “So that is multithek to the central point of contact for all developers, their smart TV applications transmitter independently distribute would.” The multithek combines television and Internet services and provides a variety of new TV free of charge via satellite and DVB-T. multithek users have easy and direct access to stations, libraries and additional services. Free facilities include, for example, the libraries of ARD and ZDF, more television channels like Bloomberg TV, JuweloTV and 1-2-3.tv or the music television Putpat. Brand new in the portfolio, the online library is itsmy Kymba which offers commercial-free children’s television with educational standards, as well as the games portal.TV.

Whether adventure games, quiz games, or eKlassiker like Solitaire – the selection of games for the commercial break is large and suitable for the whole family. A HbbTV-enabled end device, as well as an at least 2MBit/s high speed Internet access are required for the use of the multithek. There is more information about the offer under note for image editors: Press picture: the winner of this year’s DIPTV Award with host Andreas Turck from left to right: Hans Rummert (expert Sales Manager, MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH), Jurek Rohrberg and Axel Mohring (founder and Managing Director Elbkick.TV), Andreas Turck (presenter and shareholder pilot entertainment), Carsten Riemann (Executive pilot entertainment) and Alexander Schulz-Heyn (Chairman German IPTV Association). MEDIA BROADCAST is Europe’s largest full service provider of broadcast and media industry. In the core business designed, built and operates the company nationally and worldwide multimedia transmission platforms for radio and television, based on modern transmitter, cable, and satellite networks. As a TDF group company, MEDIA BROADCAST serves about 750 national and international customers: Public and private broadcaster, TV and radio production company, international broadcaster and network operators, media institutions and the cinema industry. The portfolio includes almost all services of the process chain in broadcasting, from the production, content management up to the release. Information to MEDIA BROADCAST under, the TDF group under. PRESS contact multithek: dot.communications Philip Lobbecke Tel.: 089 / 530 797 105 email: