ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion Sets Up European Playout Center in Munich
Munich, June 17, 2008. ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion, the ProSiebenSat.1 Groups technical service provider, has just begun setting up a digital playout center in Munich. The center will start operations at the Unterföhring site in the first quarter of 2009. Within the medium term, the Group will then be able to broadcast all its TV channels throughout Europe from two centralized playout centers in Munich and London (Chiswick).
By developing a leading European digital platform and investing several million euros, ProSiebenSat.1 Group implements one of its three strategic objectives. The aim is to achieve entirely tapeless operation, initially in the broadcasting process alone, but at all TV stations as well within the medium term. The new infrastructure ensures the Groups technological competitiveness by enabling it to exploit all content early, in parallel, on all media. Efficient media management with standardized processes will reduce dependence on manual procedures.
In April of this year, ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion and IBM signed a ten-year IT outsourcing agreement that provides the basis for updating the media groups technical infrastructure.
About ProSiebenSat.1
With 26 free TV stations, 24 pay TV channels and 22 radio networks in 13 European countries, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group is one of the largest and most successful pan-European media corporations. Free TV, financed by advertising, is the Groups core business. Its station brands Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins and N24 make it the largest commercial free TV corporation in Germany. In the Netherlands the Group owns TV stations Veronica, Net 5 and SBS 6, in Belgium VT 4 and Vijf TV, in Sweden Kanal 5 and Kanal 9, in Norway TVNorge and FEM, in Denmark Kanal 4, Kanal 5 and SBS Net, in Hungary TV2, in Romania Prima TV and Kiss TV, in Austria Puls 4. Additionally, with 9Live, the Group owns the leading provider of call TV. maxdome, Germanys largest video-on-demand platform, and interests in innovative Internet services like MyVideo and lokalisten are among the activities with which the Group has increasingly been diversifying its sources of revenue. ProSiebenSat.1 Group has some 6,000 employees across Europe. The Company, which is listed in the MDAX, is headquartered in Munich.