Tele Columbus & M7 Extend Pay-TV Pact

The German cable operator Tele Columbus Group and M7 Group have extended their longstanding pay-TV agreement.

As part of the renewed partnership, Tele Columbus Group and M7 consolidated the existing contracts with the Tele Columbus subsidiaries primacom and pepcom.

“By its technical platform services and a broad spectrum of target audience focussed pay-TV and international channel packages the cooperation with M7 enables the marketing of an attractive channel portfolio within the entire Tele Columbus distribution area,” said Frank Posnanski, the CFO of the Tele Columbus Group. “The extensive catalog of rights contributes to use the full functionality of our advanceTV platform that we launched in the beginning of this year and that provides an optimal TV experience for our customers.”

“We are pleased about the extension of our cooperation that is a significant driving force for pay-TV in the German cable market,” said Martijn van Hout, country manager for Germany and Austria at M7 Group. “Tele Columbus Group customers will profit of the growing diversity and quality of digital TV channel and services offer. At the same time, we strengthen our position as purchasing pool for attractive pay-TV channels for more than 140 network partners.”