// NEWS - 20. February, 2012

Ned Wiley resigns as Managing Director of Axel Springer Digital TV Guide.

Berlin - Ned Wiley, member of the Management Team of Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, has resigned his position as Managing Director at the end of 2011, in order to pursue new business activities. Effective January 1, 2012, Stephan Zech will serve as sole Managing Director of Axel Springer Digital TV Guide in addition to his responsibilities member of the Management Team for Program- and Women’s Magazines of Axel Springer AG.


// NEWS - 14. February, 2012

SetOne Hybrid Receiver „GENIUS HD“ with watchmi Personal TV

Interactive TV fun with personalized program guide Smart recording with watchmi TV assistant, twin tuner, etc.

Berlin - watchmi, Axel Springer Digital TV Guideʻs Personal TV service, has been fully integrated into the GENIUS HD hybrid receiver of SetOne GmbH, which is now available in retail. The satellite receiver sets new benchmarks with a vast array of high- class equipment components for a modern television entertainment experience. In addition to enabling reception of HD+, the receiver includes a useful recording function supported by a twin tuner system and brings a variety of online services to the television screen …

// NEWS - 28. November, 2011

E12 Summit 2011: Ned Wiley talks about digital business models

Berlin, November 28, 2011 - Ned Wiley, Managing Director of Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, was a keynote speaker at this year's E12 Summit, taking place in Karlsruhe on November 29/30, on the subject, "How business models become digital".

Highlight of his presentation was a case history of Axel Springer's successful transition to the digital world in the television program guide market. The E12 Summit is the most important e-business conference in Germany.

Renowned scientists and executives of leading German and international companies discuss current trends in digital communication and new business models. The cross-industry network unites management board members, CIOs, and e-business experts from a multitude of business sectors to exchange opinions on current developments and issues.


// NEWS - 19. October, 2011

watchmi & APRICO win BEST OF IBC2011-AWARD

APRICO Solutions, one of the companies behind watchmi whose recommendation engine APRICO enables watchmi to recognize which programmes a user likes and enables watchmi to give appropriate recommendations, has been awarded with the 'Best of IBC 2011 TVB Europe Editors' Award' in the category 'Transmission, delivery and presentation'.

The IBC is an annual tradeshow in Amsterdam and the world's largest fair for broadcast, media and technology. The editors of TVBEurope explored the 13 halls and more than 1.300 exhibitors at this year's IBC to pick a selection of the bet products as presented in the October issue of the magazine. We are happy and proud that Aprico and watchmi have been chosen. We'd like to thank everyone involved in making this happen!

// NEWS - 12. September, 2011 by Philip Hunter

IBC: Metadata takes centre stage, driving content discovery.

Metadata does not get the attention it deserves in conference sessions about the future of TV, but it was fully recognised on a mini panel at IBC 2011 on the NDS stand titled ‘The Changing Media Landscape’. "The biggest challenge we have is to come up with adequate metadata to deal with new content forms," declared Ned Wiley from Berlin-based Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, which serves the German content market. …

// NEWS - 09. September, 2011: Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Berlin

Metrological, APRICO Solutions and Axel Springer Digital TV Guide sign partnership agreement to enhance TV viewing experience.

Metrological Media Innovations, a member of the Intel® Consumer Electronics Network, has signed a partnership agreement with APRICO Solutions, a leading video content recommendation and targeting technology provider, and Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, a leading expert in the provisioning of innovative content discovery solutions; EPG’s; editorial guidance and targeted advertising, to integrate the watchmi personal TV service into Metrological’s Mediaconnect TV solution. …

// NEWS - 08.-13. September 2011: IBC 2011 Amsterdam

Berlin, 02.09.2011 - Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH, the provider of technology solutions for enhanced content navigation and insertion of targeted, personalized advertising through digital content on modern content consumption devices and platforms, and it's partner APRICO Solutions, a leading provider of video recommendation and targeting technology, will display a variety of new products and solutions at this year's IBC in Amsterdam.

Visit us at the booth of our partner APRICO in Hall 1, 1.A81a to discover and experience the following solutions …

// NEWS - 29. August 2011

eviado one with advanced recommendation technology from watchmi Hybrid receiver with pre-installed theme channels for TV and Web.

Rellingen/Berlin, 29.08.2011 – The hybrid receiver eviado one from max technologies now features pre-installed theme channels, as part of the acclaimed Personal TV system watchmi. The editorially-curated channels further refine the personalized television experience that has been realized with eviado one. …

// NEWS - 03.-05. May 2011

Video Roundtable: Fuelling the growth in Cable

Ned Wiley, Managing Director at Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, discussed the growing personalisation and individualization of media consumption and its influences on the cable sector during a panel at this year's ANGA Cable trade show in Cologne, Germany.

// NEWS - 03.-05. May 2011

ANGA Cable Show

DiscVision presents for the first time the eviado one DVB-C system that is based on the successful eviado one receiver platform.…

// NEWS - 03. March 2011

"The intelligent connected home: is it ready for the mass market?" − this was the headline of the "Connected Life" conference which took place on March 3rd at CeBIT in Hannover under the patronage of Rainer Brüderle, the German Federal Minister for Economy and Technology…

// NEWS - 08. February 2011

Axel Springer Digital TV Guide Joins NDS Recommendation Engine Partner Programme…

// NEWS - 09. September 2010

Axel Springer Digital TV Guide will be exhibiting at IBC 2010. Come and visit us at Hall 1, Booth 1.A81a, September 10.−14., 2010, RAI Amsterdam.

We will be demonstrating a range of new products and innovations with our partner APRICO Solutions…

// NEWS - 21. May 2010

„watchmi − Personal TV from TV DIGITAL“ expands its offering.

Online videos added, automatic integration of BILD.de „topic channels“, new opportunities for advertising customers…

// NEWS - 04. March 2010

watchmi, the Personal TV service from Axel Springer, has received the IT Innovation Award 2010 in the „On Demand“ category from the Initiative Mittelstand.

The judging panel cited the particularly strong innovative character of the watchmi personalization solution, in which consumers can define their own Personal TV channels, as a reason for awarding the prize. Ned Wiley, Managing Director of Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, accepted the prize at the awards ceremony in Hanover at the CeBIT show…

// NEWS - 11. September 2009

World preview at IBC Amsterdam, APRICO booth 2.C58

APRICO Solutions, Axel Springer and TVBLOB to provide world’s first over-the-top CE device that lets consumers build custom TV channels…

// NEWS - 11. September 2009

Eindhoven

UCD gets personal with APRICO and Axel Springer…

// NEWS - 10. September 2009

IBC, Amsterdam

APRICO Solutions and Axel Springer sign deal with eventIS to provide modular content recommendation and targeting solution to service providers.

eventIS to integrate APRICO software into its primary TV and VOD solution.

// NEWS - 26. May 2009

NDS and Axel Springer Digital TV Guide cooperate to promote Personal TV in Germany based on advanced DVR and EPG Technologies

(pressebox) Cologne, Germany − May 26, 2009 − ANGA Cable 2009, May 26−28, Cologne, 26.05.2009,

− NDS and Axel Springer Digital TV Guide to jointly support the German TV industry in delivering personalised and rich TV viewing experiences to consumers