pps offers „Catch Up TV“ program data service for the first time in Germany

Cologne/Berlin, ANGA Cable – Presse-Programm-Service GmbH (pps) based in Berlin, Germany, is the leading producer and provider of TV program information in the German-speaking areas. From June 1, 2009 pps will be the first program agency in Germany to offer data and content information covering Germany’s Catch Up TV services of the major TV channels as a structured program guide. For the start this service will include the “media libraries” of ARD, ZDF, arte and Phoenix as well as the online video on demand services of the private channels RTL, ProSieben and Sat.1, featuring content such as magazines, serials, documentaries or news broadcasts. The program service of pps will be extended later this year to embrace more online content of German TV channels.

Beside program information on the individual content, pps also delivers a direct link to all streaming videos as well as key data such as duration of the broadcast, period of availability and genre categorization. All data will be updated and completed by the pps editorial teams on a daily basis, with information provided as XML files in German or English language to ease further utilization. Thanks to this new service from pps providers of Internet offerings have for the first time the opportunity to fill the gap between linear TV and Catch Up TV. Catch Up TV enables viewers to stream and watch TV content online that have already been broadcast on the classical, linear television. This can be full broadcasts or also individual parts of a TV show.

Nicole Ludwig, product manager for electronic media at pps, commented: „In the future mostly the companies, addressing young target groups with online and entertainment content will benefit from this service. Today younger generations are already spending more time on the Internet than watching TV.” Nicole Ludwig emphasizes: “It is only a matter of time until the increasing offer for Catch Up TV for these target groups becomes more significant than linear television.”

Service: For further information, prices and test data for the new Catch Up TV service of pps or for further services for companies related to electronic media, please contact Nicole Ludwig : Tel. +49 30 254 222 7780 or nicole.ludwig@pps.de. For an interview with pps during ANGA Cable on Wednesday 27 May, please contact Susbauer PR.

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Susbauer PR
Stefan Susbauer / Ansgar Gerber
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Presse-Programm-Service GmbH (pps)
Nicole Ludwig
Product Manager Electronic Media
Tel. 030 / 254222-7780
nicole.ludwig@pps.de