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38-471: The Free European Song Contest is an international song competition, organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Brainpool TV , with participants representing primarily European countries. The contest is similar in format to the long-running Eurovision Song Contest : each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television, then casts votes for

76-856: A joint-stock company called ProSieben Television AG (after 1996 ProSieben Media AG, since 2000 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG). Thomas Kirch remained the main shareholder and the Rewe Group was a co-shareholder with 41.6 percent. The chairman was Georg Kofler. In 1996, ProSieben was granted a nationwide broadcast license and launched its Internet site. That same year, ProSieben bought AT & TV Merchandising Concepts GmbH and Merchandising München KG. Sales rose to DM 1.69 billion. Wholly owned subsidiaries of Pro Sieben Media AG in 1998 (incomplete list): Advertising slots were added for Switzerland in 1997 and Austria in 1998. ProSieben Austria also had its own news broadcast (ProSieben Austria News, formerly ProSieben Austria TopNews). Together with RTL , ProSieben operated

114-493: A 50-50% joint venture named BuyIn for regrouping their procurement operations and benefiting from economies of scale . In April 2013, T-Mobile US and MetroPCS merged their operations in the United States . In February 2014, Deutsche Telekom acquired the remaining parts of its T-Mobile Czech Republic division for around €800 million. The size of the remaining stake was numbered at 40 percent. In December 2014, it

152-531: A combined slot in Switzerland, which was cancelled after seven months in the spring of 2000. In Austria, there is a program slot on ProSieben Austria, Sat.1 Österreich and kabel eins Austria, which has been continuously expanded. In cooperation with the Austrian station Puls 4 , the three-hour morning show Café Puls has been broadcast on all three stations since 2004. On 7 July 1997, ProSieben went public,

190-468: Is on the marketing of complex services and industry solutions. Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier is formerly known as Deutsche Telekom International Sales and Solutions. It is an international wholesale arm of Deutsche Telekom. The products include Voice Termination, Ethernet, IP-Transit, Mobile and Roaming as well as In-flight Internet Access for the aviation industry. It operates a Tier-1 network . Together with Inmarsat and Nokia, Deutsche Telekom develops

228-465: Is since held by public shareholders. In September 2021, Deutsche Telekom sold T-Mobile Netherlands for €5.1 billion to the investment companies Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus . In September 2022, Deutsche Telekom is expanding its activities in the field of blockchain technology. DT’s subsidiary, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions provides the Ethereum Network with infrastructure in

266-580: Is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. It was formed in 1995 when Deutsche Bundespost , a state monopoly at the time, was privatized. Since then, Deutsche Telekom has consistently featured among Fortune Magazine 's top Global 500 companies by revenue, with its ranking as of 2023 at number 79. In 2023, the company was ranked 41st in the Forbes Global 2000 . The company operates several subsidiaries worldwide, including

304-591: Is the managing director of ProSieben. After 2003, the ProSiebenSat.1 Media belonged to a group of investors surrounding Haim Saban . In 2005, Axel Springer SE wanted to take over ProSieben for about €2.2 billion, which would have created the third-largest media group in Europe. This purchase, however, at the end of 2005 / beginning of 2006 was not authorized by the Federal Cartel Office and

342-645: The DFS Kopernikus satellite in July 1989. Broadcasting hours were gradually increased to 17 hours a day. ProSieben was also awarded the first terrestrial frequency in Munich for a private broadcaster. Starting on 8 December 1989, the station was broadcast via Astra 1A satellite. On 1 March 1990, the television station moved from Munich-Schwabing to Unterföhring near Munich. At that time, ProSieben had 120 employees. ProSieben has broadcast its programs around

380-564: The SBS Broadcasting Group , for €3.3 billion and financed the acquisition largely through loans. The average age of the viewers is 37.4 years (as of 2016). Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG ( German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈteːləkɔm ʔaːˌɡeː] ; often just Telekom , DTAG or DT ; stylised as ·T· ) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and

418-541: The Commission on Concentration in the Media. On 31 January 2006, Springer finally announced the failure of the takeover. Saban stuck to the intention to sell the channel. On 14 December 2006, the investment companies KKR and Permira took over a majority shares (50.5%) of the stock capital of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and became new majority shareholder. In 2007, through the initiative of KKR and Permira, ProSieben bought

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456-693: The Hellenic telecommunication operator OTE , which also have shares in several other companies like Telekom Romania and the IT&;C retailer Germanos. Deutsche Telekom also operates a wholesale division named International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS) that provides white label voice and data wholesale support services to large carriers. OTE also used to have shares in One Telecommunications operating in Albania. Prior to its sale it

494-703: The ProSieben subsidiary SevenSenses was established, to which in June 2004 merged with the SZM Studios to create the ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion GmbH. On 13 October 2000, 12 years after the founding of ProSieben, the first shares from ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG were traded at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange . In the following month, the merger of the marketing companies occurred between Media Group Munich (ProSieben) and MEDIA 1, creating SevenOne Media. With

532-516: The channel are: ProSieben (for Germany), ProSieben Austria (for Austria), and ProSieben Schweiz (for Switzerland and Liechtenstein). The main difference is that they have different advertisements and news for each target country. The channel uses an English slogan: "We love to entertain you." ProSieben broadcasts from the Astra 1L and 3A satellites and is uplinked by MX1 (now part of SES Video ). On 13 October 1988, ProSieben Television GmbH

570-538: The channel helped attract new customers to for Telekom's cable television network. In 1995, ProSieben bought the channel outright and renamed it Kabel 1 , and began broadcasting it on the SES Astra satellite. In July 1992 MGM Media Gruppe München ( ProSiebenSat.1 Media today) was established. It was responsible for selling advertising on ProSieben channels. On 24 September 1993, SZM Studios (broadcasting center in Munich, since June 2004: ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion GmbH)

608-461: The clock since 1 October 1990. In 1991, ProSieben created a subsidiary called Teledirekt GmbH to promote the spread of satellite technology in Germany. In 1992, although ProSieben was still losing money, it co-founded a special-interest channel, Der Kabelkanal , with German Bundespost TELEKOM . ProSieben held a 45% share. Since initially the channel could only be received via cable connection ,

646-624: The first German telecom units. On 6 December 2001, Deutsche Telekom became the first official partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup . On 1 January 2005, Deutsche Telekom implemented a new company structure. The two organizational business units of T-Com and T-Online were merged into the Broadband/Fixed Network (BBFN) strategic business unit (T-Online merged with parent Deutsche Telekom in 2006). It provides around 40 million narrowband lines, over 9 million broadband lines, and has 14 million registered Internet customers. In 2008,

684-448: The form of validation nodes . In December 2023, Deutsche Telekom and Nokia with Fujitsu began deploying a multivendor Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN). The network is fully integrated into Deutsche Telekom's existing commercial network, including 5G AirScale compatible with Open RAN. For the fiscal year 2017, Deutsche Telekom reported earnings of €3.5 billion, with an annual revenue of €74.9 billion, an increase of 2.5% over

722-510: The majority shares of Sat.1 and ProSieben-Gruppe. On 1 February 2000, the Swiss business lawyer Urs Rohner was appointed CEO of ProSieben; Georg Kofler, who was the CEO of ProSieben since its inception, resigned from the company. Urs Rohner had no experience in the television business. He was appointed at the request of Leo Kirch to legally secure the fusion between Sat.1 and ProSieben. In March 2000,

760-629: The merger came the founding of the ProSieben Television GmbH, which operates the ProSieben television station. Managing director of ProSieben was Nicolas Paalzow in 2000. He was succeeded in May 2004 by Dejan Jocic, who was then replaced in December 2005 by Andreas Bartl - who was previously CEO of kabel eins . In May 2008, Thilo Proff became chief of the station, followed by Jürgen Hörner (April 2011). Since August 2012, Wolfgang Link

798-525: The mobile communications brand T-Mobile . It is the world's fifth-largest telecommunications company and biggest in Europe by revenue. As of April 2020 , the German government held a direct 14.5% stake in company stock and another 17.4% through the government bank KfW . On 4th June 2024, the German government reduced its total shareholding to 27.8%. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index . The Deutsche Bundespost

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836-557: The other countries' songs to determine the winner. The overall winner of the contest is the entry that has received the most points after the scores from every country have been collected and totalled. As the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 could not take place due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Europe, German TV station ProSieben and German entertainer Stefan Raab decided to organise Free European Song Contest as an alternative. After

874-843: The previous fiscal cycle. Deutsche Telekom's shares traded at over €14 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at US$ 68.4 billion in November 2018. The key trends for Deutsche Telekom are (as at the financial year ending December 31): Deutsche Telekom also holds substantial shares in other telecom companies, including Central European subsidiaries Slovak Telekom ( Slovakia ), Magyar Telekom ( Hungary ). Furthermore, Magyar Telekom holds majority shares in Makedonski Telekom ( North Macedonia ), and Hrvatski Telekom ( Croatia ) holds majority shares in Crnogorski Telekom ( Montenegro ). DT also holds shares in

912-473: The shares were oversubscribed 50-fold. This way a nonvoting preference was used to divide up the shares. A year later, the company was added to MDAX . Berlin brought the inauguration of the DM 12 million ProSieben building in 1998. Kirch Media AG held 58.4% of ProSieben Media AG in 1998. A news channel , N24 was started in 1999, it went on the air in early 2000. ProSieben wanted to compete with n-tv , which

950-655: The structure was changed again. T-Online was separated from Deutsche Telekom and merged with T-Com to form the new unit T-Home. In September 2010, Orange parent France Télécom and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom merged their operations in the United Kingdom to create the largest mobile network in Britain, EE . In April 2010, T-Mobile was merged with T-Home to form Telekom Deutschland GmbH . This unit now handles all products and services aimed at private customers. In October 2012, Deutsche Telekom and Orange created

988-436: The success of the first edition, ProSieben has decided to plan the event also for 2021. The first contest was held in the city of Cologne , Germany , on 16 May 2020. Sixteen countries participated: each participating country submitted an entry. The contest was won by Nico Santos , representing Spain , with the song "Like I Love You". A third edition was announced for 2022 during the show. However, on 25 June 2022, it

1026-400: The telecom industry. Amid concerns over Chinese involvement in 5G wireless networks in Europe, Deutsche Telekom temporarily put all deals to buy 5G network equipment on hold in 2019, as it awaited the resolution of a debate in Germany over whether to ban Chinese vendor Huawei on security grounds. In February 2020, Deutsche Telekom joined a new partnership called HAPS Alliance to promote

1064-500: The top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest. ProSieben It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company. Although ProSieben produces some of its programming itself, it also airs many American imports. On 3 May 2012, the network launched a pay-TV channel called ProSieben Fun. A third channel called ProSieben Maxx started broadcasting on 3 September 2013. The three different feeds of

1102-570: The use of high-altitude vehicles in the Earth's stratosphere with the goal of eliminating the digital divide. On April 1, 2020, Sprint completed the merger with T-Mobile US , making T-Mobile US the owner of Sprint and becoming its subsidiary until the Sprint brand is phased out. The merger also led SoftBank Group , the then-owner of Sprint, to hold up to 24% of New T-Mobile's shares while Deutsche Telekom holds up to 43% of its shares. The remaining 33%

1140-580: Was announced that Deutsche Telekom were in talks with BT Group on the acquisition of EE, and part of the deal was to provide Deutsche Telekom a 12% stake and a seat on the board in the BT Group upon completion. BT Group announced agreement in February 2015 to acquire EE for £12.5 billion and received regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority on 15 January 2016. The transaction

1178-597: Was announced that the show would be suspended for a year and would return in 2023 for a third edition. The 2023 contest was cancelled in May of that year. The following countries have all participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, or are eligible to compete by the standards of the Free European Song Contest, but have not had either public or private broadcasters indicate interest in participating (as of yet): The table below shows

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1216-704: Was completed on 29 January 2016. In September 2015, Deutsche Telekom launched the "Puls tablet", a Tablet computer with Android version 5 . In February 2016, at the Mobile World Congress , in Barcelona , Deutsche Telekom jointly launched the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) with Intel , Nokia , Facebook , Equinix , SK Telecom , and others, which builds on the Open Compute Project model to accelerate innovation in

1254-440: Was founded as a successor to Eureka TV. The founding partners were Gerhard Ackermans (51%) and Thomas Kirch (49%). Shortly after, Kirch took complete control of the channel. On 1 January 1989, ProSieben began broadcasting nine hours of programming a day from Munich . The CEO was Georg Kofler from South Tyrol . ProSieben had 70 employees at that time and claimed to reach 2.44 million viewers. The station began broadcasting on

1292-402: Was inaugurated. At the end of 1993, ProSieben made a profit for the first time. In 1994, ProSieben started a teletext service. On 24 October 1994, it started using a new station identity and logo. Turnover in 1994 was DM 1.192 billion (now about €786 million) and pre-tax profit was DM 144 million (today about €95 million). On 19 December 1995, ProSieben Television GmbH was transformed into

1330-454: Was known as Telekom Albania using DT's logo and marketing strategies. Operation of telephone companies involves billing-software or "BSS". Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile billing was performed on Israeli-backend systems until 2014, when Ericsson was selected to replace the Israeli backend. T-Systems sells worldwide products and services to medium to very large business customers. The focus

1368-475: Was privatized in 1996. As such, it shares a common heritage with the other privatized Deutsche Bundespost companies, Deutsche Post (DHL) and Deutsche Postbank . Deutsche Telekom was the monopoly Internet service provider (ISP) for Germany until its privatization in 1995, and the dominant ISP thereafter. Until the early 21st century, Deutsche Telekom controlled almost all Internet access by individuals and small businesses in Germany, as they were one of

1406-528: Was the German federal government postal administration created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost . It was also the major telephone company in West Germany . On 1 July 1989, as part of a post office reform, Deutsche Bundespost was split into three entities, one being Deutsche Telekom. On 1 January 1995, as part of another reform, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom became Deutsche Telekom AG, and

1444-578: Was very popular, mainly because of the stock market boom , and enlarge its family of channels. N24 now has a bigger audience share than n-tv, but is no longer owned by the company. In 1998, ProSieben took over the news agency ddp. On 19 September 1999, ProSieben began broadcasting digital multichannel sound in Dolby Digital format. At the end of 1999, Thomas Kirch brought over his shares in KirchMedia , his father's company, which then made up

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