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Bavaria Media to Become Shareholder in ARD Plus

Bavaria Media has filed with the Federal Cartel Office to acquire shares in ARD Plus GmbH, the streaming/on-demand subsidiary originally created by the WDR Mediagroup. Bavaria Media and WDR Mediagroup also plan to set up a joint venture for content distribution and licensing of audiovisual content to end customers. ARD Plus reported positive financials for 2024 with revenue of €7.9 million and a net profit of €598,000, and generates income via its own VoD platform and partnerships with services such as Zattoo and Amazon Digital. Since mid-2026 Ingo Vandré has been the company's sole managing director. The filing was reported by the trade outlet "news business."

Swisscard Uses Puns to Promote Miles Collection

Swisscard commissioned Zurich-based creative consultancy Futureworks to create what they describe as the brand’s first top-of-funnel campaign for the Swiss Miles & More credit cards. The campaign uses wordplay that merges well-known travel destinations with the German word for miles (examples: Mallorca → “Meillorca”, Miami → “Meilami”, Malaga → “Meilaga”) and the claim “Meilen machens möglich” to explain the everyday benefit of collecting miles. Swisscard says the goal is to make the value of mile-collection simple and memorable for a broad audience. Nikola Vuongova, Brand & Campaign Lead for the Swiss Miles & More credit cards at Swisscard, framed the work as a new, playful communication approach. The campaign ran through mid‑June across Zurich train stations, Zurich Airport, Working Bicycles, social channels and the streaming service Zattoo; media planning was handled by Incubeta.

DFB.TV Opens Own Studio for World Cup Coverage

DFB.TV, a recently launched joint venture between the German Football Association (DFB) and the Sportainment Media Group, has put an in-house broadcast studio in Hamburg into operation ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The channel plans daily, original reporting focused on the German national team, live links into the new studio and collaborative formats with DFB partners that combine sport, entertainment and brand integration. DFB.TV also acquired a MagentaTV highlight package that includes match highlights, MagentaTV studio content, interviews and expert analyses. The service is distributed across multiple platforms — DAZN, HD+, Sky, Vodafone and Zattoo — and is available as a paid app in the Apple App Store as well as on Samsung TV and Android TV devices.