DGAP-Media / 2019-09-03 / 09:06
*Press release*
Munich, September 3rd 2019
*Launch of international version of RiC Channel over Central and Eastern
Europe in cooperation with A1 Telekom Austria Group*
Well-known family channel RiC has launched on September 1st its
international version in English and German across the Central and Eastern
Europe region with A1 Telekom Austria Group as a strong partner to
strategically further develop RiC's coverage.
As of now pay-TV operators across Eastern-Europe and beyond will be able to
add RiC continually to their TV-bouquet. The channel is carried over A1
Telekom Austria Group's direct2home technical platform on Eutelsat 16A, the
leading broadcast position for Central and Eastern Europe, with extensive
coverage of the CEE region.
RiC the Raven is not only an animated series but also the broadcaster's
hilarious mascot connecting with a broad international audience. The start
of RiC's international version is a natural evolution following the RiC
launch 2012 in GAS (as the only private European German language kids
channel) and the successful start of its sister channel RiK 2015 in Slovakia
(as the first channel for Kids in Slovak language worldwide).
The international version of RiC offers award-winning English and German
educational series to the whole family. The high-quality English dialogues
have been carefully developed in collaboration with pedagogues over several
years - most of its classic stories are based on popular children's books
and novels. RiC content strengthens the English language fluency of the
kids, encourages creativity and conveys important social values - this is an
important aspect that kids do not necessarily learn at school. This way RiC
provides a healthy balance of entertainment and learning or we can summarize
it as "learning by laughing"!
"It was to time to make our beloved RiC Channel available for an
international audience - nowadays English language is more important than
ever! Thanks to RiC kids and family can enjoy our beautiful English stories
and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. In addition RiC
promotes family togetherness and transgenerational viewing", says Laurence
Robinet, Chief Broadcast Officer of YFE AG.
"We are very happy to move RiC to the next level with A1 Telekom Austria
Group, who have been extremely supportive from the very beginning of our
cooperation", comments Bernhard Stephan, CCO of YFE AG.
"We are very excited to have this long-term partnership with YFE. It allows
us to distribute and offer the excellent content of RiC International that
will inform, educate and entertain the audience in Europe. We are pleased to
provide safe and secure technical delivery of the channel via A1 Telekom
Austria Group's direct2home platform to all pay-TV operators within the
Europe-wide coverage of Eutelsat 16A", adds Elena Petrova, Head of Global
Sales, Broadcasting, A1 Telekom Austria Group.
*About Your Family Entertainment AG*
Your Family Entertainment AG (WKN [German security code number]: A161N1,
ISIN: DE000A161N14, Abbreviation: RTV) with its headquarter in Munich, was
one founder of the first German private broadcaster, Sat.1, in 1984,
contributed to the development of children's morning programming on Super
RTL and is one of the founding members of Association of Private
Broadcasters and Telemedia (VPRT). In addition, YFE is the producer and
license distributor for high-quality programs for children and the whole
family and has one of the largest broadcaster-independent program libraries
in Europe. Its stock of programs includes well-known and beloved series such
as "Enid Blyton", "Fix & Foxi" and "Altair". Since 2007, YFE operates the
award-winning your family Pay TV children's channel which is named
"Fix&Foxi" since December 2014 and has established itself worldwide. The
channels are available as well in GAS-Region (German) as in Africa, Middle
East (Arabic and English) and America (Spanish and English). RiC commenced
broadcasting operations as a Free TV channel in September 2012 with a
current coverage of 34 Mio. households in the GAS region. In addition, YFE
operates 20 mobile TV broadcasters on the Hutchison 3 TV platform. YFE is
headed by Dr. Stefan Piëch.
Contact:
Your Family Entertainment AG
Laurence Robinet
Tel.: +49 (0)89 / 99 72 71-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 / 99 72 71-91
Email: laurence.robinet@yfe.tv
www.yfe.tv [1]
www.fixundfoxi.tv [2]
www.rictv.de [3]
www.ric.today [4]
*About A1 Telekom Austria Group*
A1 Telekom Austria Group, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, is a leading
provider of digital services and communications solutions in Central and
Eastern Europe with more than 24 million customers, currently operating in
seven countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia (A1), Belarus
(velcom), the Republic of Serbia (Vip mobile) and the Republic of North
Macedonia (one.Vip).
Offering communications, payment and entertainment services as well as
integrated business solutions, A1 Telekom Austria Group achieved revenues of
4.47 billion Euros by year end 2018. Around 19.000 employees and state of
the art broadband infrastructure make digital business and lifestyle
possible and enable people, companies and things to connect everywhere
anytime. As European unit of América Móvil, one of the largest wireless
services provider in the world, A1 Telekom Austria Group is headquartered in
Vienna and gives access to global solutions.
For further information please visit our Website at
https://www.a1.group/wholesale
More information regarding this press release:
Dr. Michael Höfler
A1 Group Spokesperson
+43 664 66 30362
michael.hoefler@a1.group
End of Media Release
Issuer: Your Family Entertainment AG
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Company: Your Family Entertainment AG
Nordendstr. 64
80801 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 997 271-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 997 271-91
E-mail: ir@yfe.tv
Internet: www.yf-e.com
ISIN: DE000A161N14
WKN: A161N1
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart
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