Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus

What Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus does

Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus is a privately held regional television broadcaster headquartered in Nürnberg, Germany, operating a free-to-air linear TV channel dedicated to the Nürnberg metropolitan region and Mittelfranken area of Bavaria. The channel is distributed across every major regional TV rail: satellite broadcast via Astra 1L as part of the 'Franken Plus HD' joint regional channel shared with TV Oberfranken and TV Mainfranken; digital cable through Vodafone Kabel Deutschland, M-net (24/7), and NEFtv; IPTV via Telekom Entertain on channel 2028; HbbTV/Smart TV through the RED BUTTON interactive feature; and a direct website livestream at frankenfernsehen.tv. The Mediathek video-on-demand archive extends this reach into on-demand digital consumption.

The programming slate centers on a daily flagship newscast ('Guten Abend Franken'), regional sports coverage including dedicated press-conference programs for 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth and an Ice Tigers ice hockey magazine, alongside cultural magazines, lifestyle and cooking formats (e.g., 'Das schnelle Gericht' with TV chef Rainer Mörtel), youth programming ('Polaris'), religious shows, and partner-produced regional content (Aischgrund TV, Endlich Wochenende, Medienwerkstatt Franken, Medienpraxis). Content is promoted through the company website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and a newsletter.

The business is purely advertising-funded. Franken Fernsehen sells local and regional advertising placements and sponsorships across its programming — including segment sponsorships like the TOTO Sportkabine — and publishes Mediadaten (media rate documents) for prospective advertisers. No consumer subscription or pay-model revenue exists because the channel is free-to-air. Customer-facing pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has no disclosed parent, no funding rounds, and no public listing; no management team, M&A activity, or restructuring events are documented in the available data.

Name

Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus

Legal name

Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus

Website

https://frankenfernsehen.tv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus is a private regional free-to-air TV broadcaster headquartered in Nürnberg, Germany, producing local news, sports, and cultural programming for the Nürnberg metropolitan region and Mittelfranken, distributed via satellite, cable, IPTV, HbbTV, and web livestream, and monetized exclusively through regional advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Local TV Stations (MPABACAB)

Keywords

• Regional television broadcasting
• Local news programming
• Regional sports coverage
• Cultural television content
• Satellite and cable broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Nürnberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Sponsorship: Franken Fernsehen generates revenue through local and regional advertising placements. The station offers advertising space and sponsorships across its programming including news segments, sports coverage, and special programs. They publish media data (Mediadaten) for advertising rate information.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Franken Fernsehen is a regional television broadcaster that produces and distributes original local programming — including daily news (Guten Abend Franken), regional sports coverage, cultural magazines, cooking shows, and community content — for viewers in the Nuremberg metropolitan region and Mittelfranken. The channel is distributed free-to-air via satellite, cable, IPTV, HbbTV, and internet livestream, with revenue generated primarily through regional advertising and sponsorships.

Product overview

Franken Fernsehen Medienhaus operates as a regional television broadcaster serving the Nuremberg metropolitan region and Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. The core offering is the Franken Fernsehen linear TV channel, available via satellite (Franken Plus HD), cable (Vodafone, M-net, NEFtv), IPTV (Telekom Entertain), and internet livestream. The programming portfolio centers on daily news programming (Guten Abend Franken), sports coverage (TOTO Sportkabine, Flo's Sportwelt, Ice Tigers Magazin, PK-TV for local football clubs), cultural magazines (Kultur Daham, Soundcheck), documentary formats (Reportage, Polaris youth magazine, Medienwerkstatt, Medienpraxis), entertainment (Das schnelle Gericht cooking show, Hä – Das Straßenquiz), religious programming (Kirche erleben, Kirche in Bayern), and lifestyle magazines (Bilder deines Lebens, Unsere Heimat). Partner content includes Aischgrund TV and Endlich Wochenende from neumarkt TV. The station also maintains a video archive (Mediathek) for on-demand access and offers HbbTV functionality for Smart TV viewers. The Franken Plus HD joint programming platform combines Franken Fernsehen with TV Oberfranken and TV Mainfranken for satellite distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Franken Plus HD: Joint program with TV Oberfranken and TV Mainfranken as part of a Franconian regional broadcasting partnership on the Franken Plus HD satellite channel

Products and services

• Franken Fernsehen TV Channel Free-to-air regional linear television channel delivering original local news, sports, cultural, lifestyle, and religious programming to viewers in the Nuremberg metropolitan region and Mittelfranken via satellite, cable, IPTV, HbbTV, and internet livestream.
• Franken Plus HD Joint satellite HD programming platform combining three Franconian regional broadcasters (Franken Fernsehen, TV Oberfranken, TV Mainfranken) into a unified Franconian joint channel available via Astra 1L satellite.
• Livestream & Online Video Service Internet streaming service enabling viewers to watch Franken Fernsehen's live linear broadcast on-demand via the official website, with HbbTV Smart TV integration.
• Mediathek (Video Archive) On-demand video archive providing access to all Franken Fernsehen news segments, magazine shows, and recorded programming, organized by topic categories such as news, culture, sports, and partner content.
• Regional Advertising Airtime & Sponsorships Advertising space and program sponsorship packages sold to local and regional advertisers, including in-program sponsorships such as the TOTO Sportkabine, with rates disclosed in published media data (Mediadaten).

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TV OberfrankencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranken Fernsehen operates as part of a joint regional programming venture with TV Oberfranken and TV Mainfranken on the 'Franken Plus' HD broadcast channel. The three regional broadcasters share programming and transmission infrastructure, providing comprehensive Frankish regional content to satellite viewers as a unified fränkischer Gemeinschaftssender (Franconian joint channel).
• TV MainfrankencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranken Fernsehen operates as part of a joint regional programming venture with TV Oberfranken and TV Mainfranken on the 'Franken Plus' HD broadcast channel. The three regional broadcasters share programming and transmission infrastructure.
• M-netminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorM-net cable network distributes Franken Fernsehen programming 24 hours daily as part of their digital cable offering to subscribers in the region.
• Telekom (Entertain)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTelekom's Entertain IPTV service distributes Franken Fernsehen on channel 2028, available 24 hours daily to their subscriber base.
• Vodafone Kabel DeutschlandminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVodafone cable network distributes Franken Fernsehen programming in their digital cable network following the analog switch-off in the region.
• wetter.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWeather data partnership providing real-time weather information displayed on the Franken Fernsehen website, driving user engagement and return visits to the platform.
• Der Fernseheinsteller (Dieter Ranzinger)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAuthorized service partner providing HD signal reception support and troubleshooting for viewers in the Nürnberg, Erlangen, Lauf, and Schwabach area.
• Aischgrund TVminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner regional magazine show broadcast through Franken Fernsehen, covering the Aischgrund region with local news and features.
• Kirche in BayernminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEcumenical TV magazine produced jointly by the Evangelical and Catholic churches in Bavaria, broadcast as a partner program on Franken Fernsehen covering religious topics across Bavaria.
• Medienwerkstatt FrankenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner production company creating documentaries and reportages on contemporary historical, cultural, and social topics from Nürnberg and the region. Their 30-minute films run as a weekly program on Franken Fernsehen.
• MedienpraxisminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner production company creating reportages, portraits, and documentaries broadcast on Franken Fernsehen.
• Polaris (TV-Jugendmagazin)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYouth TV magazine produced by teenagers for teenagers, broadcast monthly on Franken Fernsehen since 2008, covering youth culture, entertainment, and current topics from the Nürnberg area.
• Endlich WochenendeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeekend magazine program from Neumarkt distributed through Franken Fernsehen as a partner regional content offering.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• NDR Fernsehen: Northern German public regional broadcaster operating multiple regional TV channels (Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Comparable in scope (regional public broadcaster with news/sports/culture focus) but serves a different geography.
• RTL Television: Germany's largest private commercial TV broadcaster. Overlaps as a competitor for regional advertising budgets and household TV attention in Germany, though operating at national scale and a vastly larger portfolio.
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR Fernsehen): Bavarian public broadcaster operating BR Fernsehen. Overlaps significantly with Franken Fernsehen's regional coverage area (Bavaria/Mittelfranken) and competes for local audiences and advertising adjacency, though funded by Rundfunkbeitrag rather than advertising.
• SAT.1: Major German commercial national broadcaster (ProSiebenSat.1 group). Comparable free-to-air distribution on the same satellite and cable platforms that carry Franken Fernsehen, competing for the same advertising pools at national scale.
• ProSieben: Sister national German commercial broadcaster to SAT.1 under ProSiebenSat.1. Competes for advertising share on the same Astra/DVB-C carriage as Franken Fernsehen and increasingly for digital video audiences.

Direct peers

• münchen.tv: Private Munich-based regional TV broadcaster with a comparable free-to-air local news, sports, and culture business model targeting the Munich metropolitan area. Closely aligned distribution and revenue model.
• TV Mainfranken: Direct peer and the third co-broadcast partner in the Franken Plus HD joint satellite venture with Franken Fernsehen. Operates an analogous private regional TV business in the Würzburg/Mainfranken region.
• Hamburg 1: Private Hamburg-based regional TV broadcaster with directly comparable operations: local news, regional sports, cultural programming, advertising-funded model, and multi-platform distribution.
• TV Oberfranken: Direct peer and named co-broadcast partner on the Franken Plus HD satellite channel alongside Franken Fernsehen. Operates a similar private regional TV model in Upper Franconia with comparable news, sports, and cultural programming.
• neumarkt TV: Smaller Bavarian regional TV partner explicitly named as supplying partner programming (Endlich Wochenende) to Franken Fernsehen. Operates an equivalent private regional broadcaster model in the Neumarkt area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNomdxMcQ9jgJdD11IVIL1A
• Facebookfacebook.com/frankenfernsehen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frankenfernsehenmedienhaus
• Instagraminstagram.com/franken_fernsehen

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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