ProSieben Maxx

ProSieben Maxx

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	National; Also distributed in other European countries on cable and satellite
Network	ProSieben
Headquarters	Unterföhring, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ProSiebenSat.1 Media
Sister channels	ProSieben ProSieben Fun kabel eins kabel eins Doku kabel eins classics Sat.1 Sat.1 Emotions Sat.1 Gold sixx
History
Launched	3 September 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-03) (SD)[1] 20 September 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-20) (HD)
Links
Website	www.prosiebenmaxx.de
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T2	Various; region dependent (HD / encrypted)

ProSieben Maxx ([pʁoː.ˈziːbn̩ maks], "ProSeven Maxx") is a German free-to-air channel^[2] owned by ProSiebenSat.1. The channel started broadcasting on 3 September 2013 with the movie Captain America: The First Avenger at 8:15 p.m. On 30 July 2013 ProSieben Maxx received a DVB-T broadcasting licence for the region of Munich.^[3][4] On 13 August 2013 the channel started a test program on these frequencies and broadcast some program trailers. It is ProSiebenSat.1's sixth channel.

Programming

Prime time

The channel mainly targets male viewers aged between 30 and 59. Some series like Episodes, Homeland and House of Cards are shown in the original English-language version with German subtitles.^[5] No payment is required needed the original versions. ProSieben Maxx also broadcasts some movies, mostly on Thursdays. These movies are repeated a few hours later, not in English but instead dubbed into German.

Daytime

On 26 June 2013, ProSieben Maxx announced that it would broadcast programmes for kids and teens during the day. Later in the evening, the channel broadcasts programmes for the channel's main target group. The CEO of ProSieben Maxx, René Carl, told the German online magazine DWDL.de, that they would cooperate with m4e Entertainment & Mainstream Media to show anime and cartoon series up to eight to nine hours per day.^[6]

Animated series ^[7]

Entertainment ^[7]

Series ^[7]

Sports

• European League of Football
• World Rugby
  • 2019 Rugby World Cup
  • World Rugby Sevens Series

Licensed from DAZN

• Six Nations Championship (from 2020)
• NFL (2 Games each Sunday incl. Playoffs and Super Bowl shared with Pro7)

Licensed from Sky Sport

• WWE
  • WWE RAW
  • WWE SmackDown

Availability

• DVB-S: Digital via Astra 19,2° (12.545 MHz, transponder: 107, polarisation: horizontal, symbolrate: 22000 MS/s, FEC: 5/6)^[8]
• DVB-T: Available in the region around Munich
• DVB-C: e.g. in the networks of Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia Kabel BW, Tele Columbus, Primacom, NetCologne
• IPTV: Telekom Entertain and Vodafone TV^[9]

In the IPTV network, Telekom Entertain, the channel has also been available in HDTV since 20 September 2013.^[10] On 15 October 2013 ProSiebenMaxx started HDTV broadcasting in the network of Unitymedia.^[11] The CEO René Carl announced, that the intention is to start an HDTV channel on the HD+ platform.^[12] The channel is also available on analogue cable TV.

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2013[13]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%
2014[14]	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%
2015[15]	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%
2016[16]	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
2017[17]	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
2018[18]	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	-	-	-	-	-
2019[19]	0,8%	0,7%	0,7%	0,8%	0,8%	0,9%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,9%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%
2020[20]	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0,8%	0.7%	0.7%	0,8%	0.7%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0.7%	0.7%
2021[21]	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0,8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	0,7%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0.7%
2022[22]	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,9%	0,8%	0,8%	0,8%	0,7%	0,7%

References

External links

• Official website (in German)