Wetter.com

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wetter.com is an online weather portal for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In June and July 2019, the portal reached more than 20 million unique users via website and apps . The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSieben Travel , a subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media .

history

Wetter.com AG was founded in Singen on November 7, 2000 . Partners were the two founders Manfred Klemann and Stefan Blondzik; ProSiebenSat.1 AG was won as a media partner. In 2001 wetter.com went online. In the same year, the production of different weather formats for customers from TV, radio and print started.

In 2006 the "weather network" was launched. The portal thus offers its users the opportunity to report current weather data and weather events in the immediate vicinity via private weather stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. More than 16,000 stations are currently part of the network.

Since 2013 wetter.com has had a Europe-wide camera network with over 1,100 HD live webcams .

In 2014, founder Manfred Klemann retired from the company. wetter.com was a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and Christoph Kreuzer was appointed CEO. Marius Neumann joined the management team in 2017.

With Snowthority, wetter.com opened a new portal especially for winter sports enthusiasts in December 2018. Since the beginning of 2019, the offer with information for over 1,200 ski areas in Europe has also been available free of charge as an app for Android and iOS .

TV channel

On October 18, 2004, the 24-hour television broadcaster Deutsches Wetter Fernsehen was founded to present the weather, including forecasts, severe weather warnings, summaries, advice programs and documentaries. The data is supplied by the German Weather Service . The station was initially unencrypted via the Astra 19.2 ° satellite and later Eutelsat 9˚ Ost as well as on cable television on Kabel Deutschland , Pÿur , KabelKiosk and Unitymedia via online streaming up to partially until June 2012. In May 2015, the station was renamed Wetter.com TV . Since then, it has only been available directly from various providers via video-on-demand .

Content

The contents of wetter.com are comparable to similar providers such as Wetter.de , wetteronline.de or wetter.net. The portal provides information on current weather conditions worldwide via website and app and provides trend forecasts for up to 16 days. The offer also includes thematic weather maps, precipitation radar , HD live webcams and various topic-specific weather information on pollen count or garden weather . In addition to weather videos, the editorial team also creates background reports on topics relating to weather and climate.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monthly reports - agof.de
2. ^ E-Commerce News: Manfred Klemann participates in the Swiss business magazine of communication
3. ↑ wetter.com Company profile and information about the weather portal
4. ↑ wetter.com networks private weather stations: Network with over 1600 stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is looking for additional participants
5. ↑ Weather Network by wetter.com
6. ↑ HD Live Webcams: Experience the weather live in HD - wetter.com
7. ↑ New portal Snowthority makes life easier for winter sports enthusiasts
8. ↑ Snowthority app: interactive companion for skiing holidays - TechFieber.de
9. ↑ Pyur station list. Retrieved August 22, 2019 . 
10. ↑ German Weather Television becomes Wetter.com TV. In: www.digitalfernsehen.de. Retrieved November 15, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Wetter.com TV. In: www.wetter.com. Retrieved May 26, 2019 .