Weather Online
| WetterOnline Meteorological Services GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat |
Bonn , Germany
|
| Number of employees | 107 (2018) |
| Website | www.wetteronline.de |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
WetterOnline is a German online service for weather data that has existed since 1997 and is operated by WetterOnline Meteorologische Dienstleistungen GmbH.
history
The operator of WetterOnline was founded in 1996 and is based in Bonn . In 1997 the offer was published.
In 2005 the company had 35 employees. Since 2009 WetterOnline has offered a paid subscription that allows access to additional data and functions and displays the free weather information free of advertising. In 2012 the company had 50 employees. The online offer was redesigned in 2013 and the company has been offering various apps since then.
At the end of 2018, WetterOnline had 110 employees.
offer
In addition to weather reports for Germany and Europe , precise weather forecasts and satellite images, WetterOnline provides information on the current weather events and shows weather developments in animated form. Reporters report on weather conditions in videos. Editorial weather reports are written by a team of seven.
In addition to weather reviews and climate analyzes , severe weather warnings are offered. Users can send the company image and video material, some of which will be published. WetterOnline also publishes special weather analyzes such as health weather , sports weather and sailing weather .
Both the ad-financed and the paid app show detailed weather data. An animated graphic display is offered here for European countries and hourly still images for cities outside Europe.
WetterOnline has been offering the delivery of weather reports and weather reports in various messengers since 2016 .
The company uses data and information from the German Weather Service (DWD) and various service providers to analyze and forecast the weather, current weather information, satellite data , radar measurements and lightning location .
These data are evaluated, combined with data from global weather models and summarized.
criticism
WetterOnline complained against the Federal Republic of Germany regarding the offer from the German weather service "DWD WarnWetter-App", since this offer would be in direct competition with private weather apps. After the court ruled in the first instance that the DWD's weather app was inadmissible under competition law, there was criticism of WetterOnline's approach. The tenor of the criticism in reviews for the apps on offer and in posts in social media was that the company wanted to establish weather data as mandatory fee-based information and to strengthen its market position at the expense of the tax-financed weather data collected. When the obligation to pay for full use of the "DWD WarnWetter-App" came into effect on December 19, 2017, another violent shitstorm against Wetteronline flared up on social media. Furthermore, a free version of the DWD's WarnWetter app is available with only information on severe weather conditions.
Even after a change to the DWDG , the Federal Court of Justice ruled in favor of WetterOnline on March 12, 2020;
Individual evidence
- ↑ WetterOnline company website. WetterOnline Meteorologische Dienstleistungen GmbH, accessed on October 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Wetteronline expands to Bornheim. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b competencies. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Imprint and provider identification - wetteronline.de. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .
- ^ Bonn Regional Court: Current press release. Retrieved November 16, 2017 .
- ↑ File number: 16 O 21/16 - LG Bonn ( http://www.justiz.nrw.de/nrwe/lgs/bonn/lg_bonn/j2017/16_O_21_16_Urteil_20171115.html )
- ↑ Axel Bojanowski : Weather Apps: Dispute between the weather services escalates. In: Spiegel Online. December 22, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ DWD app for a fee: users protest against WetterOnline. In: t-online.de. Ströer Content Group, January 3, 2018, accessed on June 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Court of Justice, press release No. 28/2020 of March 12, 2020 on the procedure with the file number I ZR 126/18 ( https://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rechtsprechung/document.py?Gericht=bgh&Art=en&Datum = 2020-3 & nr = 104424 & linked = pm & Blank = 1 )