Following on from rumors earlier this month which claimed a merger agreement could be reached as soon as the end of June or early July, CBS is reportedly close to making an offer for Viacom, according to the WSJ. It claims directors met last week in what could potentially be third time lucky. Sky Deutschland has extended its deal with SES subsidiary MX1 to cover OTT video as well as the German broadcaster’s main broadcast signals – handling encoding and distribution for OTT delivery, as well as content management, playout and uplink services for broadcast. Sky Deutschland will now send all video transmission material and other essential data from its main channels to the MX1 Broadcast Centre, which can…