The RTL Group (derived from radio Luxembourg) is the largest European operator of advertising-financed private television and private radio. It maintains 34 television stations and 34 radio stations in 11 countries. Further business fields are television production and right trade.

Managing director of the RTL Group is Gerhard Zeiler.

The RTL Group developed in the year 2000 from the fusion of the CLT-UFA with the British society Pearson TV. In February 2001 the Bertelsmann AG transferred through a stock swap with the Belgian Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) the majority from 67 % the RTL Group. In January 2002 the assumption of further 22 % of Pearson followed.

2005 was taken over further 37.3 % the BW-TV, getting thing, which was held to 80 % by Bertelsmann and to 20 % of the WAZ. The commitment in the BW-TV was hereby terminated. Bertelsmann holds today 90.4 % of the portions. Strewing possession: 9,6 % - of it 0.7 % are kept common of the RTL Group and CLT-UFA as own portions.

Characteristic numbers

• HauptsitzRTL Group SA45, bd. Pierre Frieden1543 Luxembourg Grand Duchy Luxembourg

• Coworker 7,254 (conditions: 31. December 2003), of it in Luxembourg about 620.

• Conversion 4.5 billion "€ (financial year 2003)
• Conversion after business fields:
  • TV: 70.7%
  • Content: 22.9%
  • Radio: 5.5%
  • New Media/other 0.9%
• Conversion after regions:
  • Germany: 45.6%
  • remaining European countries: 48.6%
  • The USA: 3.8%
  • other countries: 2.0%

• Management:
  • Gerhard Zeiler (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Tony Cohen (Chief Executive Officer, FremantleMedia)
  • Ignace Van Meenen (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Hans Mahr (Executive Coordinator for Group Synergies)

Participation of the RTL Group

The following list represents a selection. Companies without indication of participation are to 100% in the possession of the RTL Group.

Television station

Germany

• RTL Television (Cologne)
• RTL II (Munich, 35.9%, with farmer, Tele Munich, Disney, Burda)
• Super RTL (Cologne, 50%, with Disney)
• VOX (Cologne, 99.7%, with dctp)
• n-tv (Cologne (until 2004 Berlin), 50% with Time Warner, there no permission by medium and meanwhile 100% after renewed examination and agreement of the authorities)
• RTL Shop (Cologne (starting from 2006 Hanover)) 89.76% (RTL Television 55%, RTL interactive 25%, M6 20%)
• K1010 (Berlin) 19.87%
• offering box (Berlin) 19.87%
• Dream partner TV (Cologne)

France

• M6 (Paris, 48.8%)
• RTL9 (Luxembourg, 35%)
• TF6 (Paris, 24.4%)
• Paris (Paris, 48.8%)
• (Paris, 48.8%)
• club (Paris, 24.4%)
• Fun TV (Paris, 48.8%)
• W9 (Paris, 48.8%)
• M6 Music hit (Paris, 48.8%)
• M6 Music skirt (Paris, 48.8%)
• M6 Music Black (Paris, 48.8%)
• M6 fashion shop (Paris, 48.8%)

The Netherlands

• RTL 4 (Luxembourg, Hilversum)
• RTL 5 (Luxembourg, Hilversum)
• RTL 7, (so far Yorin) (Hilversum)

Luxembourg

• RTL Ltzebuerg (Luxembourg)
• The 2ten RTL (Luxembourg)

Belgium

• RTL TVI (Brussels, 66%)
• Club RTL (Brussels, 66%)
• Plug TV (Brussels, 66%)

United kingdom

• five (London)

Spain

• Antena 3 (Madrid, 17.2%)

Portugal

• TVI (Barcarena, 33%)

Hungary

• RTL club (Budapest, 49%)

Croatia

• RTL Televizija (Zagreb, 65.5%)

Russia

• REN TV (30%)

in addition to 2005 one speculated upon a forthcoming participation from RTL the Tele Munich group and in it at the resident of Munich private station Tele 5 and the Austrian private station ATVplus.

Radio

• RTL radio - the best hits of all times, before radio Luxembourg, (100% portion)
• 89,0 RTL (Saxonia-Anhalt), (53.5% portion)
• 104,6 RTL (Berlin), (100% portion)
• Antenna Bavaria, (16% portion)
• Antenna Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, (19.7% portion)
• Antenna Thuringia, (15% portion)
• Bel RTL (Belgium), (43% portion)
• BXL (Brussels), (43% portion)
• Fun radio (Paris), (100% portion)
• Hit radio antenna (Lower Saxony), (36% portion)
• RTL FM (Hilversum), (100% portion)
• RTL radio (Luxembourg), (100% portion)
• RTL (Paris), (100% portion)
• RTL2 (Paris), (100% portion)
• Hit radio RTL (Saxonia), (30.5% portion)
• Oldie 95 (Hamburg), (4.78% portion)
• Radio 21 (Lower Saxony), (17.3% portion)
• Radio breaking (Saxonia-Anhalt into), (53.5% portion)
• Radio Contact (Belgium), (49.4% portion)
• Radio Hamburg, (29.17% portion)
• Radio North-Rhine/Westphalia, coat program offerer for Lokalsender, (16.96% portion)
• Radio clay/tone (Baden-Wuerttemberg), (2% portion)
• Yorin of FM (Hilversum), (100% portion)

Content

(Television production and right trade)

To the RTL Group belong numerous production companies in Europe, America and Australia, which are led mostly under the label names FremantleMedia, Grundy or Ufa.

In addition count among other things:

• FremantleMedia (London)
• Alomo Productions (London)
• EH Entertainment (London)
• Grundy Productions (Sydney)
• FremantleMedia GmbH
• UFA film & TV production (potsdam)
• Trebitsch production getting thing (Hamburg, 64%)
• Universe film (Munich)

In addition the sport right dealer SportFive S.A. (Paris, 46.4%) and the message platform ENEX (Luxembourg, 76.4%) come.

Since April 2006 the RTL Group holds a majority of on-line TV-format honour mustard.

Transmitting plants of the RTL Group

The transmitting plants are operated of the bce, broadcasting centers europe ().

• Long wave transmitter Junglinster
• Long wave transmitter Beidweiler
• Medium-wave transmitter Marnach
• UKW and TV-transmitter Hosingen

Related links

• RTL new Media Group
• Internet portal of the RTL Group

See also: Television, private station, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

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