RTL Deutschland CEO Anke Schäferkordt is to exit the group after nearly 30 years of service and will be succeeded by Vox MD Bernd Reichart (pictured). Schäferkordt will depart the company on 31 December 2018. A joint decision was made by RTL Group and the exec not to renew her contract. Reichart will succeed the […]
FremantleMedia CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz is leaving the RTL Group-owned production and distribution giant to lead YouTube EMEA. Her exit comes after 23 years at Fremantle and its predecessors, and a process is already underway to find a successor. Frot-Coutaz (above right) is understood to have a twelve-month notice period, but is unlikely to work all […]
Guillaume de Posch is stepping down from his role as co-CEO of RTL Group, leaving Bert Habets as the pan-European broadcast group’s sole chief executive. De Posch (pictured right), who will step down on January 1, will continue to serve as a non-executive member of RTL Group’s Board of Directors. Habets (below left), who was […]
Amazon is likely to have a bigger impact on the markets in which it is present than Netflix, according to a panel of TV and platform operator executives at the ANGA COM TV technology congress in Cologne. Taking part in the opening panel session at the show, Anke Schaferkordt, CEO, RTL Deutschland, said that Netflix […]
Anke Schäferkordt is stepping down as co-CEO of RTL Group, with the pan-European broadcaster’s Dutch boss Bert Habets filling her role. Schäferkordt will remain in charge of RTL Deutschland, the group’s largest operation, while RTL Nederland chief Habets will step into the chief exec role, working alongside existing co-CEO Guillaume de Posch, who remains in […]
M6 Group is to acquire the French radio assets of RTL Group as part of a move by the pan-European broadcast giant to pool its French broadcasting activities in one company. RTL is M6 Group’s principal shareholder, with a 48.26% stake. Under the terms of the deal, M6 plans to acquire 100% ownership of RTL […]
Luxembourg-based broadcast group RTL has named Andreas Fischer (left) senior VP business development and regional operations in central and eastern Europe and Asia. He succeeds Andreas Rudas, whose contract is up, though he will continue to consult on RTL Hungary and be vice chairman of the board of the Hungarian operation. The outgoing Rudas (right) […]
RTL Group reported a 9.5% revenue increase and an 18% growth in underlying earnings in the first quarter of 2016, driven by its broadcast business and production arm FremantleMedia. Announcing results for the three months ending March 31, Bertelsmann-owned RTL said that its “rapidly growing digital business” also contributed to a strong start to 2016, […]
RTL has reported a full-year uptick in profit and revenue as the company’s German operation posted solid growth. Management said producing content and owning rights will be key to further growth, while existing content division FremantleMedia reported an increase in full-year 2015 revenue, but a sharp decline in EBIDTA profit. Broadcast and content giant RTL […]
A stronger advertising market in Germany and digital growth helped keep RTL Group’s top line more or less stable for the first quarter, though production unit FremantleMedia wobbled. Revenues were down slightly from €1.313 billion (US$1.49 billion) to €1.308 billion, with a higher sales at RTL Deutschland being offset by lower revenue at France’s M6 […]
