RTL Group

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  • Schäferkordt, CEO
  • Guillaume de Posch, CEO

RTL Group SA (derived from Radio Télévision Luxembourg) with 53 television and 28 radio stations Europe's leading provider of advertising-financed private television and private radio. The Group is headquartered in Luxembourg City. The Group is majority owned by Bertelsmann.

Company History

RTL Group was formed in 2000 from the merger of CLT -UFA with the British company Pearson TV. In February 2001, the Bertelsmann AG acquired through a share exchange with the Belgian Groupe Bruxelles Lambert ( GBL), the majority of 67 % of the RTL Group (RTL, RTL II, VOX, n-tv, Super RTL, RTL Nitro ). In January 2002, the acquisition of additional 22 % of Pearson followed.

In 2005, another 37.3% of BW - TV, a holding company that was 80% owned by Bertelsmann and 20% of the WAZ taken over. Our involvement in the BW - TV was now complete. Bertelsmann currently holds 76.4 % of the shares. Free Float: 22.8 % - of which 0.76 % is held jointly by the RTL Group and CLT -UFA as treasury shares. (As of June 6, 2013 )

Bertelsmann has already tried at least twice, the Group fully to buy, most recently in late 2007. First time the plans were, however, failed because of the price.

In April 2013, Bertelsmann sold part of its shares. As a result, the proportion of shares held by Bertelsmann shares of 92.3 % decreased to 75.1 %, took over on June 6, 2013 but again some shares and now holds 76.4 %.

Group structure

Owner of RTL Group

Owner of RTL Group S. A. ( Aktiengesellschaft ) are:

  • Bertelsmann Capital Holding GmbH ( 76.4 %)
  • Free float ( 22.84 %)
  • Owned by RTL Group S. A. (0.76 %)

Shares of RTL Group

The Luxembourg stock company (SA ) is involved in the following companies:

  • CLT- UFA Holding S. A. (100 %); over here to participate: RTL Group Management and Holding GmbH (100 %)
  • RTL Group Germany S. A. ( 99.72 *)
  • RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG ( 49.86 % *)
  • Radio Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG ( 29.12 % *)
  • RTL2 Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG ( 27.22 % *)
  • Antenne Thüringen GmbH & Co. KG ( 14.96 % *)
  • Saxon Community program GmbH & Co. KG ( 18.88% *)
  • Antenne Niedersachsen GmbH & Co. KG (1.61 % *)

* = Percentage based on the RTL Group SA, rounded

All members of the RTL Group companies operate various media companies, including the following list as a selection:

TV station

Media Group RTL Germany

  • RTL Television (Cologne, 99.7 %) with the subsidiaries Regional broadcasters RTL Television RTL Hessen ( Bad Vilbel, 60%, another 30% Hit Radio FFH and 10% Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
  • RTL Nord (Hamburg, 100%)
  • RTL West ( Cologne, 75%, another 25 % is owned by Jörg Zajonc )

The broadcast group RTL Germany apparently plans to DVB-T phase-out by early 2014. According to the information the DVB-T all the associated transmitter is terminated in June, for example, in the Munich area and on the basis of fixed-term contracts would under the current state of developments DVB-T broadcasting practically set to 2014 nationwide. The Managing Director of RTL Interactive justified the step, among others, lack of planning security, since the digital frequencies in particular telecommunications companies highly sought after and the Federal Economics Ministry wants the transmitters not assure the long-term use of frequencies.

France

  • M6 ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • W9 ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • RTL 9 ( Luxembourg / Metz, 35%)
  • Paris Première ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • Téva ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • Fun TV ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • TF6 ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 24.4%)
  • Série Club ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 24.4%)
  • M6 Music Hits ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • M6 Music rock ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • M6 Music Black ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)
  • M6 Boutique ( Neuilly -sur -Seine, 48.8 %)

Belgium

  • RTL TVI (Brussels, 66%, Luxembourg license)
  • Club RTL (Brussels, 66%, Luxembourg license)
  • Plug RTL (Brussels, 66%, Luxembourg license)

Netherlands

  • RTL 4 ( Hilversum, 100 %, Luxembourg- German license)
  • RTL 5 ( Hilversum, 100 %, Luxembourg license)
  • RTL 7 ( Hilversum, 100 %, Luxembourg license)
  • RTL 8 ( Hilversum, 100 %, Luxembourg license)
  • RTL 24 (the first TV channel in the Netherlands can only be received via mobile phone)
  • RTL Lounge ( Luxembourg license)
  • RTL Crime ( Luxembourg license)
  • RTL Telekids ( Luxembourg license)

Luxembourg

  • RTL Télé Luxemburg ( Luxembourg, 100%)
  • The second RTL ( Luxembourg, 100%)

Spain

  • Antena 3 (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • Neox (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • Nova (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • Nitro (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • laSexta (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • Xplora (Madrid, 19.0 %)
  • LaSexta3 (Madrid, 19.0 %)

Hungary

  • RTL Klub (Budapest, 80%)
  • RTL II (Budapest, 100%)
  • Cool TV (Budapest, 100%)
  • Film (Budapest, 100%)
  • Film 2 ( Budapest, 100%)
  • Sorozat ( Budapest, 100%)
  • Prizma TV ( Budapest, 100%)
  • Muzsika TV ( Budapest, 100%)

Croatia

  • RTL Televizija (Zagreb, 100%)
  • RTL Plus (Zagreb, 100%)
  • RTL 2 Hrvatska (Zagreb, 100%)
  • RTL Kockica

Russia

  • Club 100 ( four pay-TV channels, 50%)

Asia

Together with CBS Studios International RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network operates the RTL Group in Asia with the English-speaking channels RTL and RTL CBS Entertainment CBS extremes.

Radio

  • RTL Radio ( Germany & Luxembourg)
  • 89.0 RTL (Saxony- Anhalt, 53.5 %)
  • The Wave (Berlin)
  • 104.6 RTL (Berlin)
  • 105'5 Spree Radio ( Berlin)
  • Antenne Bayern (16%)
  • Antenne MV ( 19.7%)
  • Antenne Thüringen (15%)
  • Bel RTL (Brussels, 49%)
  • Best Rock FM ( Lisbon ) 33% )
  • Big FM (Baden- Württemberg)
  • Eldoradio ( Luxembourg ) ( 74.8 %)
  • Mint ( Brussels, 49%)
  • Cidade FM ( Lisbon, 33%)
  • Fun Radio (Paris)
  • Hit-Radio Antenne (Lower Saxony, 50%)
  • Hit Radio RTL Sachsen (30.5%)
  • Saxony radio packet
  • Oldie 95 (Hamburg, 4.78% )
  • RTL (Paris)
  • RTL 2 (Paris)
  • RTL2 Luxembourg ( Luxembourg ( 50%)
  • RTL Radio Luxemburg ( Luxembourg )
  • Radio 21 (Lower Saxony, 17.3%)
  • Radio Brocken (Saxony- Anhalt, 53.5 %)
  • Rádio Clube ( Lisbon, 33%)
  • Radio Contact (Brussels, 49.4 %)
  • Rádio Comercial ( Lisbon, 33%)
  • Radio Hamburg ( 29.17 % share)
  • Radio NRW ( 16.96 % share)
  • Radio Regenbogen (Baden- Württemberg)
  • Radio Ton (Baden- Württemberg, 2%)

Content

( Television production and trading )

For RTL Group includes numerous production companies in Europe, America and Australia. These include, among others:

  • UFA Show & Factual (Cologne / Berlin)
  • FremantleMedia ( London)
  • Alomo Productions ( London)
  • EVA Entertainment ( London)
  • Grundy Productions ( Sydney )
  • FremantleMedia GmbH ( Hürth )
  • UFA Film & TV Produktion (Potsdam)
  • Plus Productions ( Athens )

Add to that the message platform ENEX ( Luxembourg, 76.4 %).

Transmitting stations RTL Group

The transmission facilities are operated by the company Broadcasting Center Europe.

  • Long-wave transmitter Beidweiler
  • Long-wave transmitter Junglinster
  • Medium-wave transmitter Marnach
  • FM and TV stations Dudelange
  • FM and TV stations Hosingen
Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number Profit (economics) VOX (TV channel) RTL Living Universum Film AG M6 (TV channel) Neuilly-sur-Seine W9 (TV channel) Antena 3 (Spain) CBS Corporation Fun Radio (France) RTL2 (France) Radio Contact (Belgium) Content (media) Longwave Medium frequency Marnach transmitter MDAX Aareal Bank Airbus Group Aurubis Brenntag Celesio Deutsche EuroShop ElringKlinger Fielmann Fuchs Petrolub Gagfah Gerresheimer Hugo Boss Rational AG Salzgitter AG SGL Carbon Symrise Wincor Nixdorf ArcelorMittal Dexia Foyer S.A.
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