– January to September 2025: Group revenue1 down 2.2 per cent to €4.1 billion, due to lower TV advertising revenue and lower content revenue from Fremantle; digital advertising revenue up 31.7 per cent
– Q3/2025: Group revenue stable at €1,337 million; digital advertising revenue up 40.2 per cent
– Continued dynamic growth of RTL Group’s streaming services: paying subscribers up 17.4 per cent year on year to 7.6 million, streaming revenue up 26.6 per cent in January to September 2025
– RTL Group aims for 8 million paying subscribers by the end of 2025; streaming start-up losses to be reduced by more than 50 per cent to around €50 million for the full year 2025 (2024: €137 million)
– New partnerships with Amazon and Warner Bros Discovery across streaming, advertising sales and advertising technology
– Outlook: Due to the decrease of the German and French TV advertising markets, RTL Group now expects Group revenue of €6.0 billion to €6.1 billion and Adjusted EBITA of €650 million for the full year 2025 (previous guidance: Group revenue of ~€6.45 billion and Adjusted EBITA ~€780 million, +/- 5 per cent). Full-year Total Group profit is expected to be approximately €1 billion
– Medium-term Adjusted EBITA target of €1 billion confirmed
– Expected dividend from the sale of RTL Nederland to DPG Media of €5 per share, to be paid in May 2026
– RTL Group launches share buyback programme of up to 833,948 shares, with a maximum price of €35 per share, which can be used to settle the potential variable consideration for the acquisition of Sky Deutschland (DACH)
– Regulatory approval process of Sky Deutschland acquisition progressing; closing expected in the first half of 2026
Luxembourg, 18 November 2025 – RTL Group today published the following quarterly statement for the first nine months of 2025 (January to September 2025).
Find the full press release via this link: https://company.rtl.com/en/media/overview/press-releases-and-news/quarterly-statement-january-to-september-2025/