The Dutch competition authority ACM has informed RTL Group and Talpa Network that the authority will not approve the proposed merger of RTL Nederland and Talpa Network, initially announced on 22 June 2021.
RTL Group today announced that Stephan Schmitter, currently Chief Journalistic Content Officer at RTL Deutschland, has been appointed to the Management Board of RTL Deutschland with immediate effect.
Fremantle, RTL Group’s global content production business, today announced that it has acquired a 51 per cent majority stake in Wildstar Films, a production company focused on natural history documentaries.
Bouygues, RTL Group, Groupe TF1 and Groupe M6 have today decided to call off their plan to merge the TF1 and M6 groups that was announced on 17 May 2021.
Following the launch of RTL’s unified brand identity, RTL Group has taken the next step towards transforming RTL from a traditional broadcast brand to a leading entertainment brand across all digital platforms.
RTL Group today announced it has appointed two new members of RTL Deutschland’s Management Board: Ingrid Heisserer will be the new Chief Financial Officer and Xenia Meuser will be the new Chief Human Resources Officer.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of RTL Group, on 27 April 2022, approved the statutory and consolidated accounts as at 31 December 2021, and all proposed resolutions.
Following the publication of RTL Group’s audited full-year results 2021 on 17 March 2022, RTL Group convened its Annual General Meeting (AGM) of shareholders 2022.
RTL Group today announced its decision to combine its fully-owned businesses RTL AdConnect, G+J iMS and the media division of Smartclip to create an international advertising sales champion.
RTL Group today announced that its largest business unit RTL Deutschland has signed an exclusive agreement for an extensive, multi-year programme volume deal with the US production company Warner Bros. Entertainment.
RTL Group today announced that it has completed the sale of its entire shareholding in VideoAmp, a US software and data company for media measurement, for US-$104 million (€92 million) in cash.
Christophe Goossens will take over the leadership of BCE in addition to his role as CEO of RTL Luxembourg, while Fred Lemaire will become COO of BCE and CFO of RTL Luxembourg.
RTL Group today announced a comprehensive cooperation with Amobee to strengthen their ad-tech businesses in continental Europe. RTL Group and Amobee will establish a jointly owned sales and services company called TechAlliance, which will combine the ad-tech services of Amobee and Smartclip in Europe.
RTL Group today announced that its global content business, Fremantle, has completed the sale of its 100 per cent shareholding in Ludia Inc. to US-based mobile entertainment company Jam City for US-$165 million (€139 million).
Following the press release of 17 May 2021 relating to the proposed merger between Groupe TF1 and Groupe M6, the employee representative bodies of Groupe Bouygues, Groupe TF1 and Groupe M6 issued their favourable opinions on the proposed merger on 24 June 2021.
RTL Group today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of RTL Belgium to the Belgian media companies DPG Media and Groupe Rossel. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q4/2021.
RTL Group and Talpa Network today announced that they have signed agreements to merge their broadcasting and affiliated media businesses in the Netherlands and create a strong Dutch cross-media group.
