Viaplay Content Distribution’s crime drama Mafia has secured sales across 41 international markets, continuing to build international momentum ahead of its Swedish premiere. The six-part series has been picked up by a range of broadcasters and platforms, including TG4 (Ireland), RTL Voyo (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina), BeTV (Belgium, Luxembourg), Filmin (Spain), HOT (Israel, West Bank), Bell Media […]
egta, the international trade body representing Total TV and audio advertising sales, has elected Stéphane Coruble, CEO at RTL AdAlliance, as President for a two-year mandate, succeeding Laurent Bliaut, Deputy General Director (Marketing, Strategy & Innovation) at TF1 Pub. Coruble takes on the role at a time of rapid transformation across the media and advertising landscape, shaped by […]
RTL Group has confirmed the closing of the transaction to acquire Sky Deutschland (DACH). The transaction, which was first announced in June 2025, was unconditionally approved by the European Commission on April 22nd. At closing, RTL Group has fully acquired Sky’s businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including customer relationships in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and South […]
RTL Group has published its quarterly statement for the first three months of 2026. Group revenue was stable at €1.29 billion, as lower TV advertising revenue was compensated mainly by higher streaming revenue. Group revenue was up 2.5 per cent organically. RTL Group’s digital advertising revenue was up 14.6 per cent to €118 million, compensating […]
smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech business, and M6 Unlimited, the advertising sales house for M6 Group, has announced that Groupe M6’s entire digital audio advertising inventory — including content from RTL, RTL2, and Fun Radio — is now available through smartx, smartclip’s ad serving and SSP technology platform. Through this partnership, smartclip enters the French digital […]
Following the European Commission’s announcement that it has approved RTL Group’s acquisition of Sky Deutschland, RTL Group has announced changes to the Management Board of RTL Deutschland. The newly formed management team will comprise representatives from both companies. As previously announced at the end of June 2025 with the planned acquisition of Sky Deutschland, Stephan […]
The RTL Group has welcomed confirmation by the European Commission (EC) that it has unconditionally approved the planned acquisition of Sky Deutschland (DACH). RTL Group and Sky Group/Comcast will now finalise the transaction, which is expected to close on June 1st. Thomas Rabe, CEO of RTL Group, commented: “We welcome the European Commission’s approval of […]
Countdown to ANGA COM 2026: From 19 to 21 May, Cologne will once again become the most important meeting point for the telecommunications and media industries. Alongside 430 international exhibitors, Europe’s leading Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Media and Connectivity offers a world-class conference programme this year. Following the keynote by the German Federal Minister […]
RTL AdAlliance has released the fifth edition of its yearly Living Room Study, covering an even wider audience with new markets China and Hungary. The research of RTL Group’s international sales house finds that the living room dominates viewing habits: a place where 83 per cent of Europeans most often watch video content, far ahead of the […]
Media Figaro and RTL AdAlliance have expanded their partnership to simplify access for advertisers globally to Total Video inventories in France. The digital in-stream video inventory of Media Figaro brands is now available through RTL AdAlliance’s media collection in over 17 markets: the UK, the US, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, […]