Sky Europe is to sell its Sky Deutschland operation. RTL will acquire the German-language pay-TV operation which includes subscribers in Austria and Switzerland as well as Germany itself. RTL is paying an initial €150 million “with additional variable consideration linked to future value creation”. The end result for RTL will be an audience of 11.5 […]

RTL Group has welcomed announcement by the Dutch competition authority ACM that it has approved the planned sale of RTL Nederland to DPG Media. The approval is subject to certain conditions by the buyer, which DPG Media offered. RTL Group and DPG Media will now finalise the transaction. RTL Group expects the transaction to close […]

Happy Accidents, the LA-based film and TV studio, has announced licence deals with several European outlets including Sky UK, RAI Italia, Sky Italia, Group M6 (France),TV2 Norway, TV3 Baltics, Network4 Hungary, DIVA – from NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct to Consumer (NBCUIN & DTC) in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia […]

RTL AdAlliance has revealed the fourth edition of its annual study – TheNew Life of the Living Room. In the quantitative research, RTL Group’s international sales house separates signal from noise in the fast-changing video content and advertising landscape, providing valuable insight into evolving viewing habits across 14 European markets and the US. The research […]

Smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech business, and RTL Hungary have announced a strategic technology partnership aimed at enhancing RTL Hungary’s digital and linear advertising capabilities. As part of this collaboration, RTL Hungary has adopted smartx — smartclip’s holistic, full-stack ad-server and supply-side platform (SSP). This technology allows RTL Hungary to merge linear and digital TV, delivering […]

RTL Group has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31st 2024. Group revenue was stable at €6.25 billion (2023: €6.23 billion). Group revenue was down 1.5 per cent organically compared to 2023, mainly due to content business Fremantle. TV advertising revenue was stable at €2.35 billion (2023: €2.36 billion). After a positive […]

Public and private television broadcasters are working together with associations and organisations to develop a framework for the market launch of DVB-I in Germany. The aim is to create the conditions to simplify the transformation of linear television into streaming. “The new DVB-I TV standard will soon merge streaming and traditional television to an even […]

RTL AdAlliance has launched its AdManager – a self-service platform launched and operated by the international media sales house of RTL Group. This platform gives international advertisers direct, scalable entry to video content by some of the most demanded European broadcasters and media brands. With the same comfort advertisers know from social ad buying and […]

For the 2025 season, RTL, in partnership with Sky Sport, will again broadcast seven races as well as eleven qualifying sessions and one sprint race of Formula 1 live on free TV. On the other race weekends, the qualifying or the sprint can be viewed live on RTL+. For the season opener in Melbourne, RTL […]