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Sound results after nine months in 2008
Bucking a tougher economic climate, RTL Group generated sound results in the period January to September 2008: operating profit (EBITA) increased slightly to EUR 577 million (2007: EUR 568 million).
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America has picked its president
RTL Group’s channels reported exhaustively on the US Elections – a retrospective.
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Teamworx celebrates its 10th anniversary
Teamworx has been producing successful films for ten years now, during which time it has accumulated more awards and prizes than most other production firms in the business.
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TELEVISION
RTL Group companies win 13 German TV Awards
The German TV Awards were presented on Saturday 11 October. RTL Group companies went home with 13 of the prestigious awards.
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OTHER
RTL Group to take over Alpha Media Group in Greece
RTL Group has signed an agreement to acquire a 66.6 per cent majority shareholding in the Greek broadcasting company Alpha Media Group.
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TELEVISION
TV or Not To BE
RTL Group has published a new brochure with the tongue-in-cheek title ‘TV or Not To BE’. It presents the value and benefit of television in articles by exceptional authors, collections of facts, and photo spreads.
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Interim results 2008
On 26 August 2008 RTL Group has announced its interim results to 30 June 2008. Click here to find all related documents.
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RTL Group’s annual report reaps further international awards
As the Olympics begin in Beijing, RTL Group can already boast a proud medal count of its own: platinum, gold and silver international awards went to Luxembourg for the 2007 annual report.
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RTL Group welcomes European Commission’s decision in the Cisac case
Today’s decision in the Cisac case confirms RTL Group’s complaint filed in 2000 - RTL Group willing to negotiate multi-territory licensing agreements with collecting societies.
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TELEVISION
The FIFA World Cup 2010 on RTL Television
RTL Television will exclusively broadcast up to 18 matches from the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa on German free-to-air TV.
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CONTENT
Deutsche Telekom uses footage from Got Talent in ad
FremantleMedia Archive signed a groundbreaking deal with Deutsche Telekom, which will see footage of Paul Potts used in an advertising campaign.
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Industrial series production in the Land of Ideas
On 11 July, students at the School of Design Thinking of the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam joined their project partner Grundy UFA in presenting prototypal “Smartcards” designed to improve the workflow for authors of daily soaps.
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RTL Group again valued member of the FTSE4Good Index
RTL Group continues to meet the corporate social responsibility criteria for the FTSE4 Good Index which was confirmed by the FTSE4 Good Policy Committee in a letter to RTL Group this June.
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TELEVISION
The Value of Television
At the Medienforum NRW in Cologne, RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler spoke about the social value of television, and took a stand on hot topics like advertising bans and the protection of minors.
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TELEVISION
Record-breaking audience figures for M6
9.6 million viewers watched M6’s broadcast of the Euro 2008 clash between France and Romania on 9 June - an incredible audience share of 54 per cent of the viewing public.
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RTL Radio France named Medium of the Year 2008
RTL Radio France has been named 'Medium of the Year 2008' and ‘Radio Station of the Year 2008’ at the 10th CB News Awards, which took place on 9 June in Paris.
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TELEVISION
RTL Nederland launches RTL 24
RTL Nederland launches RTL 24 – the first news channel for mobile phones. RTL 24 is to offer a diverse range of programmes including RTL Nederland’s most popular news programmes.
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Media Assurances celebrates its 25th anniversary
The insurance broker Media Assurances, a subsidiary of RTL Group, is celebrating 25 years in business this year.
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TELEVISION
Presenting: Germany’s new Idol
As 5.86 million viewers watched on their living-room screens, Thomas Godoj prevailed against Fady Maalouf in Saturday’s thrilling finale of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the first step on his new career path as a ‘superstar’.
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RTL Group with solid EBITA growth in the first quarter of 2008
RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, announces its interim management statement to 31 March 2008.
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Dawn Airey appointed new Chairman and CEO of Five
RTL Group announced that Dawn Airey (47), currently Director of Global Content at ITV, has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Five, effective 1 May 2009 at latest.
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OTHER
M6 purchases a 100 per cent stake in the Cyréalis group
On 30 April, Groupe M6, through its subsidiary M6 Web, completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Cyréalis. This deal makes M6 one of the top 15 most visited sites in France with a total of 8.9 million unique visitors per month.
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OTHER
RTL Group forms UFA Sports
The leading European entertainment network returns to sports rights marketing -
Philip Cordes to become CEO.
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CONTENT
FremantleMedia well prepared for MIPTV 2008
FremantleMedia delivers blockbuster slate with game shows and reality formats leading the pack.
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M6 launches new-generation TV with M6 Replay
On 19 March, M6 launched its new-generation TV in the form of M6 Replay, which will enable viewers to watch M6 programmes for free on the Internet at any time for 7 days after their first airing.
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Audited Results 2007
On 5 March 2008 RTL Group has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2007. Click here to find all related documents.
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TELEVISION
Great start for Neighbours on Five
On Monday 12 February, Five aired for the first time an episode of the popular Australian daily soap and was thoroughly convincing on keeping viewers tuned.
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Changes on RTL Nederland’s management team
Bert Habets appointed new CEO of RTL Nederland.
Fons van Westerloo to join the Supervisory Board and to become advisor.
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TELEVISION
With a revamp into the New Year
Since the beginning of January, Super RTL has been sporting both a new look and a new claim. Furthermore, the colour scheme for the presentation of the channel's daytime schedule and the Toggolino and Toggo brands has been completely reworked.
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RADIO
RTL France, the logical radio partner for major events
Asterix At The Olympic Games, the most eagerly awaited film in early 2008, is going to be flying the colours of RTL Radio.
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OTHER
RTL Group's channels look back on a successful 2007
Virtually all RTL Group's television channels achieved outstanding results in 2007 and gained ground across the board.
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The global popularity of variety, game and talent shows
According to research released by FremantleMedia, broadcasters have seen a marked improvement in both the volume and success rate of game show formats this season.
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OTHER
No Bertelsmann share offer
RTL Group notes December 20th's announcement by Bertelsmann AG that it has decided not to proceed at this time with a public offer for the shares of RTL Group that are not already owned by it.
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RTL Group Board Changes
RTL Group acknowledges the resignation of Gunter Thielen and Ewald Walgenbach from its Board of Directors with effect as from 31 December 2007.
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RADIO
Christmas spirit on the Internet radio
104.6 RTL launched the brand new web-based radio station 104.6 RTL-Weihnachtsradio during its scheduled morning show Arno und die Morgencrew on Friday.
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Possible Bertelsmann Share Offer
RTL Group notes the recent speculation concerning a possible offer for the company.
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TELEVISION
High ratings for November
In November the channels run by Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland extended their lead over the ProSiebenSat.1 group.
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RTL Group to expand its TV activities in Russia
RTL Group has signed an agreement with Luxembourg-based Continental Finance Group S.A. (CFG) to build up a joint venture for the production, operation and distribution of thematic, non-terrestrial TV channels in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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TELEVISION
A powerful debut by Psych on RTL Television
The pilot episode of the new hit USA series Psych achieved a market share of 30.6 per cent for the German channel among young viewers.
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FremantleMedia launches EUR 40 million Talent Fund
FremantleMedia unveiled plans to significantly boost its network of creative relationships with the launch of a EUR 40 million investment fund geared specifically at talent partnerships.
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Antena 3's programmes win Ondas Awards
Antena 3's acclaimed fictional series El Internado and Europa FM's Ponte a Prueba have won an Onda for Best Spanish Series and Best Radio Programme at the 54th Ondas Awards.
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Award-winning! Sport on M6
The 100% Foot football show on French TV channel M6 has been received an award in Reims as the best national TV programme.
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RTL Radio Deutschland takes over 105.5 Spreeradio 100 per cent
The Berlin-Brandenburg Media Authority (MABB) is awarding the Berlin-based radio station a broadcasting licence that will be valid until 2014.
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Asset deal finalised in the Netherlands
The asset deal between RTL Group and John de Mol’s Talpa Media Holding in the Netherlands has now been closed.
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TELEVISION
A successful start to the new season
With a market share of 34.0 per cent, RTL's German family of channels managed to boost its ratings yet again by a very clear margin compared with the same month the previous year, leaving rival ProSiebenSat.1 lagging ever further behind.
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RTL Group takes home nine German Television Awards
RTL Television and Teamworx clear the table at the German Television Awards. Vox receives coveted trophy for first time.
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The summer was kind to RTL Radio France
July and August 2007 were crowned with success for France's favourite radio station, with an additional 700,000 listeners tuning in.
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Fun Radio and RTL 2 bank on legal music downloads
The French radio stations Fun Radio and RTL 2 have concluded a partnership agreement with download platform iTunes.
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TELEVISION
RTL's musical actors
After the sensational chart success of RTL soap star Mars, another RTL actor has now taken the hit parade by storm.
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OTHER
RTL Group again valued member of the FTSE4Good Index
RTL Group continues to meet the corporate social responsibility criteria for the FTSE4 Good Index which was confirmed by the FTSE4 Good Policy Committee in a letter to RTL Group this September.
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UFA is still innovating
Floaded is the name of UFA's new platform for short films, which went online yesterday.
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TELEVISION
RTL Klub further diversifies its offer
The Hungarian television channel RTL Klub has acquired the online store NetPiac.
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Interim Results 2007
On 28 August 2007 at 08.00 hours CET, RTL Group has released its interim results to 30 June 2007.
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OTHER
Licence agreement between RTL Interactive and Nintendo
RTL Games will also release video games for Wii.
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OTHER
Idol Gives Back wins Academy Award
The massive American Idol fundraising campaign has received the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, one of the highest awards for TV productions in the USA.
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CONTENT
FremantleMedia launches TVComedyClassics.com
Tommy Cooper Half Hour, George and Mildred, Love Thy Neighbour - FremantleMedia's entire comedy catalogue is now available to download at any time from the new web portal.
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TELEVISION
German RTL family sees rise in audience figures
RTL Television, Vox, RTL II, Super RTL and N-TV between them achieved a market share of 33.9 per cent.
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TELEVISION
K-Ville comes to Five's family of channels
Five has acquired exclusive rights to the unique drama series on the New Orleans hurricane.
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TELEVISION
RTL Crime, Passion and RTL Living are expanding their range
For the first time RTL Television's special-interest channels are going to become available to viewers as part of Premiere's pay-TV package.
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