RTL Group exercises its put option towards John de Mol’s Talpa Media Holding. Following this put option, RTL Group gets back Talpa Media’s 26.3 per cent minority shareholding in RTL Nederland in exchange for 100 per cent of the shares in Radio 538. In addition, Talpa Medial also takes over Radio 10 Gold and Slam FM from RTL Nederland.

RTL Nederland launches a second digital channel: RTL Crime.

RTL Group swaps its 30 per cent stake in Ren TV for a 7.5 per cent stake in National Media Group, one of the leading media groups in Russia.

RTL Nederland acquires Slam FM and Slam TV.

RTL Nederland starts a new digital radio station named Radio 53Z8.

RTL Televizija launches a second channel: RTL 2.

FremantleMedia acquires a further 51 per cent stake in Ludia, a leading Montreal-based developer and publisher of interactive games, bringing FremantleMedia’s stake in the company to 80 per cent.

RTL Nederland launches the new digital radio station VI Radio.

FremantleMedia has taken a 60 per cent share in @Radical Media, a global transmedia business that creates some of the world’s most innovative advertising and branded entertainment content.

RTL Group sells its stake in Content Union.

Grupo Antena 3 is test-launching its third digital channel on 2 August. Called Nitro, the new channel takes up its regular operation from 23 August, and caters primarily to men aged 35 to 55.

RTL Group sells Five Group (“Five”) to the Northern & Shell company owned by British publisher Richard Desmond.

RTL Radio Deutschland is stocking up its current 36 per cent holding in the station to 49.9 per cent, the maximum currently allowed under Lower Saxon media law. This further enhances its position as the station’s largest single shareholder.

FremantleMedia buys a further 25 per cent stake of production company Blu, taking its ownership to 100 per cent.

FremantleMedia acquires 100 per cent of Netherlands based independent production company FourOne Media.

RTL Nederland acquires Radio 10 Gold from Talpa Radio.

RTL Radio Deutschland sells its stake in Antenne Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Alpha Media Group sells the TV channel Kanali 9 Thessaloniki.

RTL Nederland launches RTL Lounge Radio.

RTL Nederland launches RTL Lounge, the fifth TV channel in its portfolio. RTL Lounge is a special-interest digital channel that broadcasts the best Dutch and foreign drama and lifestyle programmes.

Alpha Media Group sells the radio stations Alpha 98.9 and Palmos 96.5.

FremantleMedia announced a strategic minority equity investment in Ludia, a leading developer and publisher of interactive casual games based in Montreal, Canada.

FremantleMedia acquires a 75 per cent stake in Original Productions, the US-based creator of hit television shows such as Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Monster Garage and Ax Men.

RTL Interactive has acquired Wer-kennt-wen.de's remaining shareholdings as part of the existing partnership agreement.

RTL Group and Dimitris Contominas, owner of Alpha Media Group, have closed their deal of RTL Group’s acquisition of a 66.6 per cent majority stake in Alpha Media Group, bringing in the TV channels Alpha TV and Cosmos TV as well as the radio stations Alpha Radio and Palmos.

The Belgian TV channel Plug TV is renamed as Plug RTL.

RTL Interactive sells RTL Shop to Aurelius, a Munich based industrial holding.

Groupe M6 launches Girondins TV, a TV channel dedicated to the football club Girondins de Bordeaux. Girondins TV is available on Orange TV and ADSL.

RTL Nederland launches the first news channel for mobile phones: RTL 24.

Groupe M6, through its subsidiary M6 Web, completes the full acquisition of the Cyréalis group. The acquisition makes M6 Web one of the leading internet platforms in France, thus strengthening the market position of the advertising sales unit M6 Publicité. The main activities of Cyréalis include three editorial websites, clubic.com (high technology), jeuxvideo.fr (video games) and neteco.fr (e-business) plus achetezfacile.com, a price comparison site.

RTL Group re-establishes the marketing agency UFA Sports. UFA Sports has its headquarters in Hamburg and is mainly active in international marketing of media rights to sports events.

RTL Interactive acquires a 49 per cent stake in the internet platform Wer kennt wen, one of the fastest growing social networks in Germany. 

RTL Group and FremantleMedia jointly launch a new German film studio project via its German subsidiary UFA called UFA Cinema.

RTL Group purchases 50 per cent of the shares of Content Union to which the joint venture partner Continental Finance Group contributed its four own produced Russian thematic chanels, namely Russkiy Illusion (Russian movies), Illusion Plus (international classic movies), Detskiy (a children’s channel) and Zoo Park (an animal channel).

Traumpartner TV, a German digital thematic channel of RTL Group, discontinues broadcasting.

RTL Radio has taken over the Berlin-based radio station 105.5 Spreeradio 100 per cent.

RTL Radio in France and the sports daily L'Equipe have launched the radio station RTL L'Equipe, a station dedicated to sports and news.

The asset deal between RTL Group and John de Mol’s Talpa Media Holding which brought the radio station 538 into the Group, was closed.

RTL Radio in France launches the digital radio station RTL Autrement.

RTL Nederland launched the family's fourth Free-TV channel, RTL 8.

RTL Group sells its shareholding in the Portuguese media company Grupo Media Capital.

RTL Television launches the three digital theme channels: RTL Crime, RTL Living and Passion.

RTL Group sold its 25 per cent shareholding in Sportfive to Lagardère SCA.

Five in the UK launches the digital channel Five US.

Five Life, the second digital channel of Five, starts broadcasting.

RTL Group has acquired a further 8.5 per cent shareholding in the Croatian television channel RTL Televizija bringing his shareholding to 74 per cent.

RTL Group has increased its shareholding in Grupo Media Capital from 32.2 per cent to 33 per cent.

RTL Radio Deutschland acquires holdings in the German radio stations Radio Regenbogen and Big FM.

RTL Radio Deutschland sells the German radio station BB Radio.

RTL Nederland sells the Dutch radio station Yorin FM to SBS Broadcasting.

Grupo Antena 3 has launched the two digital theme channels Antena Nova and Antena Neox.

RTL Group increases its shareholding in the Portuguese media company Grupo Media Capital to 32.2 per cent.

RTL Group increases its shareholding in the news channel N-TV to 100 per cent.

RTL Group sells its shareholding in the radio stations Sudradio and Wit FM to Sudporters.

RTL Group increases strategic shareholding in Grupo Media Capital to 16.1 per cent from 11.6 per cent.

RTL Group acquires the remaining 35.4 per cent shareholding in the UK television station Five taking RTL Group's shareholding to 100 per cent.

RTL Group acquires a 30.0 per cent shareholding in the Russian television network REN TV.

M6 Music, a subsidiary of M6, launches two new music channels: M6 Music Rock and M6 Music Black.

RTL Radio Deutschland becomes shareholder in Sachsen-Funkpaket

RTL Group launches the digital theme channel Traumpartner TV

RTL Group acquires 11.6 per cent holding in Grupo Media Capital from Hicks Muse Tate & Furst

Bel RTL in Belgium launched the new radio station for the Brussels region "BXL" on the frequency 101.4

RTL Group and Canal + Group announce the completion of the sale of their interests in Sportfive. Funds managed by Advent International and RTL Group have formed a new company that urchased all of the shares in Sportfive held by RTL Group and Canal+ Group. RTL Group holds 25 per cent of the new company

RTL Group increases its shareholding in the Croatian television channel RTL Televizija from 33 per cent to 58 per cent

RTL Group launches the Croatian TV channel RTL Televizija

In the context of the sale of Sportfive to Advent International, RTL Group acquires the shares of Sportfive held by Jean-Claude Darmon

RTL Group finalizes the sale of its interests in Sportfive to Advent International

RTL Group launches the TV channel Den 2. RTL in Luxembourg

RTL Group sells the television facilities services company LPC to Ascent Media

RTL Group launches the 3rd TV Channel in Belgium: Plug TV

RTL Group sells Delux Productions to the management team of Delux Productions

RTL Group launches the radio station RTL FM in the Netherlands

RTL Group acquires through FremantleMedia the Australian television production company Crackerjack

RTL Group acquires Holtzbrinck’s TV and radio interest in Germany

RTL Group sells French technical facilities company VCF to Spanish Mediapro

RTL Group sells Swedish radio stations to Modern Times Group

RTL Group sells Polish TV station RTL 7 to media group ITI

Teamtalk to buy national radio station - Atlantic 252 to be rebranded and relaunched as Teamtalk 252

RTL Group, Canal+Group and Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon create joint sports rights business

RTL Group launches German homeshopping channel RTL Shop

DirectGroup Bertelsmann and RTL Group to develop broadband activities together

RTL Group Acquires 20 per cent stake in SUD RADIO and WIT FM

RTL Group sells remaining 5 per cent stake in Premiere to Kirch

Acquisition of a 6.23 per cent stake in Spanish TV channel Antena 3, bringing the total stake to 16.23 per cent

Disposal of the 26 per cent stake in Vienna radio station 92.9 Hit FM

Acquisition of the outstanding 11 per cent of RTL Television, bringing total ownership to 100 per cent

Acquisition of Talkback Productions

Increased stake in German TV channel Vox, bringing total ownership to 99.7 per cent

Purchase of the outstanding 35 per cent of HMG, bringing the total stake to 100 per cent

An additional 11.7 per cent stake in Channel 5, bringing the total stake to 64.6 per cent

An additional 2 per cent stake in French TV channel M6, bringing the total stake to 42.2 per cent