Annual reports

RTL Group

RTL Group is a leader across broadcast, content and digital, with interests in 67 television channels, ten streaming services and 38 radio stations. RTL Group also produces and distributes content throughout the world. The television portfolio of Europe’s largest commercial broadcaster includes RTL in Germany, M6 in France, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary, and Antena 3 in Spain. RTL Group’s families of TV channels are either the number one or number two in eight European countries. RTL Group’s largest unit – RTL Deutschland – is Germany’s first cross-media champion, operating across TV, streaming, radio and digital publishing with premium brands such as Stern and Geo. The Group’s flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other radio stations in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg. RTL Group’s content business, Fremantle, is one of the world’s largest creators, producers and distributors of scripted and unscripted content. Fremantle has an international network of teams across production and distribution, operating in more than 25 countries, producing 12,700 hours of original programming and distributing over 30,000 hours of content worldwide. Combining the streaming services of its broadcasters (such as RTL+, 6play, Salto, Videoland), the digital video company We Are Era, and Fremantle’s more than 360 YouTube channels, RTL Group has become the leading European media company in digital video. RTL Group also owns the ad-tech businesses Smartclip and Yospace, as well as the streaming-tech company Bedrock. RTL AdConnect is RTL Group’s international advertising sales house. Bertelsmann is the majority shareholder of RTL Group, which is listed on the Luxembourg and Frankfurt stock exchanges and in the SDAX stock index.