Annual Report 2020
RTL Group is a leader across broadcast, content and digital, with interests in 67 television channels, ten streaming platforms and 38 radio stations. RTL Group also produces content throughout the world and owns a digital video network.
The television portfolio of Europe’s largest broadcaster includes RTL Television
in Germany, M6 in France, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia,
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. The Group’s flagship radio station is
RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other 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 production teams,
companies and labels in over 30 countries, producing over 12,000 hours
of original programming and distributing over 30,000 hours of content worldwide.
Combining the streaming-services of its broadcasters (such as TV Now, 6play, Salto, Videoland), the digital video network Divimove, 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.