(1) Excluding 0.79% which is held collectivity as treasure stock by RTL Group and one of its subsidaries
(2) as of the AGM 2018 (18 April 2018)
*Average number of full-time equivalent employees
The roots of the company’s history date back to 1924, the year when Radio Luxembourg first went on air. Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion (CLR) was founded in 1931. As a European pioneer, the company broadcast a unique programme in several languages using the same frequency.
RTL Group itself was created in spring 2000 following the merger of Luxembourg-based CLT-UFA and the British content production company Pearson TV, owned by Britain’s Pearson PLC media group. CLT-UFA was created in 1997 when the shareholders of UFA (Bertelsmann) and the historic Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion – CLT (Audiofina) merged their TV, radio and TV production businesses.
Bertelsmann has been the majority shareholder of RTL Group since July 2001. RTL Group’s shares are publicly traded on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as the Brussels and Luxembourg stock exchanges. Since September 2013, RTL Group has been listed in the prestigious M-Dax stock index.
TV:
RTL Television (Cologne), Vox (Cologne), RTL II (Munich), Super RTL (Cologne), M6 (Paris), RTL 4 (Hilversum/Amsterdam), RTL-TVI (Brussels), Antena 3 (Madrid), RTL Klub (Budapest), RTL Televizija (Zagreb)
Radio:
RTL (Paris), RTL 2 (Paris), Fun Radio (Paris), 104.6 RTL (Berlin), Bel RTL (Brussels), Radio Contact (Brussels)
Production & Rights Trading:
Fremantle (London, Los Angeles, London), UFA Film & TV Produktion (Potsdam), Grundy Television (Sydney), CLT-UFA International (Luxembourg)
Digital:
SpotX (Denver), BroadbandTV (Vancouver), StyleHaul (Los Angeles), Divimove (Berlin), United Screens (Stockholm)
Oliver Fahlbusch
Executive Vice President
Corporate Communications & Marketing
RTL Group
T.: +352 / 24 86 5200
Anja Reichert
Head of Corporate Responsibility & Diversity Coordination
T.: +352 2486 3648
RTL Group is a leader across broadcast, content and digital, with interests in 60 television channels and 30 radio stations, content production throughout the world and rapidly growing digital video businesses. RTL Group’s families of TV channels are either number one or number two in eight European countries. RTL Group’s content production arm, Fremantle, is one of the largest international creators, producers and distributors of multi-genre content outside the US. Combining the on-demand services of its broadcasters, its multi-platform networks and Fremantle’s YouTube channels, RTL Group has become the leading European media company in online video. RTL Group also owns the advanced video ad serving platform SpotX.
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