Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe has announced his departure from the German media company at the end of 2026.
Stephan Schmitter new CEO of RTL Deutschland
Stephan Schmitter will take over the leadership of RTL Deutschland as CEO on January 1, 2024.
New brand identity for RTL Group’s smartclip
Smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech development unit and provider of adtech solutions, has unveiled a new brand identity and website.
RTL exceeds 6m streaming subs
RTL Group ended the first half with 6.041 million paying subscribers to its streaming services RTL+ in Germany and Hungary and Videoland in the Netherlands.
smartclip digitises the linear TV ad break
RTL Group’s adtech development unit smartclip has launched the programmatic linear TV ad break replacement, the technical implementation of programmatic buying for TV spots within the linear TV ad break.
RTL’s smartclip hires Frank Plähn
Frank Plähn has been appointed VP of audience products at RTL Group’s adtech development unit smartclip.
Stephan Schmitter joins RTL Deutschland management board
Stephan Schmitter, currently Chief Journalistic Content Officer at RTL Deutschland, has been appointed to the management board of the German media company with immediate effect.
Fremantle expands docu business
RTL Group’s global content production business Fremantle has acquired a 51% stake in Wildstar Films, a production company focused on natural history documentaries.
Ex RTL head Bert Habets new ProSiebenSat.1 CEO
Bert Habets, former CEO of RTL Group, will become the new head of ProSiebenSat.1 Media as of November 1, 2022.
CME acquires RTL Croatia
CME Media Enterprises (CME) has closed the acquisition of RTL Croatia.