RTL Group has confirmed it has closed the transaction on the sale of its RTL Nederland to DPG Media.
In a statement, the company said the transaction to sell its Dutch business had been completed on 1 July 2025.
The transaction, which was first announced in December 2023, was approved by the Dutch competition authority ACM last week.
DPG Media is paying for €1.1 billion for the business that includes five free-to-air TV channels (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8 and RTL Z), three digital pay-TV channels (RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, RTL Telekids) and an independent news organisation. Also included is Videoland, the country’s top streaming service, with 1.5 million paying subscribers. DPG already owns VTM in Flanders and RTL Belgium in Wallonia.
However, ACM has placed a series of conditions on the Belgian company to ensure there are no negative effects on media pluralism.
