WATCH VIDEO. RTL Group has announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of Five Group (“Five”) to the Northern & Shell company owned by British publisher Richard Desmond. The deal has been closed with immediate effect.
Over one million HD+ cards shipped
Consumer electronics manufacturers have now ordered over one million smart cards for the German HD+ satellite platform, according to Stefan Vollmer, spokesperson for Astra Deutschland.
German Kartellamt raids RTL, ProSiebenSat.1 offices
The German monopoly authority Bundeskartellamt has raided the offices of the country’s two main private broadcasters, the RTL Group and ProSiebenSat.1, probing their plans to encrypt their signals. The Kartellamt confirmed the raids, but declined to name the broadcasters involved. According to local reports, the action took place in the Cologne offices of RTL and […]
RTL Group “satisfied” with results
The RTL Group has said its revenue in 2009 was down 6.3% to €5,410 million as most TV advertising markets across Europe declined by double-digit rates. However, RTL Group’s investments in content production and diversification businesses helped to better balance its financial position.
KabelKiosk adds RTL Group HD channels
Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk, Germany’s cable headend-in-the-sky, has announced the immediate launch of the RTL HD and Vox HD channels from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland.