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RTL Deutschland confirms job cuts as shift to streaming accelerates

December 2, 2025 09.31 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

RTL Deutschland has confirmed it will cut around 600 jobs as part of a major organisational restructuring, following reports circulating yesterday about large-scale redundancies at the German media group.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, People, TV Tagged With: RTL, RTL Deutschland, Sky, Stephan Schmitter Edited: 5 December 2025 14:13

RTL+ launches as add-on channel on Amazon Prime Video

October 22, 2025 15.28 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has launched its streaming service RTL+ as an independent add-on channel on Amazon Prime Video.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, Christoph Schneider, Henning Nieslony, RTL, RTL Deutschland, Stephan Schmitter Edited: 27 October 2025 12:30

RTL Group to acquire Sky Deutschland – and the strategy behind it

June 27, 2025 09.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In an unexpected move, RTL Group today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Barny Mills, Bundesliga, Comcast, Dana Strong, Joyn, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL, RTL Group, Sky Deutschland, Sky Stream, Stephan Schmitter, Thomas Rabe, WOW Edited: 1 July 2025 16:24

Sky Deutschland adds RTL+ to Sky Stream

July 31, 2024 10.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German broadcasters Sky Deutschland and RTL Deutschland are expanding their partnership: In addition to Sky Q, streaming service RTL+ is now also available as an app on the new Sky […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Barny Mills, RTL, RTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland, Stephan Schmitter Edited: 31 July 2024 12:28

RTL: Matthias Dang hands over to Carsten Schwecke as Chief Commercial, Technology and Data Officer

April 22, 2024 11.56 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

After more than 30 years, Matthias Dang, Chief Commercial, Technology and Data Officer at RTL Deutschland, has decided to leave the German broadcaster at the beginning of 2025.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Ad Alliance, Carsten Schwecke, Frank Vogel, Matthias Dang, RTL Deutschland, RTL Group, Stephan Schmitter, Thomas Rabe Edited: 22 April 2024 11:59

RTL and Sky Deutschland to share Formula 1 and football rights

December 19, 2023 09.57 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German broadcasters RTL and Sky Deutschland have agreed a strategic partnership in the content sector.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Barny Mills, Bundesliga, Formula 1, RTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland, Sky Sport, Stephan Schmitter, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Europa League Edited: 21 December 2023 13:29

Stephan Schmitter new CEO of RTL Deutschland

November 15, 2023 08.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Stephan Schmitter will take over the leadership of RTL Deutschland as CEO on January 1, 2024.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: RTL Deutschland, RTL Group, Stephan Schmitter, Thomas Rabe Edited: 15 November 2023 08:38

Stephan Schmitter joins RTL Deutschland management board

November 17, 2022 08.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Andreas Fischer, Gruner + Jahr, Henning Tewes, RTL, RTL Deutschland, RTL Group, Stephan Schmitter, Thomas Rabe Edited: 17 November 2022 08:53

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