The digital transformation of RTL Group

Appointed as COO and member of the RTL Group Executive Committee in January 2012, de Posch was named Co-CEO of RTL Group in April 2012 overseeing the Group’s broadcasting operations outside Germany and its content production arm, FremantleMedia, whose numerous hits Idols, X Factor, Got Talent and The Price is Right are some of the most adapted formats worldwide.

With interests in 57 television channels and 30 radio stations, RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network. The Luxembourg-based owned by Bertelsmann company owns stakes in TV channels and radio stations in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Hungary, Croatia and South East Asia. It is one of the world’s leading producers of TV content: from talent and game shows to drama, daily soaps and telenovelas and formats.

Each day, millions of viewers all over Europe watch RTL Group’s television channels, which include the families of channels clustered around the flagships RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, RTL 4 in the Netherlands and RTL-TVI in Belgium. The Group also has broadcasting operations in Hungary (RTL Klub, RTL II plus six cable channels), Croatia (RTL Televizija, RTL 2, RTL Kockica), Luxembourg and interests in Atresmedia in Spain.

In August 2013, RTL Group and CBS Studios International announced a new venture, RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, which currently operates two pay-TV channels across South East Asia: RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD.

RTL Group has become the leading European media company in online video and is ranked among the top five global players in online video thanks to the Group’s on-demand platforms and catch-up services, as well as to key investments in multi-channel networks such as BroadbandTV, StyleHaul and Divimove. 
In addition, FremantleMedia is YouTube’s biggest independent TV production partner, with more than 215 channels and over 20 million subscribers. Overall, the Group registered a total of 36.4 billion video views in 2014. Moreover, RTL Group has a majority shareholding in one of the world’s largest programmatic video advertising platforms, SpotX.

RTL Group’s content production arm, FremantleMedia, is one of the largest creators, producers and distributors of television brands in the world. With operations in 29 countries, FremantleMedia creates over 10,000 hours of TV programming each year. The company also distributes more than 20,000 hours of content in over 200 territories.

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