16 Facts About RTL Group

RTL Group is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany.

RTL Group operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and other European countries.

Important segments of RTL Group are RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6, Fremantle and RTL Nederland.

RTL Group is one of a total of eight divisions of Bertelsmann: It is responsible for more than a third of its revenue and a large share of its operating profit.

RTL Group itself was established in 1931 as the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion .

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Under the name RTL Group, it went on to provide its private broadcasting services in several European countries.

RTL Group was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 26 July 2000.

The issue price of the RTL Group share was calculated based on the closing prices of Audiofina in Luxembourg and Brussels.

Bertelsmann's initial aim was to acquire full ownership of RTL Group to reduce administrative costs, but this plan failed in 2007 due to uncertainties in Luxembourg law.

RTL Group was already responsible for a large part of the revenue and profit of Bertelsmann in 2001.

RTL Group operates television channels, radio stations, streaming platforms, content production, a range of digital services and advertising sales.

The main segments of RTL Group are Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6, Fremantle and RTL Nederland.

RTL Group additionally operates a leading streaming service under the name RTL+ .

RTL Group operates the television channels 6ter, M6 and W9, the channels Paris Premiere and Teva, as well as children's channel Gulli.

RTL Group, which operates in 31 countries, creates, produces and distributes content for broadcasters of RTL Group and other clients, for example Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.

RTL Group Nederland operates the streaming service Videoland and the free streaming service RTL Group XL.