RTL Group
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international media company with headquarters in Luxembourg
Key facts
- Formerly
- Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion (1931–1954), Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (1954–1997), CLT-UFA (1997–2000)
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- FWB : RRTL , LuxSE : RTLL , MDAX component (RRTL), LuxX Index component (RTLL)
- Isin
- LU0061462528
- Industry
- Mass media
- Predecessor
- Société Luxembourgeoise d'Études Radiophoniques (1929–1931)
- Founded
- 30 May 1931 ; 95 years ago ( 1931-05-30 )
- Headquarters
- Kirchberg, Luxembourg , Cologne , Germany
- Area served
- Europe Worldwide (via Fremantle )
- Key people
- Martin Taylor ( chairman ) Clément Schwebig ( CEO ) Thomas Rabe (Executive Director) Björn Bauer ( CFO )
- Products
- Television , Radio , Streaming , Content production, Digital services
- Revenue
- €6.0 billion (2025)
- Operating income
- €243 million (2025)
- Net income
- €1 billion (2025)
- Total assets
- €10.5 billion (2025)
- Number of employees
- 15,768 (2025)
- Parent
- Bertelsmann Capital Holding (75.00%), RTL Group (2.3%), Publicly traded (22.8%)
- Divisions
- RTL Deutschland Groupe M6 (49.3%) Fremantle RTL Hungary
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Homepage
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Encyclopedic overview
RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 52 television channels and 40 radio stations in Germany, France and other European countries. It also offers national streaming platforms, content productions and a range of digital services. Important segments of RTL Group are RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6 and Fremantle.
The company in its present form was established by Bertelsmann, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), and Pearson plc in 2000. As of 2025 Bertelsmann, a conglomerate based in the German city of Gütersloh owns 75% of the shares in the company, after holding a stake of more than 90% in the past. RTL Group is one of a total of eight divisions of Bertelsmann: It is responsible for one third of its revenue and a large share of its operating profit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RTL Group” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.