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RTL H1 revenue down 5.1%

RTL Group has reported H1 revenue was down 5.1 per cent to €3.1 billion mainly due to significantly lower TV advertising revenue. Group revenue was down 4.3 per cent organically. RTL Group’s TV advertising revenue decreased 12.5 per cent to €1.18 billion, in particular in Germany. Compared to the first half of 2019 (pre-Covid), RTL Group’s TV […]

August 8, 2023

Love TV Channels partners with RTL AdAlliance

Love TV Channels has selected RTL AdAlliance to sell the advertising rights for its recently launched FAST offer. RTL AdAlliance will be including the channels Love Wine, Trailers and Love The Planet in its growing Connected TV portfolio. Advertisers will be able to book TV spots within a linear ad break integrated into the audience-specific […]

May 22, 2023

Study: Cost of living not impacting European SVoD subs

A study conducted by RTL AdAlliance, in collaboration with smartclip and Ad Alliance Nederland, provides an in-depth view on Europeans’ attitude towards video content. The results from the second edition of The New Life of the Living Room research uncover the viewing habits of consumers across 10 markets, and their relationship with TV and advertising […]

May 18, 2023

Hoberg to head ad tech unit at RTL Deutschland

RTL Deutschland is bundling its ad technology activities. Led by Martin Hoberg as Chief International AdTech Officer, the new unit will further develop the company’s international ad tech investments. Smartclip and its subsidiary Realytics (France), as well as Yospace (UK) and the 50-per-cent-owned SQL Services, will continue to operate on the market as independent companies. […]

May 5, 2023

RTL revenue down 9% despite streaming gains

RTL, the Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, has reported that Q1 group revenue down 9 per cent to €1.4 billion, mainly due to significantly lower TV advertising revenue and the disposals of RTL Belgium (31 March 2022) and RTL Croatia (1 June 2022), which were still fully consolidated in Q1 2022. Group revenue was down 7.7 […]

May 4, 2023

smartclip launches TV ad break replacement

smartclip, the adtech development unit of RTL Group, has announced the launch of the programmatic linear TV ad break replacement — the technical implementation of programmatic buying for TV spots within the linear TV ad break. The new feature can replace the full ad break or single spots via Addressable TV, based on the European-wide […]

April 4, 2023

WildBear announces multiple rights deals

WildBear International, the distribution arm of WildBear Entertainment, one of Australia’s biggest producers of factual programming, has announcd a raft of deals for the newest titles on its natural history slate. Extreme Snakes (2 x 60), which explores the innovative and flexible ways snakes survive in the extreme environments of Australia and Africa, has been […]

April 3, 2023

RTL FY 2022: Strong revenue growth

Pan-European broadcaster RTL has reported full-year Group revenue up 8.8 per cent to a record level of €7.2 billion, up 1.6 per cent organically despite decreasing advertising markets in Germany and France. Paying subscribers for RTL Group’s streaming services in Germany, the Netherlands and Hungary up 44.3 per cent to 5.5 million. Market consolidation remains […]

March 16, 2023

RTL Ventures invests in consumer tech companies

RTL Deutschland has set up a new unit, RTL Ventures, to invest in consumer tech companies. The idea is to build up a portfolio of innovative European firms that aspire to become category market leaders in the long term and for which the DACH market (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) offers relevant growth potential. The investment […]

March 2, 2023

RTL AdAlliance appoints Ostermaier as CFO

RTL AdAlliance has appointed Iris Ostermaier global CFO of the newly created RTL AdAlliance, effective January 9th 2023. In this role, she will report to Stéphane Coruble, CEO of RTL AdAlliance. RTL AdAlliance was formed through the combination of RTL AdConnect, G+J iMS and Smartclip’s sales and media businesses to create an international total media […]

December 14, 2022