RTL Group News and Activities

RTL Group is owned by Bertelsmann.

Bertelsmann is one of the...

• Fortune 500 Europe (#188);
• TOB Iconic 10,000.

Bertelsmann has a direct presence in 22 countries.

Bertelsmann has 64 subsidiaries including Ad Alliance, Affero Lab and Alliant International University.

They are in:

• Media29%
• Publishing25%
• Other46%

Acquisition, funding and merger involving Bertelsmann.

• RTL Group has announced the acquisition of Sky DACH  (posted on June 30 2025).

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Most searched biographies at RTL Group

• Clément Schwebig, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
• Rolf Hellermann, Non-Executive Director
• Alexander von Torklus, Non-Executive Director (promoted in Jul 202...

Popular executive movements at RTL Group

• Alexander von Torklus who is Non-Executive Director, will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director in Jul. 2026  (posted on May 14 2026).
• Bjorn Bauer, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company on Sep. 30, 2026  (posted on May 14 2026).
• Antoine Blin has joined the company as Program Director, Editorial Strategy  (posted on January 22 2026).

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Popular executive movements at Bertelsmann

• Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, will leave the company on Dec. 31, 2026  (posted on November 14 2025).
• Thomas Coesfeld who is Member of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of BMG, will be promoted to Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer of BMG on Jan. 1, 2027  (posted on November 14 2025).

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Bertelsmann has 384 competitors including Netflix (United States (USA)), Comcast (United States (USA)) and BBC (United Kingdom (UK)).

Popular M&A news in Broadcasting

• Paramount Skydance has announced the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery  (posted on March 3 2026).
• Paramount Skydance has announced the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery  (posted on March 2 2026).
• The project of Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery has been abandoned  (posted on March 2 2026).

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• Suman De - Senior Vice President of News and Programming, ABP Ananda at ABP Network
• David Zaslav - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (until Jun 2026) at Warner Bros. Discovery

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