week34 - RTL Group

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week34 - RTL Group

24 August 2011
week
Luxembourg
United States
Germany
France
Gerhard Zeiler on RTL Group’s
recent transactions
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
acquires Netzathleten Media
American Idol to be introduced
into Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall
of Fame
M6 Magazines continue to charm
viewers
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Cover:
Montage for the Interim results 2011
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“Audience popularity
remains key”
Gerhard Zeiler
On 24 August, RTL Group announced its
half-year results 2011. Backstage asked
RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler about the
current status of the company.
Luxembourg - 24 August 2011
How did the advertising markets in Europe
develop in the first half of 2011?
After the strong growth seen in the Western
European TV advertising markets in 2010,
the first six months of this year show a mixed
picture. The markets in France, the Netherlands
and Belgium were up year-on-year, the German
market remained flat, while the markets in
Eastern and Southern Europe showed negative
growth.
How did RTL Group perform in these
markets?
In all countries, our families of channels clearly
outperformed their respective TV advertising
markets. As a result, RTL Group has again
managed to improve all key indicators – revenue,
EBITA and net profit.
These strong half-year results confirm our
strategy of continuous development of our core
business. Maintaining the strong audience
popularity of our channels and programmes is
essential to outperforming the competition in the
advertising markets long-term.
Where did the EBITA improvement come
from?
Our strong EBITA was driven by very good
performances
from
Mediengruppe
RTL
Deutschland, Groupe M6 and RTL Nederland.
The German family of channels increased their
combined audience share to 35.7 per cent –
further improving on last year’s record result.
Total revenue of the profit centre increased
2.9 per cent, with EBITA rising to €268 million. As
a result, the EBITA margin improved to just over
30 per cent.
In France, M6 was the only major channel to
increase audience share in both total audience
and in the main target group. Groupe M6’s
television activities also reported solid revenue
growth. Advertising revenue at the M6 main
channel increased 5.3 per cent, while the digital
channels’ advertising revenue rose 10.5 per cent.
Based on significantly higher profit contributions
from its TV channels, reported EBITA of Groupe
M6 was up 11.2 per cent to €149 million, resulting
in an operating margin of over 20 per cent.
RTL Nederland’s performance was simply
outstanding: the combined TV audience
share of the Dutch RTL family increased
significantly by 2.8 points to 34.1 per cent. With
double-digit growth in TV advertising revenue,
RTL Nederland’s share of the TV advertising
market increased significantly, up over
5 percentage points. Due to the significant
improvement in the profitability of the TV activities
the total EBITA of the profit centre soared 84 per
cent to €59 million.
What are RTL Group’s strategic priorities?
With stakes in 40 TV channels and 33 radio
stations in 10 European countries and production
companies around the world, we constantly
review our portfolio. Our strategy remains in
place – we have three investment priorities:
First, to further strengthen our family of channels.
This includes investments in programming,
in new free-TV and pay-TV channels, in
on-demand platforms, mobile services and
diversification activities. Just recently, we
strengthened our positions in Hungary, Croatia
and the Netherlands. These three transactions
will give us more flexibility to build even stronger
families of channels.
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Second: FremantleMedia plays a key role
for RTL Group and we want to grow the unit
significantly across all markets and businesses.
We have a strong commitment to further organic
growth first and foremost, but our growth plan
also includes acquisitions such as Original
Productions, Radical Media and Ludia.
Finally, what is your outlook for the full year
2010?
We have very little visibility on the important
fourth quarter of 2011. The comparatives are
difficult and this is also coupled with a high
degree of uncertainty over the broader macroeconomic situation.
And third, we will also continue to consider
further geographical expansion. We can
and we will invest in high growth regions and
businesses. In India, we’ll launch two channels
with our joint venture partner Reliance in the next
months. This is our first broadcasting venture in
Asia.
Nevertheless, based on our strong half-year
results, we remain cautiously optimistic for the
full year.
Revenue, EBITA, net profit – all key indicators up
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Reported Group revenue up 3.4 per cent to €2,751 million, reflecting higher
TV advertising revenues in RTL Group’s key territories Germany, France and the Netherlands plus growing revenue from FremantleMedia
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First-half EBITA up 3.7 per cent to €557 million, reaching its highest level yet;
this improvement was mainly driven by higher profit contributions from
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6 and RTL Nederland
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Net profit attributable to RTL Group shareholders up 26.1 per cent to €324 million
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Reported EBITA margin stable at 20.2 per cent
•
Net cash from operating activities of €463 million, resulting in operating cash conversion of
96 per cent and net cash position of €973 million at the end of June
Most of RTL Group’s key businesses continue to outperform
•
With RTL Television reporting significantly higher audience ratings, Mediengruppe RTL
Deutschland continued to increase its clear audience leadership over its main competitor to
a record 7.4 percentage points; EBITA up 4.3 per cent to €268 million
•
In France, M6 and W9 reported significant growth, both in terms of advertising revenue
and audience share; M6 was the only major French channel to increase its audience share
year-on-year; EBITA of Groupe M6 up 11.2 per cent to €149 million
•
RTL Nederland succeeded in capitalising its record audience ratings into double-digit
growth of TV advertising revenue; EBITA up 84.4 per cent to €59 million
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RTL Group’s production arm FremantleMedia reported revenue growth of 4.2 per cent,
driven by higher revenue in North America and the first-time full consolidation of recent
acquisitions Radical Media and Ludia; FremantleMedia’s EBITA down 20.0 per cent to
€72 million, mainly due to general pressure on margins and volumes from broadcasters
•
RTL Group’s channel in Greece, Alpha TV, continues to operate in a difficult market
environment: while the channel increased its audience and advertising share, the Greek TV
advertising market was still down dramatically
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RTL Group’s new media activities continue to grow strongly
•
RTL Group’s online platforms and on-demand offers across Europe collectively generated
more than 928 million video views of professionally produced content – up 30 per cent
year-on-year
•
Total online advertising revenue up 27 per cent year-on-year, driven by video advertising
•
In total, RTL Group companies have launched more than 80 mobile applications registering
16 million downloads to date
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Mobile live TV services available in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and
Luxembourg
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In May, cable network operator Kabel BW and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
signed an agreement to offer Kabel BW subscribers RTL Television, Vox and
RTL II in high-definition (HDTV); in addition, the network operator plans to
integrate the catch-up TV service RTL Now in its on-demand service
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Three deals,
one leitmotif
Gerhard Zeiler
End of July, RTL Group announced three deals
in three different countries – the Netherlands,
Hungary and Croatia.
Gerhard Zeiler, CEO of RTL Group, explains
the strategic rationale behind these moves as
follows: “Although RTL Group already has a very
strong presence on the European TV markets,
we’re constantly working on further developing our portfolio. We announced three different
transactions that have one thing in common: all
of them will give us more flexibility to build even
stronger families of channels. In Croatia, we will
gain full control of RTL Televizija and RTL 2.”
Zeiler continues: “In Hungary, we will acquire a
highly attractive and profitable portfolio of seven
cable channels. In addition, we will increase our
shareholding in the market leader RTL Klub to 98
per cent. This combination opens up many new
opportunities in the Hungarian market. In the
Netherlands, the profitability of our TV activities
has reached new dimensions. By exercising our
put option, we will get back full control of these
valuable assets – without paying out any cash.”
RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler comments
on the company’s recent transactions.
Luxembourg - 29 July 2011
Here is an overview on the three transactions:
RTL Group exercised its put option towards
Talpa Media Holding to get back Talpa
Media’s 26.3 per cent minority shareholding
in RTL Nederland in exchange for 100 per cent
of the shares in Radio 538. In addition, Talpa
Media will also take over Radio 10 Gold and
Slam FM from RTL Nederland. In exchange,
Talpa Media will reimburse RTL Nederland for
the purchase prices paid for these stations. The
exchange of the respective shareholdings is set
to take place in 2012.
From its Hungarian business partner IKO
Group, RTL Group will acquire 31 per cent
of the shares in the country’s market-leading
channel, RTL Klub, plus 100 per cent of a
portfolio of seven Hungarian cable channels.
This transaction will bring RTL Group’s shareholding in RTL Klub to 98 per cent, with the
remaining 2 per cent held by the bank Sal.
Oppenheim.
RTL Group reached agreements with its
Croatian business partners, Atlantic and
Agrokor,
to
re-align
the
shareholding
structure of the Croatian broadcasting
operation RTL Hrvatska (RTL Televizija, RTL 2).
RTL Group will acquire their respective 13 per
cent shareholdings in RTL Hrvatska.
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A boost to the online
portfolio
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has acquired
Netzathleten Media. The company specialises in
thematic web portals, often called verticals.
Germany - 9 August 2011
Netzathleten Media bundles and markets
websites
covering
sport,
entertainment,
health, food and business and is a leading
operator of vertical websites in Germanspeaking countries. The sites it has compiled in this way are editorially independent
and are marketed together as reach units,
thereby guaranteeing advertisers access to
their respective target demographic in selected,
high-reach environments.
IP Deutschland will be responsible for managing
Netzathleten Media as a wholly-owned media
subsidiary. Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s
advertising sales house is currently ranked at
number three in the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online
Forschung online marketers rankings, and has
marketed a large proportion of the Netzathleten
Media offer in the past. Including these sites,
IP Deutschland now reaches as many as
26.97 million unique users.
Peter Lauck and the company’s founders
Martin Junker and Florian Calmbach will remain
Managing Directors of Netzathleten Media
following its acquisition by Mediengruppe
RTL Deutschland. Another co-founder, Stefan
Pfannmöller, will support the company during the
transitional phase as a consultant.
RTL
Interactive’s
Managing
Director
Marc Schröder, who is responsible for the
strategic
development
of
Mediengruppe
RTL Deutschland, says: “By investing in
Netzathleten Media, we are expanding the field
of online marketing as well as our own high-reach
content sites. We look forward to even closer
co-operation with the Netzathleten team, who
have demonstrated considerable expertise
in building vertical networks over the past few
years.”
Paul Mudter, Managing Director of IP Deutschland, adds: “Quality and reach are what counts
in online marketing. Netzathleten Media’s
verticals offer both, and in highly attractive
subject areas. This ensures that we will continue
to offer high relevance in campaign planning. We
will successively expand this marketing edge in
terms of content and advertising opportunities.”
Florian Calmbach, Managing Director at
Netzathleten Media, comments: “Together
with our first-choice partner IP Deutschland,
Netzathleten Media is now ideally positioned
to consolidate and further expand its market
leadership among vertical providers in the
German-speaking regions of Europe, long-term
and especially with regard to marketing.”
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Antonia Rados
nominated for
International Emmy
Awards
Antonia Rados in Somalia
Unter Piraten (Among Pirates), a report by
Antonia Rados broadcast on RTL Television
and N-TV in November 2010, is one of four
international productions shortlisted for the
International Emmy in the Current Affairs
category.
In summer 2010, the multi-award winning
RTL Television correspondent (most recently:
Special Jury Award, Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
in June 2011 for her Middle East coverage) had
set out to track down Somali pirates with her
cameraman.
Under
extremely
difficult
conditions, she managed to visit the pirate
hideout in Hobyo, where she was able to speak
with village elders and pirates and provide
unprecedented insights into the world of
piracy in the Horn of Africa. Unter Piraten is a
production by Info Network, a wholly owned
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland subsidiary
that is in responsible for the group’s information
programming.
Whether the report wins a prize will be decided on
26 September. The International Emmy Awards
for Current Affairs are presented jointly with
the News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The
Emmy Awards are among the most prestigious
TV awards in the world. The International Emmy
Awards honour outstanding TV achievements
outside the US. RTL Television has scored three
nominations to date, including one in 2002 for
its more than seven hours of coverage under
the heading Terror gegen Amerika (Terrorism
Against America) on 11 September 2001.
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Flat-screens edge out cathode ray tubes
More than half of all German living rooms are now home to a flat-screen TV, concludes
a follow-up survey to the Kartografie deutscher Wohnzimmer (Cartography of German
Living Rooms) study carried out by IP Deutschland.
More and more households have a flat-screen TV
Compared with last year, this year 13 per cent
more German households have a flat-screen TV
– 59 per cent in all. This was found in a follow-up
survey by the ad sales agent IP Deutschland,
which last year documented the great influence
that television has on people’s daily lives in
the Kartografie deutscher Wohnzimmer study
jointly carried out with TNS Emnid. Of the 318
households that were re-questioned about their
TV equipment in spring 2011, some 20 per cent
had bought a new TV set over the past twelve
months. In nearly all cases (99.6 per cent) the
new set was a flat-screen.
Often, it was bought to replace a broken set
(45 per cent), or because the respondents
wanted a better (40 per cent) and/or larger
screen (37 per cent). In most cases, the new TV
sets are much larger than the ones the households owned in 2010, with screen diagonals
now averaging 93 cm (approx. 37 inches), vs.
77 cm (30 inches) in 2010. As the centrepiece of
the living room, the new TV set has a decisive
influence on the rest of the living room furnishings: roughly a third of respondents moved their
furniture around or bought new furniture after
purchasing their new TV.
Even though TV consumption has hardly
risen due to the new flat-screen sets, the
majority of those surveyed (75 per cent) now
enjoy watching TV more: 64 per cent feel nearly
as if they were watching movies in a cinema
theatre, and 58 per cent agree that programmes
watched on a flat screen are much more gripping
and engaging. Above all, the respondents want
to be able to enjoy conventional, linear television
in the best possible image quality (64 per cent).
Only 31 per cent feel it is important to also be
able to use Internet services – this was ranked
below large screen, flat screen and 3D technology.
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More than €1,000,000
for East Africa
Wolfram Kons
With another €100,000 in emergency relief
funds from the Stiftung RTL, the total in
aid provided to East Africa has now reached
€1,034,269 – but more is still urgently needed.
RTL Television’s partner Care is using the money
to provide life-saving aid to the refugees in the
camps of Dadaab in northern Kenya.
Beginning of August, RTL Television and other
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland channels
launched a series of TV commercials asking for
donations for East Africa.
Wolfram Kons, Head of RTL Charity, says:
“Viewers have already saved lives with their
generosity, and my heartfelt thanks go out to
them. Unfortunately, however, there is still a long
road and much suffering ahead, so every Euro
continues to count. Our reporters, who travelled
to the camps to see what is happening with the
money, confirm that the local relief workers are
working hard and making a big difference.”
Stiftung RTL’s co-operation partner Care
is currently providing aid to about 400,000
victims of the ongoing drought. Every day more
than 1,000 new people pour into the camps in
northern Kenya. 70 per cent of the people, most
of whom have marched through the desert for
weeks before reaching the camps, are women
and children. Care has been working in Daadab
for nearly 20 years and is responsible for education, water and food distribution in three refugee
camps.
On 10 August, the foundation Stiftung RTL – Wir
helfen Kindern reported an impressive €934,269
in donations received for the victims of the
disastrous drought in East Africa.
The Care team ensures the distribution of
clean water with water trucks as well as by
installing new water pipes and repairing
existing ones. In addition, Care organizes
the disposal of waste and provides hygiene
training. Each day, about 15 gallons of water per
person is supplied to 446,000 people. Refugees
also receive water containers in order to safely
transport the water – a canister costs $5. Newly
arrived refugees receive 10 liters of water per
family. When they register with the UNHCR,
new arrivals get a Care basket containing wheat
and maize flour, beans, oil, sugar, salt and a
corn-soy mix, as well as blankets, plastic
sheeting,
mats,
buckets
and
cooking
equipment. Care is the lead partner organisation of the World Food Programme (WFP) for
distributing these items.
Logo of Stiftung RTL – Wir helfen Kindern
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Faster, brighter, better
The RTL App for the I-Phone and I-Pod Touch
now offers an even better mobile TV experience:
maximum live streaming quality, a new navigation
structure, fast updating and a bright new design.
Germany - 26 July 2011
RTL Interactive presents a new version of the
RTL App, now available from the Apple App
Store. Given optimum wireless or mobile signal
reception, the revised app lets I-Phone and
I-Pod Touch users receive live RTL Television
broadcasts at maximum quality levels. In
addition, the design has been refreshed, and the
picture now appears brighter and clearer on the
touchscreen.
The RTL I-Phone app
Robert Fahle, Head of Mobile at RTL Interactive,
says: “The RTL App is now even more closely
aligned to mobile use. Along with the live TV signal we’ve also further improved usability, for an
ideal mobile browsing experience. So users of
the offer can now view their favourite RTL shows
even better on the move, access comprehensive
infotainment services, and download programme
information.”
The RTL App has given users access to the
mobile world of RTL Television with all its
functionalities since July 2010. On request,
a personalised TV planner with a reminder
function provides constant updates about
RTL Television’s programming, and links directly
to the live stream. A convenient video search
takes viewers directly to the requested clips.
Numerous individually subscribable alert
services in user-definable sections – News,
Sport, Soaps, Advice or TV Formats – keep
users constantly up to date.
Use of the app is free for 30 days, after which
the added functionality and exclusive features
cost €1.59 per month. 180 days’ use costs
€6.99, and as a re-launch campaign the
RTL App is currently available for 360 days for
€8.99 instead of €11.99.
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Honouring
American Idol
The talent show American Idol will be introduced
into Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall of Fame.
United States - 4 August 2011
“This is an exceptional honour for all of us,”
says Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia North America and Executive Producer of
American Idol. “It is quite extraordinary and rare
for a television show to receive such recognition for its achievements alongside some of the
most accomplished individuals in the broadcast
industry, and for that we are truly grateful.”
American Idol is an undisputed ratings juggernaut, has ranked as the number one show for
eight consecutive seasons in the US and has
shattered a series of long-standing television
records. In 2011, the season finale garnered
a record-breaking 122 million votes, the highest number of votes in the show’s history. The
talent show set out to prove that one audition
can change the rest of someone’s life. Today,
the show’s talent roster reads like a Who’s Who
of the entertainment industry. It includes Kelly
Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson,
Daughtry, Adam Lambert and David Cook. Idol
finalists have also been awarded a long list of
accolades, including nine Grammy wins.
“American Idol has been a broadcasting
phenomenon from the moment it debuted, and
it just keeps getting stronger,” said Bill McGorry,
Chairman of the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of
Fame. “This honour is richly deserved for a show
that has had such an unprecedented impact on
the entire industry.”
Kelly Clarkson won season one of American Idol
Simon Fuller, Creator of American Idol,
adds: “It’s always special when American Idol
gets honoured, and even more so when it is
by a distinguished organisation such as the
Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.”
The 21st annual awards dinner, honouring
the broadcast industry’s best, is set for
26 October at the Waldorf Astoria in New York
City. Additionally, Nigel Lythgoe, Executive
Producer of American Idol, will receive the 2011
Founders Award presented by the International
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the
39th International Emmys gala on 21 November.
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The judges return
Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson
(from left to right)
Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson
will return to the judges’ panel for the 11th
season of American Idol. The trio, along with
host Ryan Seacrest, will begin their search for
America’s next singing superstar in January
2012.
North America - 18 August 2011
“I am very pleased to have our panel of
judges back for the 11th season of
American Idol,” says Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of
FremantleMedia North America and Executive
Producer of American Idol. “Their chemistry and
ability to select amazing talent made last season
one of our most successful yet, and we look
forward to going on another exciting ride.”
“Having both Jennifer and Steven return to
American Idol in 2012 alongside Randy is such a
positive reflection on what was a wonderful and
hugely successful season last year, and everyone is delighted,” adds Simon Fuller, Creator
and Executive Producer of American Idol.
American Idol is produced by 19 Entertainment,
a division of CKX, and FremantleMedia
North America. Season 11 is set to debut
on 22 January 2012 on Fox.
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Here comes season eight
On 20 August, the multi Bafta-award winning entertainment show The X Factor
returned to British screens for an explosive eighth season.
United Kingdom - 17 August 2011
This year’s exciting new judging panel
consisting of Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland,
Tulisa and Louis Walsh hit the road and travel
the length and breadth of Britain for live auditions with potential singers. And this year’s
contestants give the judges more action and
entertainment than ever before, as Gary is
forced to take to the stage to eject rejects,
Kelly mops up tears, Tulisa rows with an angry
contestant and Louis finds an Irish singer he
doesn’t like. Additionally, season eight features
extra audition shows, an even bigger boot
camp, where contestants will perform to an
audience of thousands, more reality and action
and a spectacular live finale with 10,000 fans
at the Wembley Arena.
Talk Talk, a phone, broadband and mobile
provider, is now the title sponsor for both
the TV show and the live finals, to be held at
Wembley in front of an audience of thousands
including many lucky Talk Talk customers.
In total 100 tickets will be offered to 25 families
of four, every day for 100 days. The competition will start on the 23 August 2011 to build the
momentum towards the spectacular grand
finale. To be entered in the prize drawing,
customers are invited to take a simple daily
musical challenge on the Talk Talk Facebook
page, www.facebook.com/TalkTalkXFactor.
The X Factor jury: Louis Walsh, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland
and Gary Barlow (from left to right)
Jana Gray, Vice President Sponsorship UK,
FME, says: “We are thrilled to be continuing our
relationship with Talk Talk and look forward to a
fantastic finale at Wembley as well as to their
new, fully integrated multimedia sponsorship
program. The X Factor continues to be one of
the most successful entertainment shows in the
UK and this interactive campaign is sure to bring
audiences and Talk Talk customers closer to the
brand.”
On 20 August, almost 13 million viewers tuned in
to watch the start of the new season on ITV One.
The audience peaked at 12.6 million, translating
into half of the TV-watching audience.
Talk Talk customers will also get the chance
to be part of The X Factor during commercial
breaks, as FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME)
and TalkTalk have launched the augmented
reality platform Bright Stage, which offers the
nation’s budding pop stars the chance to
create their own music video and have it
screened in front of millions on the sponsor’s
ad break bumpers each week. Bright Stage
combines augmented reality and facial tracking
technology to enable the millions of devoted The
X Factor fans and families nationwide to transform their living rooms into their very own stage.
The augmented reality performances can also
be posted on the Talk Talk Facebook page.
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Crowdfunding
experiment works out
well
On 19 August 2011, ahead of the official end
of the 80-day of fundraising drive, the makers
of the film Hotel Desire have secured their
financing.
The film’s website has been viewed almost
500,000 times. Thousands of individuals have
supported the project with small and mediumsized donations. In addition, investors helped
raise the target sum of €170,000 through “crowdfunding”. Shooting is planned for late August and
begins shortly in Berlin at locations including the
Presidential Suite of the 5-star hotel The Regent
Berlin.
Saralisa Volm and Clemens Schick in Hotel Desire
Sergej Moya, the film’s writer and director, says:
“I’m delighted to finally be able to tell the story
of Hotel Desire. Despite the great success of
the funding we have had to endure a tinge of
disappointment: unfortunately Anna Maria Mühe
is now so heavily involved in another production
in terms of time, that it’s not possible for her to
participate in our project. But in Palina Rojinski
– soon to be seen alongside Florian David Fitz
in Jesus loves me – we have already found an
ideal successor for the role of Julia.”
Hotel Desire is a 45-minute feature film that
depicts the interplay of yearning, lust, desire,
intimacy, sexuality, sensuality and spontaneity
in a sensitive and direct way. It stars Saralisa
Volm and Clemens Schick, with Palina Rojinski,
Herbert Knaup, Frederick Lau, Trystan Pütter
and Jan Gregor Kremp. Hotel Desire is produced
by Teamworx and Von Fiessbach Film.
Teamworx producer Sascha Schwingel says:
“On behalf of my co-producers Julia Moya and
Christopher Zwickler, I’d like to wholeheartedly
thank all the investors and supporters. Only with
their help was it possible to finance a film project
exclusively via the internet for the first time in
Germany.”
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An epic entertainment project
On 20 July 2011 FremantleMedia Enterprises announced a deal with Nickelodeon
that will see the children’s entertainment network broadcast the new animated series
Monsuno globally.
North America - 22 July 2011
The
new
Monsuno
series
is
being
co-produced by FremantleMedia Enterprises
(FME), Pacific Animation Partners and
The Topps Company. On 20 July 2011, FME
announced a global content distribution deal
with leading children’s entertainment network
Nickelodeon, for worldwide broadcast rights to
this new original animated entertainment
franchise.
The series targets boys aged 6 to 11 and will
comprise 52 episodes running 30 minutes each.
It is an epic boy’s action adventure. A race to
harness the power of Monsuno ensues between
a group of heroic kids and the evil forces focused
on destroying the Earth.
Nickelodeon will launch the series to audiences
on owned channels in the United States, Latin
America, the United Kingdom, key European
and Eastern European territories, Australia and
New Zealand, India, Southeast Asia, Russia and
Africa. The Monsuno series will first launch in the
United States on Nicktoons, and select Englishspeaking countries.
FME’s Sander Schwartz, Head of Children’s
&
Family
Entertainment,
comments:
“Monsuno is a truly epic entertainment
project. With Nickelodeon on board as the
international broadcaster, this will complete
an already stellar line-up of partners including
Jakks Pacific, Dentsu Entertainment USA and
Topps. We believe that Monsuno has all of the
ingredients to become a hugely successful
multi-platform boys’ action adventure property.”
Monsuno
FME will be responsible for the exclusive worldwide distribution of Monsuno TV programming
except for Asia and will act as the Master Licensing agent for the Monsuno brand outside of Asia.
Jakks Pacific is the creator of the underlying
Monsuno property and master toymaker for the
Monsuno toy line, which is expected to hit the
United States retail shelves to coincide with the
North American TV series premiere anticipated
for spring 2012. The Topps Company has signed
on to produce Monsuno trading card games,
confectioneries and related products.
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Magazines continue
to charm viewers
Thomas Sotto
Thomas Sotto joined M6 this summer as the new
presenter and co-editor-in-chief on Capital – with
good audience figures. Many viewers also tuned
in to Zone interdite.
France - 26 July 2011
Launched in 1990, Capital is the standard
economic magazine that explains and
deciphers how the economy functions and
shows viewers what goes on behind the scenes.
Broadcast in prime time since 1994, Capital is
now the number one magazine in terms of prime
time ratings.
Mélissa Theuriau
Following Guy Lagache’s departure, Thomas
Sotto joined the magazine programme’s teams.
He will serve as co-editor-in-chief alongside
Jean Bernard Schmidt and will also be the
show’s presenter. Thomas Sotto was a hit on his
first evening at the helm of the show, drawing
3.7 million viewers for a total audience share of
18.8 per cent. It was the highest total audience
share for an edition of Capital since November
2009. Capital airs on Sunday at 20:45 on M6.
During summer, M6 broadcasts a summer
edition of the popular magazine Zone Interdite
called Zone Interdite – les inédits de l’été.
Presented by Mélissa Theuriau, the edition on
10 August gathered 2.8 million viewers, for
a 14 per cent audience share of viewers age
4 and up. M6 ranked number one with housewives under 40 that evening, with an audience
share of 22.4 per cent. It was one of the best
performances for an edition of Zone Interdite
this summer.
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Channels go digital everywhere
RTL Belgium channels are now available in all digital media throughout Belgium.
Belgium - 25 July 2011
Thanks to two new partnerships, viewers
of the RTL Belgium channels (RTL-TVI,
Club RTL and Plug RTL) will be able to watch
their favourite programmes wherever they are
in Belgium as long as they are equipped with a
computer, tablet or smartphone.
In fact, an agreement concluded between
RTL Belgium and the digital television platform
Belgacom TV has given birth to a new service
called TV Partout. TV Partout is an application
that allows the viewer to watch television on
screens other than the classic television set.
The application is accessible to all Belgacom
TV subscribers on tablets and smartphones
with Android and soon on the I-Pad, I-Phone
and computer (PC/PC laptop), on Wi-Fi or
via Hotspots throughout the Belgian territory.
So that as many people as possible can watch
RTL Belgium TV channels on the go, RTL-TVI,
Club RTL and Plug TV are now also available in
simulcast (shown simultaneously on the internet)
on Mobistar’s 3G Mobile TV service.
The RTL Belgium channels are the first
Belgian television channels to be available on
the Belgacom networks on TV, Wi-Fi and 3G
networks. Having barely made its debut as part
of Mobistar’s 3G Mobile TV service, RTL-TVI is
already ranked number one in all categories of
the service among 27 channels available in high
quality.
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The German TV market in July
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s channels together attracted 33.9 per cent of the
14- to 49-year-old viewer market in July, putting them 0.8 percentage points above
the previous month and well ahead of ProSiebenSat 1.
An excellent start of the summer for M6
M6 was the only major national channel to increase its audiences in July and maintain
its position as the number three channel for the sixth consecutive month this year.
France - 3 August 2011
Best July since 1997
RTL Nederland’s channels together attracted 33.6 per cent of the 20- to 49-year-old
viewer market in July 2011. RTL 4 and RTL 7 once again did especially well.
The Netherlands - 8 August 2011
Coming fifth and intending to stay there
In August 2011, the French TV channel W9 reached a 4 per cent audience share for
the first time ever, making it the 5th-ranking national channel, a position it intends to
keep, according to an article in les Echos.
Bel RTL and Radio Contact confirm their leading positions
On Thursday, 18 August 2011, the CIM published the results of the latest wave of
radio audience ratings. Bel RTL confirms its position as the most-listened-to radio
by the French-speaking community of Belgium and Radio Contact maintains second
place in the overall ranking.
Belgium - 19 August 2011
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Number one for the fifth consecutive year
In the Kress Saisoncheck (seasonal review), Grundy Light Entertainment is at number
one for the fifth time running – as is its parent company UFA.
Shooting starts in Nuremberg
The film adaptation of the Enid Blyton classic The O’Sullivan Twins (Hanni und Nanni
in German) continues. UFA Cinema is shooting part two in Nuremberg and Berlin until
mid-September.
Step onto the dance floor with W9
W9 launches La meilleure danse at the end of this summer – a new show where
dancers of all ages and styles compete before a prestigious jury for a €30,000 prize.
France - 28 July 2011
New channel image for Neox
Spanish digital channel Neox, aimed at young viewers, has recently revealed its new
channel image.
Spain - 1 August 2011
The latest from the Soko Leipzig team
Shooting on a 90-minute special edition of ZDF’s crime series Soko Leipzig began
in Leipzig on Tuesday 26 July 2011.
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Music ‘to go’
The new Clipfish Music 2go lets users see and hear their favourite music while surfing
the Internet, even while they are not on the Clipfish sites.
Clipfish users cast their vote
In December, Oliver Geissen will celebrate the 100th episode of Die ultimative Chart
Show with a big anniversary show on RTL Television. At the occasion, viewers will
determine the hits played in the musical ranking and which song will make it to
number one.
A new website for radiophiles
On 11 August, the new Radio 538 homepage went live – a state-of-the-art website
with a nostalgic look that recalls the olden, golden days of radio.
Going live with new mediatheque
RTL II viewers now have their own online mediatheque.
Wanted: the best impersonator
On 20 August the search for the best impersonator in Belgium and the Netherlands
began once more with a new season of My Name Is... on RTL 4 and VTM.
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Lending an ear to its listeners
Since 22 August 2011, Flavie Flament has been opening the line to RTL Radio
listeners in a new programme called On est fait pour s’entendre.
Tips, ideas and current trends
On 22 August 2011, Estelle Denis returned to the screen for a new, fifth season
of 100% Mag. As usual, she presented practical advice for better everyday living.
1.5 million viewers watched the season’s first episode, a 10.8 per cent audience share
among viewers aged 4 and over, making M6 the most-watched channel in the early
evening.
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People
Monica Galer
FremantleMedia intensifies focus on French
market and appoints Monica Galer as CEO of
FremantleMedia France.
From 1 September 2011, Monica Galer, who has
worked in a dual capacity for the past two years,
will concentrate solely on the overall management, strategy and business development of
FremantleMedia France, in the newly created
role of CEO of that company. This move signals
an intensification of FremantleMedia’s focus on
France, a key territory for the company.
The appointment also marks the end of a
process of revitalisation of FremantleMedia’s
operations in Northern and Southern Europe,
led by Ms Galer as CEO, Northern and
Southern Europe. During this time, she built
new management teams in The Netherlands,
Belgium, Italy and Spain, while also acting as
CEO, FremantleMedia France.
Under Galer’s leadership, FremantleMedia
France has produced market-leading game
shows, entertainment, and factual entertainment
programming including The Farmer Wants a
Wife (L’amour est dans le pré) which is attracting record audiences in its sixth series, and Got
Talent. During her tenure, the French company
developed the global hit format Take Me Out,
which has been on the air in more than 15
territories worldwide.
Monica Galer
United Kingdom - 5 August 2011
Tony Cohen, CEO FremantleMedia, says:
“Monica Galer is one of the architects of the
European format and production industry, with
formidable experience and a significant track
record of success across Europe. Her creative
leadership has resulted in substantial renewal
across our Northern and Southern European
businesses, and I am very confident that her
renewed and exclusive focus on France will
assure us of further success and growth in this
key territory. Monica’s appointment to this role
is an indication of the strategic focus we are
placing on maintaining momentum in France.”
Ms Galer joined FremantleMedia in April 2002
and is a highly experienced international TV
executive, having worked for Endemol and RTL
among others during her career. She established
Blue Circle, FremantleMedia’s Dutch operation,
as a company of outstanding creativity, producing many of the most successful shows on Dutch
television. Ms Galer reports to Gary Carter,
COO, FremantleMedia and remains on the Blue
Circle board.
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People
Wim ter Laak
Wim ter Laak
RTL Nederland has appointed Wim ter Laak as
Senior Vice President of Programming Strategy,
effective as of 22 August 2011.
In this new role Ter Laak will function as an
advisor to the Executive Director of Content and
the Programming Directors regarding content
strategy and marketing. He will particularly focus
on trends related to new formats as well as onair and off-air promotions. He will also develop
TV formats for online platforms and web-only
formats.
Ter Laak began his career in 1988 as an editor
and reporter at Veronica Radio. Subsequently,
he fulfilled various functions at Veronica and
RTL Nederland. In 2004, he was appointed
Director of Programming at RTL 4. He
remained in this function until 2007, when he
left RTL Nederland to work for Eyeworks in Los
Angeles and Amsterdam.
Matthias Scholten, Executive Director of
Content at RTL Nederland, comments on Wim
ter Laak’s appointment: “Many successful
formats originate from the US or Great Britain.
It is therefore important that RTL closely monitors trends in these countries. Wim has many
years of experience in programme development
and channel programming. In addition, he has
further developed his expertise in the American
format and concept sector. This knowledge will
be extremely useful for the continual modernisation and optimisation of our channels.”
Wim ter Laak comments: “The experience
that I have gained in recent years working for
channels and production companies in both the
Netherlands and abroad make a perfect basis
for my new role. I relish the challenge of further
reinforcing and building upon the solid and
successful foundations of the RTL channels by
means of cutting-edge formats and themes.”
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People
Andreas Kösling
Andreas Kösling
Andreas Kösling has been appointed Director
of Sales at El Cartel Media, succeeding Martin
Michel with effect from 15 August 2011.
Kösling has worked at El Cartel Media since
its founding in 2003, and has served as its
sales manager for the past six years.
The wholesale and retail salesman gained
extensive experience during his career in
marketing advertising airtime at companies
including Bayerische Rundfunkwerbung and
Deutsches Sportfernsehen.
Jan Kühl, Managing Director of El Cartel
Media, says: “Over the past few years, I’ve come
to know and appreciate Andreas Kösling as an
outstandingly dedicated and talented sales
manager. He is the perfect man for the job.
I am also pleased that we can offer our business
partners continuity and reliability by appointing a
replacement from within the company.”
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People
Sylvie Degrelle
After two seasons as the co-presenter of Bel RTL
Petit Matin (Bel RTL morning show) alongside
Fabrice Collignon, Sylvie Degrelle is moving to a
new time slot: she will present Bel RTL’s evening
show Bel RTL Soir together with Pascal Vrebos
from September.
Sylvie Degrelle comments on the switch:
“After nearly ten years of morning shows,
I will be completely changing my schedule,
my course and my work as well. Working
evening or daytime radio is entirely different
from working on a morning show. And I’ll be
part of a new duo too, with Pascal whom I got
to know when substituting for Bel RTL Matin’s
Barbara Mertens on weekdays.”
Sylvie Degrelle
Belgique - 22 July 2011
After earning a degree in communications,
Sylvie Degrelle started her career as a
journalist in the newspaper industry. In 2002,
she joined a private radio station where she
was responsible for the morning news-flashes
and discovered her love of working for radio. In
September 2004, she began her adventure
at RTL Belgium, witnessing the first hours of
BXL, RTL Belgium’s former radio station, and
also presenting Bel RTL Petit Matin. In 2006,
she joined Mint, the pop-rock radio station born
from the merger of BXL and Contact 2. When
Mint was discontinued, she rejoined the Bel RTL
team, where she worked together with Fabrice
Collignon on Bel RTL Petit Matin.
Bel RTL Soir is a magazine show broadcast
Monday to Friday from 18:00 to 19:00. It features
guests and columnists and above all, listeners
calling in to the radio station.
People
Alexandra De Paepe
Belgium - 3 August 2011
Following Sylvie Degrelle’s departure for
Bel RTL Soir, Alexandra De Paepe will join the
morning team of French-speaking Belgium’s
number one radio station on the show C’est pas
trop tôt, which she will host with Fabrice Collignon starting in September.
of positions, working as a journalist/reporter,
editorial assistant and presenter of news
bulletins and news programmes. She also
replaced Ingrid Franssen for a year on Liège
Info, Bel RTL’s regional broadcast for local news
in the province of Liège.
After obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications in 2007, Alexandra De Paepe
began working both in radio on Bel RTL and in
the press. On Bel RTL, she held a succession
The programme C’est pas trop tôt will be on the
air as of September, Monday to Friday morning
from 4:40 to 7:00.
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People
People
Vanessa Zaher
Michael Grubinger
Vanessa Zaher
Michael Grubinger
Vanessa Zaher has been hired as a new press
officer to enhance Grundy UFA’s Corporate
Communications team.
Michael Grubinger will enhance the programme
management team at RTL II from 1 September
2011.
In her capacity as press officer, her supervisor
is Thea Wulff, Head of Corporate Communications. Zaher’s first major project at Grundy UFA
will be the communication measures surrounding the company’s 20th anniversary next fall.
In the newly created position of Head of Programme Management, Grubinger, 37, will be
responsible among other things for production
management and will provide support in strategic programme planning. He reports directly to
RTL II Programme Director Holger Andersen.
Rainer Wemcken, Managing Director Grundy
UFA, says: “In Vanessa Zaher, we have recruited
an absolute PR expert. Her experience in
traditional PR and the Social Media will help her
to successfully manage our dialog with target
groups across all channels going forward.“
In the past two and a half years, Zaher worked
as a project manager in the PR and Social Media departments at Piâbo Medienmanagement
in Berlin, where she played a formative role in
building Piâbo’s Publishing department.
Andersen says: “We are happy to welcome
Michael Grubinger, a bona fide TV expert, on
our team and very much look forward to working
with him.”
Michael Grubinger, a native of Austria, has
served as Vice President and Head of Channels Nordic at Discovery Networks Nordic since
2009. Prior to this, he supervised the establishment and positioning of the channel DMax in
the German market as Director Channels. In
September, Grubinger returns to RTL II, where
he already worked from 1999 to 2006 as Deputy
Head of Controlling and later as Head of Programme Coordination.
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