RTL ist Europas führende Unterhaltungsmarke und steht für Unterhaltung, unabhängigen Journalismus, Inspiration, Energie und Haltung.

Mit unseren Fernsehsendern, Streamingdiensten, Radiostationen und Online-Plattformen in Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Frankreich, Ungarn und Luxemburg erreichen wir jeden Tag Millionen Menschen in ganz Europa. 

RTL hat sich von einem Fernsehunternehmen zu einem Content-, Tech- und Daten-Powerhouse entwickelt. Unsere Geschichte reicht bis ins Jahr 1924 zurück. Dabei galt damals wie heute: Wir lieben es, Geschichten zu erzählen. Und diese Geschichten unserem Publikum näher zu bringen. Entdecke die Welt von RTL.

Über RTL Group

Die RTL Group ist ein führendes Entertainment-Unternehmen im Sender-, Streaming-, Inhalte- und Digitalgeschäft mit Beteiligungen an 56 Fernsehsendern, sieben Streaming-Diensten und 36 Radiostationen. Die Senderfamilien der RTL Group sind in sechs europäischen Ländern entweder Nummer Eins oder Nummer Zwei. Zudem ist die RTL Group an Radiosendern in Frankreich, Deutschland, Spanien und Luxemburg beteiligt. RTL Deutschland ist die größte Geschäftseinheit der Gruppe und Deutschlands erster Cross-Media-Champion, der in den Bereichen TV, Streaming, Radio, Digital und Publishing tätig ist. Zu den Streaming-Diensten der RTL Group gehören RTL+ in Deutschland und Ungarn, Videoland in den Niederlanden sowie 6play in Frankreich. Fremantle ist einer der weltweit größten Entwickler, Produzenten und Vertreiber von fiktionalen und non-fiktionalen Inhalten, der jährlich rund 12.000 Programmstunden produziert und mit einem internationalen Netzwerk von Teams in 27 Ländern tätig ist. Das Streaming-Tech-Unternehmen Bedrock und das Ad-Tech-Unternehmen Smartclip gehören ebenfalls zur RTL Group. Als Marktführer ist die RTL Group bestrebt, Allianzen und Partnerschaften innerhalb der europäischen Medienbranche zu fördern, zum Beispiel durch den Aufbau von integrierten Werbevermarktungsnetzwerken in Deutschland und den Niederlanden mit Ad Alliance und die Förderung der internationalen Werbevermarktung mit RTL Ad Alliance. Bertelsmann ist Mehrheitsaktionär der RTL Group, die an der Luxemburger und Frankfurter Börse notiert und Mitglied im MDAX ist.

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RTL Deutschland is Germany's leading entertainment company, spanning all types of media: TV and streaming, print and digital, radio and podcasts. It is home to some of the country's strongest media brands, from RTL to Stern, Brigitte to Vox, and Geo to NTV, and operates Germany’s largest streaming platform, RTL+, including video, music and podcast streaming with more than 3.7 million subscribers.

RTL Deutschland owns 15 TV channels, 50 premium magazines, the RTL+ Music podcast portfolio and numerous digital offerings, such as Chefkoch and Wetter.de. RTL Radio is one of Germany's largest privately owned radio groups, with holdings in 17 stations including Antenne Bayern and Radio Hamburg.

RTL Deutschland stands for positive entertainment and independent journalism, employing around 1,500 journalists covering all the issues shaping contemporary society. Encompassing everything from news to sport, living to lifestyle, and women to family, RTL Deutschland reaches 99 per cent of the German population.

The company also boasts one of Germany's largest advertising sales houses: Ad Alliance. Thanks to targeted investments in tech and data, RTL Deutschland is well on the way to becoming the country’s leading media company in terms of technology. RTL Deutschland has its headquarters in Cologne and offices at 16 other locations, including Hamburg and Berlin. It employs 7,500 people and is part of RTL Group.

Founded in 1987 with the TV channel M6, Groupe M6 is a powerful French multimedia group offering a broad range of programmes, products and services. These range from television (13 channels including M6), streaming (6play and Gulli Replay) and radio (three stations including RTL Radio, the biggest commercial radio station in France) to production and content buying, digital, e-commerce, feature films, music and live shows. Groupe M6 has built on its strong brands and content to gradually extend its sphere of operations, through targeted diversifications and innovative offers such as the advertising-funded streaming service 6play, launched in 2013 (28,5 million active users in 2021). The objective is to develop a complementary portfolio of brands that addresses the needs of different audiences and new ways of consuming content.

Find out more at groupem6.fr.

Fremantle is one of the world’s largest creators, producers and distributors of scripted and unscripted content, responsible for around 12,000 hours of programming per year. From Got Talent to My Brilliant Friend, Family Feud to The Young Pope, Idols to American Gods, The Price is Right to Neighbours and The X Factor to Deutschland 83 – Fremantle is behind the world’s most-loved and most-watched shows.

Fremantle has an international network of teams across production and distribution, operating in 27 countries – the Fremantle family includes Abot Hameiri (Israel), Blue Circle (The Netherlands), Dancing Ledge Productions (UK), Easy Tiger (Australia), Element Pictures (Ireland), Eureka (USA and Australia), Fable Entertainment (USA), Lux Vide (Italy), Miso Film (Denmark, Sweden and Norway), Original Productions (USA), UFA (Germany), Wildside and The Apartment (Italy), Wildstar Films (UK) and 72 Films (UK).

Find out more at fremantle.com.

RTL Nederland is one of the Netherland’s leading media companies. Its goal is to entertain and inform a broad audience 24/7 on all relevant platforms with stories that touch both the heart and mind. The all-round media and entertainment company comprises five free-to-air television channels (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8 and RTL Z), an independent news organisation, the leading local streaming service Videoland, three digital pay-TV channels (RTL Lounge, RTL Crime and RTL Telekids) and the digital weather platform Buienradar. Its channels and platforms offer a wide variety of predominately Dutch programmes, alongside international content, documentaries, films and drama.

Find out more at rtl.nl.

RTL Hungary is one of Hungary's leading media companies. The general-interest TV channel RTL (formerly RTL Klub) started its operation in autumn 1997 and has been the most successful TV channel in Hungary for more than a decade.

RTL Hungary's cable channels Cool, Film+ and RTL Kettő (formerly RTLII) are the leading channels of the local cable market today and therefore indispensable players in the Hungarian television market. The streaming service, RTL+ Light, is the leading local brand for professionally produced online video content. Its premium subscription-based version, RTL+ Active, additionally includes original productions, local third-party content and international content.

Find out more at rtl.hu.

RTL Luxembourg combines the audio-visual and digital activities of RTL in Luxembourg, including RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (the only general-interest TV channel in Luxembourgish), RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg (the number one media outlet in Luxembourg), RTL.lu (Luxembourg's most popular online media), RTL 5 minutes (a news and information site in French), RTL Today (Luxembourg's leading news and information site in English), RTL Sport Live Arena (a livestream of the major team sports in Luxembourg), RTL Play (a streaming service with content available in Luxembourgish, French and English), RTL Gold (a web radio dedicated to the greatest hits of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s) and RTL LX (a web radio dedicated to music made in Luxembourg).


Find out more at rtl.lu.

We Are Era (formerly Divimove) is a first-of-its-kind media company combining digital studios, a talent agency and reach under a single Europe-wide roof with 250 employees in eight offices across Europe. We Are Era works with not only influencers but also artists without a social media background. More and more talents are managed exclusively, enabling individuals to become personality brands and icons for specific target groups. We Are Era offers the entire value chain: from creative concepts, overall strategy, data and talent itself to execution, production and media all out of one hand.

Find out more at weareera.com.