Veteran TV exec Hoffmann became head of RTL Television in 2013 with a remit across the flagship free-to-air network’s programming, working on shows including dramas Deutschland 83 and Sankt Maik, as ...

Gladiators, ready! RTL and Prime Video are team to bring Gladiators back to Germany after three decades. Known locally as Gladiators – Die Show der Giganten (Gladiators – The Show of Giants), ...

Sky Deutschland has been acquired by RTL, ending years of speculation on its future and representing RTL’s biggest ever buy. The channel group paid €150M ($175M) for Sky’s German arm, “with additional ...

BERLIN — In a S170 million ($166 million) deal, RTL Group has acquired the TV and radio assets of German publisher Georg von Holtzbrinck, including a 47% stake in 24-hour Teutonic news channel N-TV.

RTL will triple its content investment to nearly $700 million annually and launch a multi-service streaming platform combining digital content from across Bertelsmann media group, including television ...

RTL Nederland is preparing for a battle with Netflix by taking a a majority share in the Dutch VOD service Videoland. RTL has announced that the broadcaster has acquired 65% in The Entertainment Group ...

The former host of “Wanna Bet?” will develop and host shiny floor entertainment shows for the commercial TV giant. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief COLOGNE: Thomas Gottschalk, arguably ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. and COLOGNE, Germany—German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has added eight new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels to its video streaming service RTL+. The new FAST ...

Last year, RTL’s merger plans in France were halted by regulators and it has now suffered the same fate in the Netherlands. Dutch competition authority ACM has informed RTL Group and John de Mol’s ...

Former head juror Stefan Raab will not be involved in next year's German Eurovision preliminary round. This has now been confirmed by SWR.

BERLIN — RTL chief operating officer Anke Schaeferkordt will replace Gerhard Zeiler as head of RTL Television and its other German channels Sept. 1, the broadcaster announced Wednesday. Schaeferkordt, ...