{"id":565624,"date":"2026-08-11T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565624\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:56:08","slug":"rtl-group-posts-3-9-rise-in-revenue-as-streaming-side-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565624\/","title":{"rendered":"RTL Group Posts 3.9% Rise in Revenue as Streaming Side Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEuropean media conglomerate RTL<\/a> Group on Tuesday posted first-half figures showing\u00a0strong growth in streaming, with revenue up 3.9% to \u20ac2.9 billion ($ 3.3 billion), while revenues from its linear TV side and its Fremantle\u00a0content business were down.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe acquisition of pay-TV operation \u200cSky Deutschland from Comcast in June has also increased the group\u2019s revenue base. RTL said it now expects \u200b2026 revenue of \u20ac7.1 to \u20ac7.2 billion, ($8.20 \u200bbillion-$8.32 billion), up from its previous \u2060forecast of \u20ac6.1 billion to \u20ac6.2 billion that it \u200bissued in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal will see Sky Deutschland merge with RTL+, creating a streaming platform with 12.4 million paid subscriptions across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The company\u2019s streaming operations also include M6+ in France.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) was \u20ac239 million ($275 million) during the January-June period, up almost 50% from a year \u200bago.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur streaming businesses deliver strong profitability,\u201d said RTL Group CEO Cl\u00e9ment Schwebig in a statement. \u201cStreaming revenue and paid subscriptions continue to grow dynamically. As a result, streaming is now expected to contribute around \u20ac100 million ($115 million) to our full-year operating profit,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are now the clear No. 3 in the German-speaking streaming market,\u201d Schwebig went on to note, calling the Sky Deutschland deal \u201ctransformational\u201d for RTL.<\/p>\n

\n\tRTL\u2019s streaming boost compensated for drops in its traditional TV business, where advertising revenue fell 4% while its production operations at Fremantle were down 7.7% year-on-year at $964 million (\u20ac835 million). But Schwebig said he expects a rise in Fremantle revenues by the year\u2019s end with the rollout of new shows, including its \u201cBaywatch<\/a>\u201d reboot that will\u00a0debut in the U.S. on Fox in January 2027 and its thriller \u201cKill Jackie,\u201d starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, which was acquired by HBO Max across key European markets ahead of its fall 2026 launch following earlier distribution deals with Prime Video and AMC+.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFremantle will continue to invest significantly in IP development, in acquisitions of small and medium-sized production companies with a strong IP base and in the deployment of artificial intelligence across the company\u2019s value chain,\u201d Schwebig noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European media conglomerate RTL Group on Tuesday posted first-half figures showing\u00a0strong growth in streaming, with revenue up 3.9%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[35988,156,111,139,69,24842,437],"class_list":["post-565624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-baywatch","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rtl","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}