Anke Schäferkordt

RTL’s Schäferkordt to exit, replaced by Vox chief

RTL Deutschland CEO Anke Schäferkordt is to exit the group after nearly 30 years of service and will be succeeded by Vox MD Bernd Reichart. Schäferkordt will depart the company on 31 December 2018. A joint decision was made by RTL Group and the exec not to renew her contract. Reichart will succeed the outgoing […]

Amazon will have ‘bigger impact’ than Netflix

Amazon is likely to have a bigger impact on the German market, and other markets in which it is present, than Netflix, according to a panel of TV and platform operator executives at the ANGA COM congress in Cologne. Taking part in the opening panel session at the show, Anke Schaferkordt, CEO, RTL Deutschland, said […]

RTL ‘committed to digital’ as revenues surge

RTL Group remains committed to a digital expansion strategy despite uncertainty over the future of multichannel network BroadbandTV and expects digital to account for at least 15% of overall revenues within the next three to five years, according to co-CEOs Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch. The affirmation came as the Luxembourg-based media group reported […]

RTL: linear still dominant, but on-demand measurement urgently needed

Linear TV is still the dominant force in TV viewing but there is an urgent and growing need for broadcasters and service providers to partner on audience measurement to enable content providers to make money from non-linear viewing, according to Anke Schaferkordt. Speaking at ANGA COM in Cologne this morning the RTL Deutschland co-CEO said that linear […]

RTL reports strong results driven by broadcast, Fremantle

RTL Group reported a 9.5% revenue increase and an 18% growth in underlying earnings in Q1, driven by its broadcast business and production arm FremantleMedia. Announcing results for the three months ending March 31, RTL said that its “rapidly growing digital business” also contributed to a strong start to 2016, with digital revenue up 36.4% […]

RTL takes €88 million hit from Hungarian ad tax plan

RTL Group has posted a €88 million impairment in its first-half results as a consequence of the new advertising tax rules implemented by the Hungarian government. Co-CEOs Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch said that new advertising tax would “strongly reduce the profitability of RTL Hungary”, which, together with continued problems in the French market […]

RTL buys majority stake in video ad platform SpotXchange

RTL Group has paid €107 million to take a 65% majority stake in US video advertising platform SpotXchange. The German media group said the deal establishes it as the first major broadcaster to invest in the rapidly growing market of programmatic online video advertising. It said that it also marks the next step of RTL […]

RTL says “confiscatory” Hungarian ad tax will hit profits

RTL said this morning that a new tax on advertising in Hungary will severely impact its business, making its previously profitable operation in the country loss-making. The pan-European broadcaster said that it expects to pay €15 million extra in tax under the new regime. RTL’s Hungarian operation generated an EBITA profit of €15 million last […]

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