German television news channel
For television channels with a similar name, see
NTV
.
Television channel
n-tv
(styled
ntv
) is a German
free-to-air
television news channel owned by
RTL Deutschland
. n-tv broadcasts news and weather every hour and half-hour in the morning. It also broadcasts magazine shows and documentaries.
History
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]
n-tv began as a business development project at Time Warner International which, under the leadership of then-chairman
Steve Ross
, was looking for ways to grow its businesses internationally. Time Warner at the time was a major shareholder in
Turner Broadcasting System
, parent company of
CNN
(both now part of
Warner Bros. Discovery
), and began looking for ways to get into the news channel business internationally. In 1991, under the direction of
Tom McGrath
, the then-president of Time-Warner International Broadcasting, the company developed a strategy for Austria, Germany, and the German-speaking areas of Switzerland.
One of McGrath's pet projects was a German-language 24-hour news channel. McGrath secured the last available transponder on the
Kopernikus satellite
and secured several terrestrial television licenses for transmission of what would become n-tv. McGrath then recruited several German companies including the Otto Group and
Apax Partners
as partners, and recruited Karl Kuhlo, an experienced German broadcaster, as the CEO.
The station started broadcasting on 30 November 1992, headquartered in Berlin. In doing so, it became the first German-language news channel. In 1994, CNN bought 27.5% of the company, and later increased its share to 50%.
In 2004, the station's headquarters were moved to Cologne, where other RTL stations are based.
RTL Group took full control of n-tv in 2006, having acquired half the company in 2002.
In September 2010, n-tv moved to the
Rheinhallen
media center in Cologne-
Deutz
, where all of
RTL's
TV operations in Germany are based.
n-tv gained a new visual identity, a new logo and graphics package from 1 September 2017. Another sister channel,
RTL
was also rebranded.
Logos
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1992 ? July 2003
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2003 ? November 2008
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2003 ? 2008
-
? 31 December 2010 ("off-air" logo)
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20 February 2011 ? 31 August 2017
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20 September 2013 ? 31 August 2017
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1 September 2017 ? present
-
1 September 2017 ? present
Programming
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n-tv broadcasts news, business and talk shows. The channel broadcasts news from Monday to Friday on the hour. In the morning every half-hour (between 7 and 9 o'clock every 15 minutes). At weekends, the channel broadcasts news every hour. After 8 pm, n-tv broadcasts 15 minute news bulletins, focused on business news.
The channel also broadcasts documentaries and magazine shows focused on sport and lifestyle. A ticker at the bottom of the screen shows news, business and sports headlines as well as weather and stock market information.
Wall Street coverage
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Several correspondents report live from the floor of the
New York Stock Exchange
, the
NASDAQ
and the
New York Mercantile Exchange
, including Jens Korte,
Lars Halter
, and Markus Koch.
Former staff
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Audience share
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Germany
[
edit
]
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Annual average
|
1994
[1]
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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0.3%
|
1995
[2]
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
|
?
|
?
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?
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?
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?
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0.3%
|
1996
[3]
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.3%
|
1997
[4]
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
0.4%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
1998
[5]
|
0.4%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
1999
[6]
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.9%
|
1.1%
|
0.7%
|
0.8%
|
0.8%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.6%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
|
2000
[7]
|
0.7%
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0.8%
|
0.8%
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0.8%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
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0.7%
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0.8%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.7%
|
0.5%
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0.7%
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2001
[8]
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.5%
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0.6%
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0.5%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.5%
|
1.2%
|
1.0%
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0.8%
|
0.6%
|
0.7%
|
2002
[9]
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0.5%
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0.5%
|
0.5%
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0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
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0.7%
|
0.9%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
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0.5%
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0.5%
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0.6%
|
2003
[10]
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0.5%
|
0.6%
|
1.1%
|
1.0%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
|
0.6%
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0.6%
|
0.5%
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0.5%
|
0.5%
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0.6%
|
0.6%
|
2004
[11]
|
0.6%
|
0.5%
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0.5%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.5%
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0.6%
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0.5%
|
0.5%
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0.4%
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0.5%
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0.7%
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0.5%
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2005
[12]
|
0.7%
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0.5%
|
0.5%
|
0.8%
|
0.6%
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0.6%
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0.7%
|
0.7%
|
0.8%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.5%
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0.6%
|
2006
[13]
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.7%
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0.5%
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0.7%
|
0.7%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.7%
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0.6%
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2007
[14]
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0.7%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.6%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.7%
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0.8%
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0.7%
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2008
[15]
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0.8%
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0.7%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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2009
[16]
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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2010
[17]
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.8%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.8%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.8%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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2011
[18]
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0.9%
|
1.0%
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1.6%
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1.1%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.1%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
|
1.0%
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2012
[19]
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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1.1%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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2013
[20]
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
|
1.0%
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0.9%
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2014
[21]
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1.0%
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0.9%
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1.1%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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0.8%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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0.9%
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1.0%
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2015
[22]
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1.0%
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0.9%
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1.1%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.2%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.2%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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2016
[23]
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1.1%
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1.0%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.4%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.2%
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1.1%
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2017
[24]
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1.2%
|
1.1%
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1.2%
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1.2%
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1.2%
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1.3%
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1.3%
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1.2%
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1.1%
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1.1%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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1.1%
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2018
[25]
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1.0%
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References
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Further reading
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External links
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RTL Deutschland
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RTL Nederland
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Groupe M6
(48.6%)
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RTL Luxembourg
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RTL Magyarorszag
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Atresmedia
(18.65%)
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Latin America & Brazil
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Russia
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Fremantle
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- ^
joint venture with
Leonine Holding
,
The Walt Disney Company
,
Bauer Media Group
and
Hubert Burda Media
.
- ^
a
b
joint venture with Amperwelle Studio Munchen Programmanbietergesellschaft,
Axel Springer AG
, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen fur Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
- ^
joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Luhmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
- ^
joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
.
- ^
joint venture with
Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland
, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.
- ^
joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.
- ^
joint venture with Rheinland-Pfalzische Rundfunk.
- ^
joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen.
- ^
joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
- ^
joint venture with
TF1 Group
.
- ^
joint venture with
France Televisions
and
Groupe TF1
.
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Bertelsmann
Home Entertainment
|
- Arcadia Entertainment
- Aris Ekdotiki
- ClipArt Films
- Feelgood Entertainment
- Fiction Pictures
- JP Video Productions
- Libero Video
- Lucifier Video Enterprises
- Mascot Video
- Media Vista Film & Audio Distributors
- Panorama Audio Visual Systems S.A.
- Pissanos International
- Star Video
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Media assets
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RTL Deutschland
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RTL Nederland
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Groupe M6
(48.6%)
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RTL Luxembourg
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RTL Magyarorszag
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Atresmedia
(18.65%)
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Latin America & Brazil
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Russia
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Fremantle
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- ^
joint venture with
Leonine Holding
,
The Walt Disney Company
,
Bauer Media Group
and
Hubert Burda Media
.
- ^
a
b
joint venture with Amperwelle Studio Munchen Programmanbietergesellschaft,
Axel Springer AG
, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen fur Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
- ^
joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Luhmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
- ^
joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
.
- ^
joint venture with
Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland
, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.
- ^
joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.
- ^
joint venture with Rheinland-Pfalzische Rundfunk.
- ^
joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen.
- ^
joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
- ^
joint venture with
TF1 Group
.
- ^
joint venture with
France Televisions
and
Groupe TF1
.
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