week 38 / 20 September 2012

ONE TEAM, ONE BRAND,

ADDED ONE MEDIA DIMENSION HOUSE HowAlain M6 Berwick has created on Luxembourg’s a new way of consuming number one TV media brand

Germany The LuxembourgNetherlands GermanyBelgium LuxembourgUnited States WolfRTL Group Bauer at on the RTLRTL Nederland Group’s AntoniaTélévie fundsRados Enex Thewelcomes 12th season restructuringBertelsmann launchesSynergy app for receives107 research Hildegard Sky Newsof American Arabia Idol UFAManagement GoedeCommittees Tijden, vonprojects Bingen award welcomes new Meeting 2012 Schlechtefurther developTijden jury members week 38 / 20 September 2012

ONE TEAM, ONE BRAND,

ADDEDONE MEDIA DIMENSION HOUSE HowAlain M6 Berwick has created on Luxembourg’s a new way of consuming number one TV media brand

Germany The LuxembourgNetherlands GermanyBelgium LuxembourgUnited States RTLWolf Group Bauer at on the RTLRTL Nederland Group’s AntoniaTélévie fundsRados Enex Thewelcomes 12th season Bertelsmannrestructuring launchesSynergy app for receives107 research Hildegard Sky Newsof American Arabia Idol ManagementUFA GoedeCommittees Tijden, vonprojects Bingen award welcomes new Meeting 2012 Schlechtefurther developTijden jury members Cover Alain Berwick, CEO of RTL Lëtzebuerg

Publisher RTL Group 45, Bd Pierre Frieden L-1543 Luxembourg

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Into the future with creativity and innovation Bertelsmann / RTL Group p. 8 - 12

Further development of Niki Minaj and Keith Urban RTL Group’s synergy join the American Idol jury comittees FremantleMedia North RTL Group America p.13 - 14 p. 15

Antonia Rados receives Hildegard von Bingen award Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland p. 16 “A tight-knit media family whose members complement each other” RTL Lëtzebuerg p. 4 - 7

Big Picture p. 17

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NEWS PEOPLE p. 18 - 19 p. 20 “A TIGHT-KNIT MEDIA FAMILY RTL Lëtzebuerg CEO Alain Berwick spoke to Backstage WHOSE MEMBERS about RTL Lëtzebuerg’s strategy and about being the leader in the COMPLEMENT atypical Luxembourg media market. EACH OTHER”

Luxembourg – 20 September 2012 RTL Lëtzebuerg

Alain Berwick

4 RTL remains the number one media brand in clout. This approach proves benefi cial at many other the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. In 2011, levels as it enhances the value added of advertising combining its TV, radio and Internet activities, the concepts and opportunities for diversifi cation. RTL Lëtzebuerg media family achieved a daily reach of 82.4 per cent of all Luxembourgers aged The RTL Lëtzebuerg family employs a singular 12 years and over – an impressive performance tactic when operating its integrated media platform. given the highly specifi c nature of this limited market “RTL is a tight-knit media family whose members of just over 500,000 inhabitants, where half of the complement each other and which has a long advertising revenue stems from investments made tradition of journalism,” Berwick points out. “On a by clients in the Grand-Duchy’s neighbours. In fact daily basis, the members of our teams learn from the media landscape in the Grand-Duchy is rather other people’s experiences and, more importantly, singular in numerous respects: a third of its multi- share a mass of information.” Moreover, the group lingual population are more or less recently arrived has been restructured to boost the synergies foreign immigrants; its open economy is fuelled by between its various entities and enable editors-in- the infl ux of 120,000 cross-border workers every chief to work together under the same, single roof. day; and people have ready access to TV, radio and “TV, radio and Web-based activities are planned press in neighbouring countries. concurrently and we add the sale of advertising packages to that,” Alain Berwick goes on. In RTL Lëtzebuerg fi nds itself having to also fulfi l a addition, since ratings are only measured twice public-service mission. “This is why RTL Lëtzebuerg a year in Luxembourg, the RTL family regularly aims to reach the broadest possible audience,” conducts in-depth quality polls and then Alain Berwick explains. “To that end, RTL’s media immediately implements any changes that may bank on their proximity to local consumers and be required. “RTL is a leader with the mindset of a on a strategic approach that draws on synergies challenger. Our streamlined team of around between different media and the complementary 100 people is constantly striving to maintain our nature of RTL’s television, radio, new media and audiences and boost our profi ts whilst also advertising activities.” In such a tight market delivering content of general interest that will keep exposed to fi erce competition from foreign national our audience satisfi ed,” Berwick notes. channels, this concept enables RTL Lëtzebuerg to roll out and exploit content on various media while The hit talent show The One is an excellent example at the same time deploying its brand’s considerable of how RTL Lëtzebuerg produces its own formats, which are then rolled out on different RTL Lëtzebuerg daily reach in 2011/12 (%) media. At The One auditions, (Monday-Sunday / Lux. 12+) members of the jury, listening blind, have to single out the most 82.4% tns 2011 tns 2012 82.4% outstanding talents who then each record one song. These songs are subsequently aired on the radio – on RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg and 58.1% 56.1% its smaller sister station Eldoradio – and listeners are invited to vote on them. Members of the public can also use a dedicated mobile 37.9% 37.3% application to listen to the songs, download them and vote by text 23.7% 20.4% message. The most popular singers 19.5% 18.5% emerging from the vote then perform live on stage, showing their faces 9.2%8.7% for the fi rst time in the grand fi nale, 2.4% 2.8% 3.0% 2.5% which is broadcast live and uncut on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. “We sought an entertainment format that would combine the strengths of our three RTL.lu RTL.lu media: television, the radio and the Eldoradio RTL Family* RTL den 2.ten RTL den 2.ten RTL Mobile RTL Télé Lëtz. RTL RTL Radio Lëtz. RTL Next > RTL Die besten Hits RTL RTL TV via Internet & RTL

5 Internet. By playing on the singers’ anonymity, we thought that radio and the Internet would create the requisite buzz,” Berwick explains. “The One has turned out to be a low-budget cross-platform format that has made a real impression on audiences. The One provided RTL with exclusive content for nine weeks and culminated in the year’s greatest moment in local TV enter- tainment,” he says contentedly.

On 17 September, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg opened its autumn season with a new programme scheduled characterised by Blind auditions for The One continuity and – still on a roll from a promising debut – cross-platform interactivity. Among others, Comeback (airing at 19:00 on Fridays starting 28 September) is a totally new kind of fi ctional reality sitcom. Each episode will be shot a week before its release, so that the audience can respond via the RTL.lu website, Facebook, or directly on the fi lm set. The production will adjust to the audience feedback and will also include elements related to topical news and national events in the storyline. Comeback, RTL’s new fi ctional reality sitcom

ABOUT THE ONE

Period: 7 April to 10 June 2012 (9 weeks) Media: RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, Eldoradio, App The One, the-one.lu Casting results: 250 contestants Voting results: 80,000 SMS, 5,000 live votes via IPTV I-Tunes downloads: 3,000 songs App downloads: 5,000 (I-Phone) Web results: 50,000 visits, 450,000 page impressions Audience results: 100,000 viewers 12+ (Final show, TNS-iLRES)

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6 ABOUT THE RTL FAMILY IN LUXEMBOURG

RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg broadcasts a schedule of varied programmes and is undoubtedly Luxembourg’s foremost TV channel. In 2011, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg scored a prime time audience share of 47.7 per cent among Luxembourgish viewers, aged 12 and over.

Den 2. RTL is the second channel of RTL Lëtzebuerg, which offers a mix of repeats of the top programmes, weekly magazines and live sporting events.

RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg is the radio station of choice for most inhabitants, with a new record of 200,000 listeners each weekday in 2011 – a daily reach of 58.1 per cent. Eldoradio is the radio number 2 in Luxembourg and the most popular music station for the younger audience, with around 80,.000 listeners per day.

RTL Newmedia is RTL Lëtzebuerg’s digital entity. The RTL.lu portal is the country’s most visited website, achieving a daily reach of 19.5 per cent in 2011. On the mobile platform, RTL has launched several mobile apps for the I-Phone, I-Pad and Android devices. The RTL apps, recording over 200,000 downloads, are among the most downloaded applications in Luxembourg.

7 INTO THE FUTURE WITH CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION Bertelsmann / RTL Group

At last week’s Bertelsmann Management Meeting, Anke Schäferkordt and Gail Rebuck highlighted the importance of continued investments in Bertelsmann’s creative core businesses. Guillaume de Posch explained how digitisation effects the TV business, while Cécile Frot-Coutaz spoke about opportunities for FremantleMedia. In addition, Bibiane Godfroid, Thomas Valentin and Bert Habets were honoured with the Bertelsmann Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurial Achievements. Gütersloh – 12/13 September 2012

After Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe opened the Management Meeting in Gütersloh by outlining the four strategic priorities that the top 500 executives would focus on that day and the next, it was the task of Anke Schäferkordt, member of the Bertelsmann Executive Board and Co-CEO of RTL Group, and Gail Rebuck, Chair & CEO of Random House Group UK and member of Bertelsmann’s Group Management Anke Schäferkordt at the Bertelsmann Committee, to take a closer look at the future of Bertelsmann’s core Management Meeting businesses in the fi rst part of the programme.

“How can we align our core businesses so that they can continue to be profi table and grow in the digital age?” This was the key question that Rebuck and Schäferkordt posed at the beginning of their presentation. They explained that special efforts are needed for companies that do business in mature markets with limited growth possibilities. “The transformation to digital not only represents a challenge for these businesses; it is also a great opportunity,” said Schäferkordt. She said continued investment was needed for this. “A prerequisite for commercial success is that we refl ect on our business and our structures and that we respond to the behaviour and needs of customers,” said Rebuck. “Creativity and innovation are the key factors by which we can secure the future of Bertelsmann’s core businesses,” explained Schäferkordt. Representatives of several Bertelsmann companies presented case studies to demonstrate various approaches in this direction that have recently led to success.

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8 For example, Tom Sänger, Head of Entertainment, Show and Daytime at RTL Television in Germany, impressively demonstrated how profi table new formats were found for RTL Television’s daytime slots. “After the talk shows and courtroom formats of the 1990s and 2000s, we had to come up with something new to reach our audience and to convince advertisers,” said Sänger. “So we asked ourselves the question: Who would we make this programming for and what people would be interested in it?” At the same time, the format had to be cheap to produce and be able to be repeated frequently. The result was the “scripted reality” format – fi ctitious, but seemingly real TV content that can now be seen in 30 formats on different channels in Germany alone. In the words of Tom Sänger it represents “a great success” for RTL Television’s afternoon programming. And, he adds, this format can still be evolved in a variety of ways, such as by linking scripted reality shows with daily dramas (like Berlin – Tag & Nacht on RTL II) or by increasingly using social networks. Tom Sänger Despite all the creativity of Bertelsmann’s core businesses, there are still challenges in the digital era that cannot be addressed alone: one of them is the abuse of intellectual property rights, better known as Internet piracy. “Piracy signifi cantly threatens the income basis of our core businesses,” said Schäferkordt and cited fi gures to highlight the extent to which the movie, book and music business are affected by illegal downloads. “Nearly a quarter of global internet traffi c is estimated to be pirated content,” said Schäferkordt and called for an end to the public playing-down of the dangers of Internet piracy. At the same time, companies themselves must take measures to protect their own content better. Schäferkordt says these measures should be initiated on three levels: fi rst, at the level of the user, by offering attractive legal download platforms while also communicating the value of the creative work of authors, musicians, fi lmmakers and other artists – and that it cannot be created for free. Second, cooperation with Internet companies should be sought to prevent illegal downloads from this side through jointly developed rules. Third, governments should be made aware of the media’s role as an important provider of content, and legislative action should be demanded. “Creativity and innovation can only be enjoyed if the illegal distribution of content is addressed decisively,” concluded Schäferkordt.

To reduce their dependence on advertising revenues, RTL Group channels and Gruner + Jahr publications have found attractive opportunities to diversify their businesses. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of Groupe M6, presented some examples of this. For instance, the TV companies’ airtime can be used to broadcast additional content such as home shopping, or call-in offers. The media could also be used as a marketing tool for other products, as M6 is doing for its Mozaic credit card for the 12 to 25 age group, or the G+J magazine Schöner Wohnen for paint and wallpaper. And fi nally, media presence could be used as a form of currency to invest in new businesses. “We always have to compare whether such novel activities aren’t perhaps more attractive than our traditional programmes and promotions,” said Tavernost.

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9 Strong increase of on-demand viewing

Guillaume de Posch, Co-CEO of RTL Group, focused on the implications of the digital transformation for the TV business in his presentation. He began by citing some confi dence-inspiring fi gures and trends: Europeans’ average daily TV viewing time increased further in 2011, to currently 228 minutes. “We continue to see massive use of the medium; TV remains a social phenomenon,” noted de Posch. Accordingly, TV’s share of the total advertising pie in Western Europe remains stable at 30 per cent. Against this backdrop, however, the TV business is changing, a “slow but steadily advancing process,” as de Posch said. On Guillaume de Posch the one hand, an increasing number of TV channels are competing for viewers – “7,000 channels in Europe alone” – and there are a multitude of new devices and new content sites. On the other hand, new providers and new offers also result in intensifi ed competition for attractive formats and licenses. De Posch highlighted one general trend in TV usage: the strong increase in “non-linear” usage through time-shifted television and on-demand platforms.

RTL Group is countering the challenges of digital transformation with three strategic playing fi elds: expanding its video-on-demand offerings, introducing “second-screen” applications, and building online video networks. In the VOD (video on demand) range, catch-up sites such as RTL Now and M6 Replay continue to see strong growth. “The number of online video views across RTL Group’s services has surged by 90 per cent over the past three years, to 1.9 billion video views in 2011. As ad-fi nanced services, they are free for users,” de Posch pointed out. The channels are also working on other offers that will make it even easier for viewers to watch TV programmes at the time of their choice. This includes paid sites, for example for viewing series episodes before they are broadcast on free-to-air TV. The “second screen” is all about reaching and engaging viewers – who are increasingly using other devices like smartphones while they are watching TV – with branded offers. RTL Group’s channels already have numerous such offers in place, including RTL Inside, X Factor and Devant ma TV. “The second screen is fantastic for us,” said de Posch. “It enriches and enhances our TV content. And fi nally, beyond linear TV and cable networks, today there is a whole new breed of non-linear online video networks like Vevo and Schmooru. You’ve probably never of them, but it is very likely that your children watch their content, usually short video clips, on Youtube,” said the Co-CEO of RTL Group. RTL Group also has a presence in this area via its production arm Fremantle Media, with offers like the Youtube channels The Pet Collective and Thnkr. But one thing is clear, said de Posch in conclusion: “Above all, the most important thing continues to be – great – entertainment.”

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10 FremantleMedia – a global growth platform

Cécile Frot-Coutaz, the new CEO of Fremantle Media since July 2012, then went on to prove that Fremantle Media not only possesses growth platforms, but is practically a growth platform itself. Revenues have risen considerably since 2001; RTL Group’s production arm is now the number one in twelve countries with its hit shows, and produces the highest-rated formats for 27 channels around the world. Frot-Coutaz said that this is partly attributable to the company’s strong brands, which have been going for many years – such as The Price Is Right, which has been on the air for 56 years in the US or the Idols franchise, which is now on air in 45 countries. “Our strategy is to create content that works in different countries and is therefore suitable for export, and then to exploit this content for other media as well, not just for television,” said the FremantleMedia CEO. Mobile applications signifi cantly increase the value of a home-grown brand, as do live events and games – and besides, they are diffi cult for competitors to copy. But as popular as the old familiar formats may be, the demand for new and Cécile Frot-Coutaz different formats must also be met. Cécile Frot-Coutaz reported that Fremantle Media’s various units are resolutely rising to this challenge: the number of newly launched programmes in 2011 and 2012 is in the high double digits; the most successful new launches were drama formats. Read more about the Bertelsmann Management Meeting on Benet

Venue of the Bertelsmann Management Meeting 2012 in Gütersloh

11 OUTSTANDING ENTREPRENEURS HONOURED

Every year since 2003, Bertelsmann has honoured its top entrepreneurs with this Bertelsmann Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurial Achievements. This year, three of those went to RTL Group Managers: Bibiane Godfroid, Thomas Valentin and Bert Habets.

Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe and Executive Vice President for Human Resources at Bertelsmann, Immanuel Hermreck, presented the awards at the Bertelsmann Management Meeting 2012. “Entrepreneurs are the key to our success – and every year there are some who really stand out,” said Immanuel Hermreck. Thomas Rabe, Bibiane Godfroid and Immanuel Hermreck (from left to right) The first award for RTL Group went to Bibiane Godfroid, Programming Director at M6. The channel has not only managed to boost its income significantly year on year during 2011, but was also the country’s only major broadcaster to increase its audience share, in spite of the increasing fragmentation of the French TV market – and that is not least thanks to its attractive range of programmes. Another award went to Bert Habets, CEO of RTL Nederland. His company has seen significantly rising sales and profits as well as a constant improvement in profitability since 2009. Beyond this, the broadcasting group also recorded its highest audience shares since 1997. Thomas Rabe, Bert Habets and Immanuel Hermreck (from left to right) The third award for RTL Group was given to Thomas Valentin, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board with responsibility for Programmes and Content. Especially, the digital channels have delivered an excellent performance over the past few years. W9 is now the most successful digital broadcaster in France, and it is also among France’s leading pay-TV providers.

Other Bertelsmann Managers honoured with one of the awards were Gina Centrello, Tony Chirico and Sonny Mehta from Random House, and Julia Jäkel from Gruner + Jahr, while Arvato was represented by four prize Thomas Rabe, Thomas Valentin and Immanuel winners: Michael Weinreich, Frank Kebsch, Ludovic Lempire Hermreck (from left to right) and Dominique Decaestecker.

Source: Benet (shortened)

12 FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RTL GROUP’S SYNERGY COMMITTEES RTL Group

With Hans Mahr joining Bertelsmann in a consulting capacity at the beginning of 2013, the organisation and co-ordination of RTL Group’s Synergy Committees (Sycos) will be newly structured in the coming weeks. Luxembourg – 14 September 2012

Hans Mahr

Established ten years ago, in September 2002, RTL Group’s Sycos have become one of the major platforms for information and knowledge sharing across the Group’s decentralised organisation. The Sycos are comprised of executives and experts from RTL Group’s profi t centres and the Corporate Centre. They meet regularly on subjects such as programming, news, radio, advertising sales and new media. While each profi t centre makes its own management decisions, it is free to draw on the understanding and expertise of other RTL Group companies – to replicate successes, pass on ideas, and also learn from mistakes.

Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch, Co-CEOs of RTL Group, said in a joint statement: “We would like to thank Hans Mahr for the remarkable services he has rendered to RTL Group, in many different capacities, functions and countries. He was one of the fi rst to identify the signifi cant potential for further co-operation within RTL Group. With energy, charm and persistence he succeeded in bringing all our profi t

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13 centres into the Sycos – and contributed to create an atmosphere of trust for open discussions between our units. We wish him all the best in his future projects.”

Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch continued: “As Co-CEOs we are clearly committed to giving the Sycos an even higher profi le in our network of companies and at the OMC level. We will be personally involved in this process together with RTL Group’s Strategy & Controlling department headed by Alexander Glatz. We are pleased that Andreas Fischer will take over as the coordinator of Group synergies. Over the past few years, Andreas has led various M&A projects and gained an in-depth knowledge of RTL Group’s strategy, businesses and organisation. We are confi dent that the Sycos will identify and realise concrete projects of mutual interest and generate fresh impulses to enhance RTL Group’s strategy.”

Andreas Fischer has started his career in RTL Group in 2000 and has worked in various functions before joining RTL Group’s Strategy & Controlling department in 2010, where he became Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions in 2011. In his additional function, he will manage and co-ordinate the activities of RTL Group’s Synergy Committees, in close collaboration with the chairmen of the various committeesand the OMC. Andreas Fischer will continue reporting to Alexander Glatz, Executive Vice President Strategy & Controlling of RTL Group. In co-ordinating the Sycos, Andreas Fischer will be supported by Astrid Morawe, Strategy Executive at RTL Group. Sylviane Bisquert will support the team in logistical matters. Andreas Fischer Hans Mahr joined RTL Television in Cologne in 1994 as Director of Information and Editor-in-Chief. In this capacity, he was responsible for all the channel’s news, magazines and sports. Hans Mahr is especially credited with making RTL Television the leading news provider among viewers aged 14 to 49, and successfully establishing the channel’s sports programming, from Formula 1 to boxing. In 1999 he was appointed Deputy CEO of RTL Television. From 2000 to 2002 he also served as Managing Director of RTL Newmedia (today: RTL Interactive). In 2002, Hans Mahr was additionally appointed Executive Coordinator for Group Synergies at RTL Group and a member of the Operations Management Committee (OMC). In September 2005, he left RTL Group to become a member of the Executive Board at pay-TV operator Premiere (today: Sky Deutschland). In 2007, Mahr returned to RTL Group as a consultant with a special focus on Eastern Europe and Asia. He has additionally co-ordinated RTL Group’s Synergy Committees since 2009.

14 NICKI MINAJ AND KEITH URBAN JOIN THE AMERICAN IDOL JURY FremantleMedia North America

Pop sensation Nicki Minaj and country music star Keith Urban will sit on the jury for the 12th season of the hit US talent show alongside Mariah Carey and Randy Jackson. United States – 18 September 2012

The new judging panel: Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Ryan Seacrest (Presenter), Nicki Minaj and Randy Jackson (from left to right)

On Sunday 16 September, Fox Television offi cially announced that two new judges would be joining the panel for the 12th season of American Idol.

In July it was announced that Grammy winner Mariah Carey would be judging the promising vocal talents appearing on the show. Now, with rapper Nicki Minaj and country superstar Keith Urban, two further high-profi le people from the music business have been brought on board. They replace Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who both were involved with the show for two years.

Randy Jackson will continue to be a jury member. He has been part of the panel since the fi rst season. The producers of the show co-produced by FremantleMedia had carried out a large-scale search for new faces, and literally hours before the fi rst round of casting in New York it was announced that Minaj and Urban, who already has jury experience from his native Australia, had been chosen. American Idol creator Simon Fuller comments: “American Idol’s star power has never been so great!”

The 12th season of the talent show starts in the US in January 2013.

15 ANTONIA RADOS RECEIVES HILDEGARD VON BINGEN AWARD Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland

On 15 September in Mainz, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s chief foreign corres- pondent became the recipient of the prestigious journalism award for her reporting from war and crisis areas. Germany – 18 September 2012

Antonia Rados, a special correspondent and head of RTL Television’s Paris bureau from 1995 to 2008, and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s chief foreign correspondent since 2009, was honoured for her reporting from war and crisis areas such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.

The State of Rhineland-Palatinate’s Dentists’ Association has awarded the €10,000 prize since 1995 for outstanding journalistic achievements that shape society. Judges include the TV presenters Claus Kleber and Sandra Maischberger and Zeit Editor-In-Chief Giovanni di Lorenzo.

Peter Scholl-Latour, a renowned journalist and commentator on politics and current affairs, gave the laudatory speech: “With one person’s fate, a single case, Antonia Rados illustrates the systematic, grown over the course of history, that has a lasting formative effect on a society, a culture. Whether we like the resulting form or not. God knows we need Antonia Rados’ TV reports now, in the second year of the Arab revolution.” As recently as 2011 Rados interviewed the former Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi at the height of the revolution.

Antonia Rados: “I am honoured by this award, and I thank the jury. I’m particularly gratifi ed because it is bestowed by my colleagues from Antonia Rados receiving the award across all the media, and am also pleased to note that it keeps being awarded to women.”

The award is named for the scholar and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (approx. 1098 – 1179). Last year it went to the literary critic Felicitas von Lovenberg.

Antonia Rados interviewing Muammar al-Gaddafi

16 A much-awaited guest On 16 September 2012, Capital, the economic magazine on M6, welcomed France’s reindustrialisation minister Arnaud Montebourg as its special guest. The theme of the programme was “Employment: the French who weather the crisis.” Photo: ©Pierre Olivier /M6 SHORT NEWS 1/2

“A dream come true” FremantleMedia North America

On 13 September 2012, NBC’s top-rated summer hit America’s Got Talent crowned the travelling dog act Olate Dogs the season seven winner. The talent show gathered 10.59 million viewers this evening and ranked as number one series on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in a total viewers for the seventh year in a row. United States – 17 September 2012

Presenting: Social Dining Week RTL Nederland

Couverts, RTL Nederland’s online restaurant reservation service, has teamed up with Social Dining to host the fi rst Social Dining Week in the Netherlands starting 17 September 2012. The Netherlands – 17 September 2012

Online shopping and television are converging IP Deutschland

IP Deutschland’s latest trend barometer focused on the parallel use of devices while shopping online. The study has concluded that television advertising has the greatest infl uence on purchasing decisions. Germany – 18 September 2012

Starfl oor 2012: Already sold out! Fun Radio

Starfl oor’s 2012 edition will take place on 20 October. While the dance fl oor event of the year is already billed as sold out, Fun Radio launched a massive publicity campaign offering listeners a chance to win VIP tickets. France – 18 September 2012

Farmers continue to charm viewers on M6 M6

On 17 September 2012, M6 aired a new episode of the seventh season of L’Amour est dans le pré. Still on a roll from a promising debut, the programme gathered 7 million viewers for a total audience share of 27.9 per cent – a new record. France – 19 September 2012

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UFA utilizes Europe’s Biggest Green Screen UFA Filmproduktion

The former Berlin-Tempelhof airport site is currently host to Europe’s largest green screen. On a surface area of 720 square metres, it will create images of the historical Reichstag building for the TV fi lm under the working title of Nacht über Berlin – Der Reichstagsbrand. Germany – 19 September 2012

RTL and Auto plus team up at the Paris Motor Show 2012 RTL Radio

At the Paris Motor Show 2012, RTL Radio and the automobile magazine Auto Plus jointly present the RTL-Autoplus prize for the best cars exhibited at the fair. France – 20 September 2012

Charity Day for happy children Grundy UFA

On Tuesday 18 September Grundy UFA invited numerous disadvantaged children to visit Filmpark Babelsberg with their friends and families for an unforgettable Charity Day. Germany – 20 September 2012

Focus on social networks RTL-TVI

On 20 September, RTL-TVI dedicates a special evening to the social network phenomenon in a magazine programme, which will be followed by David Fincher’s fi lm, The Social Network. Belgium – 20 September 2012

19 PEOPLE JAN ANTHONY KOOIJMAN MARTIN RTL 5 RTL Radio The Netherlands – 17 September 2012 France – 19 September 2012

Paul Cormont, Jan Kooijmann and Programme Director Anthony Martin (© C.Guibbaud Abacapress RTL) Erland Galjaard (from left to right)

Jan Kooijman, familiar from the jury of So you think you Anthony Martin, 39, has just been promoted as Chief of can dance, a dance show broadcast on RTL 5, recently the Culture Bureau of RTL Radio in France. joined the channel as one of its presenters. After naming Alba Ventura as Chief of RTL Radio’s The multi-talented Kooijman started his career in TV Political Bureau and Jérôme Chapuis as co-host of as the actor playing Danny de Jong on the daily soap Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI, News Director Jacques Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden for three years. Last year, Esnous proceeded to promote Anthony Martin. He is he became one of the coaches on the RTL 4 show Sunday taking over from Stéphan de Pasquale, who is retiring. Night Fever and during the past two seasons he has also served as one of the presenters of the summer programme A graduate of the journalism school of Bordeaux and Ik kom bij je eten. winner of the Jean-Baptiste Dumas scholarship, awarded each year by RTL Radio to a talented young Now, upon joining RTL 5 permanently, he will not only sit journalism student, Anthony Martin began working in on the jury of So you think you can dance, but will become RTL Radio’s editorial department in July 1998 as the presenter of a new dance show. Details of this new a reporter. In 1999, he became the department’s ‘Mister show will be communicated at a later stage. Music’ and has been a columnist on Laissez-vous tenter since the cultural magazine’s creation in 2001. He was Jan Kooijman comments: ”During the three years I’ve named Deputy Editor-in-Chief of RTL Radio’s Culture worked for RTL Nederland it has felt like a home to me. Bureau in 2010. Anthony Martin has also been the host on I am excited and also honored at the chance being entertainment programmes such as Le Grand Studio RTL given to me to take further steps as a presenter. (from 2006 to 2010), L’album de l’année (since 2007) and I’m hoping to be able to do new, adventurous and occasionally special programmes devoted to major music interesting programmes. Dancing remains my all-time events. love, and coaching and evaluating young talents will never bore me. I’m always going to be excited about it!”

Paul Cormont, Director of RTL 5, adds: ”Jan Kooijman is a perfect match for what RTL 5 stands for. He is young, ambitious and talented. I am really pleased about our collaboration.”

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