The “Ultimate Team” the European Football Championship on RTL Group Channels

14 June 2012

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The “ultimate team” The European Football Championship on RTL Group channels

France Belgium M6 and its presenters RTL Belgium awards ﬁ rst are popular among viewers Marie-Rose Armesto scholarship

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Cover: Montage with presenters from the Netherlands, Germany and France, dressed in the jersey’s of their national teams.

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Eyes and ears on football Since the kick-off of the Euro 2012 on 8 June, RTL Group channels attract their audiences with various activities. M6 will air ten games live. Luxembourg - 13 June 2012

Throughout Euro 2012, M6 will also be airing two magazines: 100% Euro and 100% Euro avant-match. The daily live magazine 100% Euro presents viewers with an hour of the latest football news, looking back at the day’s main noteworthy events, showing key highlights of games and providing the news roundup Le Journal des Bleus from Poland and Ukraine.

At the same time, 100% Euro will feature analysis and comments by studio guests and two zealous football pundits: the former Paris Saint-Germain Jean-Marc Ferreri, Thierry Roland, Jean-Michel Larqué coach Antoine Kombouaré and Norbert Tarayre, and Denis Balbir (from left to right) the Top Chef contestant whose cheeky sense In France, M6 has conjured up a full of humour lit up the programme, but for whom programme for viewers keen to watch the football has long been more than a passion. Euro 2012, offering coverage of the opening Each of these participants will share their own ceremony, live matches and magazines personal footballing experiences and knowledge with top-notch presenters. Indeed, especially for of the game with presenter Vincent Couëffé. the occasion legendary commentator Remarking on his new role in a piece Jean-Michel Larqué has joined M6 as well published in Télé Magazine, Antoine Kombouaré as former soccer champion and commentator said: “I’m really proud to have been chosen; Denis Balbir. Both will work with M6’s it’s an unbelievable experience. I really intend to experienced commentator Jean-Marc Ferreri. have fun, having been given free rein to talk about the game I love.” Jean-Michel Larqué has been in the business for over 30 years and has commentated six World Cups and seven European Championships, commentating on more than 1,000 matches across all competitions. As for Denis Balbir, who has been commentating on TV and radio since 1990, he is a fresh addition to M6’s team, bringing his passion for football and his unparalleled knowledge of the ‘beautiful game’. Jean-Marc Ferreri won 37 caps for France and started commentating in 1998 and has been working for M6 and W9 since 2006. These three commentators will in duo alternate coverage of the ten games aired by M6, including seven qualifying round games, two quarter ﬁ nals (placed between 21 and 24 June) and one semi-ﬁ nal (to be played on 27 or 28 June). Norbert Tarayre, Vincent Couëffé and Antoine Kambouaré (from left to right)

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The other magazine, 100% Euro avant-match, ground to report from the German national will go out on M6 before group stage matches team’s camp, the stadiums and the host cities. featuring France, with Vincent Couëffé on hand live to comment, analyse the big issues and assess the French team’s chances just minutes before kick-off.

So far M6 has achieved outstanding ratings. The opening ceremony, on 8 June was watched by 1.4 million viewers, giving the event an overall audience share of 13.5 per cent. The opening match, played out between Poland and Greece, which kicked off at 18:00, drew 2.8 million football fans, giving the game an audience share of 18.3 per cent among viewers aged 4 and above, and 31.1 per cent among men under 50 years old. As a result, M6 topped the ratings during this time slot. Paul Janke The second game aired by RTL Group’s French channel was the eagerly anticipated RTL Television’s early-morning weekday news ‘clash of the titans’ between Spain and Italy. show Punkt 6 presents two detailed Euro 2012 This mouth-watering contest, which kicked off sections during the course of each 90-minute at 18:00 on Sunday, 10 June, was watched show, with summaries of all the previous day’s by no fewer than 4.8 million viewers, giving matches, interviews, an outlook on the day the match an overall audience share of ahead and news from the German camp. 23.4 per cent and landing M6 the biggest Olaf Thon, a former national team player and audience of the day. Poland versus Russia, world champion, will be in the studio as the which aired during prime time on 12 June, was football authority. The Punkt 9 news show watched by 4.4 million fans, giving it a total also has a Euro section featuring Olaf Thon. audience share of 16.7 per cent. With an Punkt 12 will highlight events on the fringes audience share of 26.1 per cent among male of the Euro in Poland and Ukraine. A special viewers, M6 was the most-watched channel in section called Pauls Fußball-Flirt was created this demographic that evening. for the occasion: as a show that tends to be watched more by women, RTL Television’s But Internet users can also follow the action lunchtime journal has recruited Paul at Euro 2012 on the Web by going to M6.fr Janke, aka ‘The Bachelor’ as an expert and surfi ng the mini website devoted entirely who fulfi ls a dual purpose: as an active to Euro 2012 and the various programmes player, the 30-year-old from Hamburg is an covering the tournament. The Live Player expert on the game, and as a noted heart-throb function enables users to tune in live to games he knows how to inspire women – even for aired by M6, and the website’s video section gives football. As part of its daily sports coverage, them a chance to relive the highlights of games. RTL Aktuell will also provide extensive updates Likewise, the tournament can also be followed from the Euro, including live feeds from the in full on M6’s mobile applications for I-Phones venues and public viewings in Germany, match and I-Pads, as well as on M6 Replay. summaries and news from the German camp. Finally, RTL Nachtjournal offers a midnight Finally, M6 has also acquired the broadcasting summary of all the evening’s goals and key rights to 11 of the best matches at Euro 2016, moments. which will be hosted by France. N-TV will be on the ball with extensive Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s channels coverage of the Euro tournament as well. do not cover the matches live but are The channel hosts a daily reporting extensively from and about the Fußball-Frühstück (Football Breakfast) featuring year’s fi rst major sporting event. Info Network discussions with experts, reporters on the acquired the news access rights necessary ground, and the live broadcast of all press for comprehensive summary coverage across conferences from the German team. all news and information shows. Several N-TV’s reporters also serve up daily reports reporters from the sport pool will be on the from national team coach Joachim Löw’s

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team and from the match venues, where months, RTL 4 will air a show on the topic of they capture moods and opinions from the sport. Naturally, the ﬁ rst bloc of these will be all German camp, talk to fans and share compelling about football: through the end of June, RTL 4 and curious stories from Euro 2012. N-TV will will air a nightly special of the popular Voetbal broadcast all DFB press conferences live. International (VI) format, called VI: Oranje. In De Zomer Van 4: VI Oranje, Wilfred Genee, Johan Derksen and René van der Gijp watch the European championship matches – and especially the ‘Elftal’ – from the Kurhaus hotel in Scheveningen. Each day, they invite another guest.

The show actually moved from its usual broadcasting slot on the men’s channel RTL 7 to the family channel RTL 4 for a month. The show’s relocation has already turned out to be a good move: on 9 June, as many as 1.6 million viewers tuned in – the match was watched by an average 1.1 million viewers, or 21.9 per cent of the 20- to 49-year-old viewer market. Birgit von Bentzel, presenting Fußball-Frühstück

Meanwhile, Vox takes a slightly different look at the sport. From 24 June, it will devote a 6-part personality documentary called Lothar – immer am Ball (Lothar – Always On The Ball) to Lothar Matthäus, record national team player. In the series, the 51-year-old football legend provides a ﬁ rst-ever glimpse into his daily routine. The documentary accompanies him to public events and private occasions, takes viewers on a trip down memory lane to his childhood, shows where he lives with his girlfriend Joanna in Budapest, and has Lothar Matthäus candidly about his wishes and goals.

Johan Derksen, Wilfred Genee and René van der Gijp (from left to right)

RTL Nederland’s Programming Director Erland Galjaard says: “The men in the discussion panel are on top form and harmonise very well with the guests and the atmosphere of the Kurhaus. Moving VI: Oranje from RTL 7 to the family channel RTL 4 has expanded the audience for the format just in time for the year’s major sport event. De Zomer Van 4 promises to be a very good summer.”

The football discussion panel is very much in demand online as well: the show’s website Lothar Matthäus has already generated more than 1.5 million video views. On Twitter, #VIOranje is a regular In the Netherlands, RTL 4 is devoting itself to Trending Topic in the Netherlands, and the the European football championship with a Voetbal International format has 64,000 fans vengeance. The channel’s ‘De Zomer Van 4’ on Facebook. In addition, RTL 4 reports on the (Summer of 4) campaign began on 4 June: European championship in its RTL Nieuws news at 22:30 each evening for two and a half and the RTL Boulevard magazine show, which

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features Charlotte-Sophie Heitinga, the wife of Moreover, the RTL.fr site is running a Euro Dutch defender John Heitinga, as the in-studio 2012 special – an entire section featuring expert. Right after Euro 2012, the summer of live, blow-by-blow broadcasts of all games, sport on RTL 4 continues with coverage of the rankings and a championship calendar. Tour de France on De Zomer Van 4: Tour du The RTL Football app for I-Pad, I-Phone, Jour from 2 July. Finally, the channel will devote Android and Windows Phone 7 also allows itself to the Summer Olympics in London with mobile users to stay abreast of championship De Zomer Van 4: De Spelen. news.

RTL Radio in France for its part is at the heart Ten large German commercial radio stations of the French team thanks to an on-air special have pooled their resources to become the that runs until 1 July, featuring live broadcasts tournament’s offi cially licensed radio stations. from the matches, news and behind-the-scenes Together, they will provide live coverage of all reports from the tournament. the Uefa Euro action and the German national team’s path in Poland and Ukraine on German radio. Radio Hamburg and Hit-Radio Antenne are on the team in northern Germany, Antenne Bayern and Radio Regenbogen in the south, Hit Radio FFH in central Germany, Radio NRW in the west and Antenne Thüringen, Hitradio RTL Sachsen and Radio Brocken in the east, with 104.6 RTL and 105‘5 Spreeradio rounding things out in Berlin. This will enable more than 48 million listeners a day – over fi ve million per hour – to experience all the emotions that football has to offer. The Radio NRW team will handle the complex production of the coverage, Bixente Lizarazu lead-managed by Udo Kreuer. RTL Radio Center Berlin and its Managing Director With his experience and remarkable track Stephan Schmitter were responsible for record, former French footballer Bixente coordinating and negotiations with Uefa. Lizarazu is the most valuable player of France’s number-one radio station during Since 9 June, matches also have been the championship. On the evening of each broadcast to Germany’s largest Public match day involving the French team, Screening venue at the Hyundai Fan Park he will share his expertise with listeners at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. All alongside the sports journalist Christophe Germany games, the semi-fi nal and the fi nal will Pacaud on Le Club RTL L’Equipe Euro 2012 – be broadcast live here and on fi ve other giant and will be back on the air again the following video screens along Straße des 17. Juni. The day in the RTL Matin show, analysing and giving radio station 104.6 RTL is the public-viewing his thoughts on the previous evening’s match. festival’s offi cial media partner. During the entire tournament, Berlin’s hit radio station will Broadcast every evening from 20:00 to present the stage programme of each day as its midnight, Le Club RTL L’Equipe Euro 2012 is popular presenters celebrate football with fans an on-air highlight that whisks listeners off to and cheer on the German national team. The Poland and Ukraine for a direct experience radio station’s programming will feature plenty of of the championship. France’s leading radio live feeds from reporters on the ground at the station will broadcast the matches in their event. entirety, complete with commentary by Jerome and Philippe Millagou Sanfourche for the In Croatia, RTL Televizija’s sports French national team. During the fi nal section of commentators will be delivering daily shows each edition, On refait l’Euro offers analyses, and live reports from Poland. RTL Televizija’s summaries and reactions, presented by sport commentators and reporters Christophe Pacaud. On the nights of the French Nino Stambuk and Marko Vargek began team’s matches, the time slot is dedicated to their Euro coverage with the arrival of the On refait le match presented by sports Croatian national team at its campsite near journalist Eugene Saccomano and several Warka in Poland. From here, they will travel panellists. to Poznàn and Gdańsk, where the group C matches will be played.

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Nino Stambuk in Poznàn

Stambuk and Vargek are reporting from the Croatian campsite, as well as from the main squares of the host cities and outside the stadiums in Poznàn and Gdańsk. There will be interviews with Croatia’s top footballers and their coach Slaven Bilić on the fringes of the press conferences, as well as surprise one-to-ones. Viewers will also be treated to interesting insights from professional sport commentators, and from Croatia and rival teams’ fans on the latest developments and results of the ﬁ rst-round matches across all groups. A special entitled Euro-Poljska specijal covering these topics will be broadcast daily at 17:00. The main news programme RTL Danas will also provide a live daily update at 19:00.

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France’s favourites Two recent surveys reveal that M6 is France’s most popular channel and its TV personalities are the nation’s favourites. Karine Le Marchand and Stéphane Plaza in ‘On ne choisit pas ses voisins’ France - 8 June 2012

The French RTL Group channel is more popular with viewers than any other channel. M6 is followed by TF1 and then France 2, which has attained third place. The survey was carried out between 9 to 14 May using magazine Télé-Loisirs’ panel of 1,032 people, asking what’s their favourite channel. This conclusion about its image is reﬂ ected in its viewer ratings performance as M6 recorded the highest ratings increase of all channels measured by Médiamat national for the eighth consecutive month.

M6’s TV presenters also enjoy a high regard and brand image in the French audiovisual landscape. According to the sixth Animat survey exclusively conducted for Stratégies magazine by the media agency Omnicom Media Group (OMG), Stéphane Plaza is one of the top three most popular entertainers in France. The public ﬁ nds him friendly, funny, dynamic and upbeat and feels he embodies the best of M6. Among women, Karine Le Marchand was also highly acclaimed by the French, who consider her to be dynamic and ‘with it’. “She brings out the best in people and is seen as warm and very friendly,” indicates the survey. As for Mac Lesggy, M6’s Mr. Science, French viewers ﬁ nd him “the most Mac Lesggy trustworthy and most eloquent.”

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FremantleMedia Asia opens new regional office FremantleMedia opens a new regional ofﬁ ce in Chennai to focus on creating content for India’s large non-Hindi speaking markets. Singapore - 14 June 2012

Ian Hogg

This is FremantleMedia Asia’s second offi ce in Paul O’Hanlon, Managing Director of the country, and will join the existing Mumbai FremantleMedia Asia, said: “The Asian market operations to further the company’s on-ground place is thriving and this new offi ce represents a production business and provide industry great opportunity for FremantleMedia to improve leading entertainment to an even wider audience its already strong foothold in the region. in India. FremantleMedia Asia has produced a number of prime time formats in India in recent years, Ian Hogg, CEO FremantleMedia Asia Pacifi c, including Indian Idol, India’s Got Talent and said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for X Factor India. The new Chennai offi ce will FremantleMedia Asia. India is the second most target and forge proactive partnerships with populous country in the world and this expansion top broadcasters, enabling us to effectively roll will allow us to access new markets, work with out popular television shows for the non-Hindi new broadcasters and reach a greater audience speaking population, and deliver outstanding with the world-class entertainment for which we entertainment content across the country.” are known. Our Mumbai offi ce will continue to focus on the Hindi speaking market while our new production hub in Chennai will focus on non-Hindi speakers, which account for over half of India’s population. We’re looking forward to the opportunity to create inspiring new and innovative programming for even more viewers in this diverse and dynamic part of the world.”

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FremantleMedia launches The Pet Collective FremantleMedia launched its ﬁ rst-ever Youtube channel, The Pet Collective, featuring new series and programming available exclusively on Youtube. United Kingdom - 12 June 2012

“FremantleMedia is a global creative powerhouse that develops brands that extend well beyond TV,” says Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO FremantleMedia North America. “We’re really excited to bring our high-quality storytelling and production expertise to a subject matter like pets that is close toeveryone’s hearts, and we’re proud to be delivering informative and innovative content that offers a compelling new form of engagement with international audiences.”

Keith Hindle, CEO Americas of FremantleMedia Screenshot from the Youtube channel Enterprises, adds: “From our many audition programmes to numerous partner channels, The Pet Collective is part of Youtube’s FremantleMedia has a longstanding relation- initiative to create new channels of programming, ship with Youtube. The Pet Collective takes that and is produced by FremantleMedia to celebrate partnership to a new level, securing our place pets and pet lovers through entertainment, at the fore-front of online content development information and involvement. At launch, The and creating new opportunities to monetize our Pet Collective will offer seven original new, content and build our brands.” short-form series with new content added daily, for more than 20 hours of programming in its FremantleMedia’s content on Youtube has ﬁ rst three months. The channel brings together garnered more than 4.2 billion views to date three core divisions of FremantleMedia’s since the start of its collaboration with Youtube, business – FremantleMedia North America, with more than 2 billion views in 2011 alone. FremantleMedia Enterprises and FremantleMedia is one of the few TV producers FremantleMedia Cross Platforms (FMX) – to to have content in Youtube’s Top 100 most viewed leverage their combined expertise, assets and videos of all time. Driving views are viral videos business strategies to engage with consumers, from global entertainment shows including the advertisers and distribution partners. The X Factor from both the UK and Australia; Korea’s Got Talent’s Sung Bong Choi audition; In response to growing changes in the American Idol’s Chris Medina audition; and content-distribution marketplace, the Family Feud with host Steve Harvey. Other emergence of new online platforms, and new popular videos include the audition of Susan ways of reaching audiences, FremantleMedia’s Boyle for Britain’s Got Talent, which has The Pet Collective combines originally, achieved more than 300 million views in professionally produced programming, expert aggregate, and Jackie Evancho’s audition for opinions and advice, pet health and wellness America’s Got Talent. tips, content from celebrity pet lovers, and real-life animal stories. It will also feature robust social network content through Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.

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Winners selected The ﬁ rst three winners of the scholarship for journalism named after special correspondent Marie-Rose Armesto. Belgium - 7 June 2012

For the fi rst time, RTL Belgium awarded the Marie-Rose Armesto scholarship. Destined for students in their fi nal year of journalism studies, it grants three worthy candidates a three-month work contract at RTL-TVI, Bel RTL or RTLInfo.be. “Candidates are judged through a number of tests designed to evaluate their journalistic qualities and their ability to express these qualities in several media, targeting a wide audience,” explains RTL Belgium’s News Director Laurent Haulotte. Simon François, Anne-Emilie Arnault and Loïc Verheyen On 5 June, the winners were offi cially (from left to right) announced. They are: Anne-Emilie Arnault, a student in the Master’s journalism Five years after the death of Marie-Rose Armesto programme at UCL (Université Catholique de following a long illness, the prize naturally bears Louvain-la-Neuve), Simon François, a student the name of the brilliant journalist and special in the Master’s journalism programme at correspondent who continues to live on in the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Loïc memory of RTL Belgium’s editorial department. Verheyen, a student in European journalism “Marie-Rose chose this profession because at IHECS (Institut des Hautes Etudes de journalism is not a profession like any other. Communications Sociales). “We’re very pleased The path she took can serve as an example to with the quality of what all these candidates all journalists,” emphasises Jean-Pierre Martin, offered during the tests,” says Laurent Haulotte. special correspondent for RTL-TVI. “We’re delighted to welcome Anne-Emilie, Simon and Loïc to the editorial department.”

Marie-Rose Armesto scholarship was launched in January 2012. No fewer than 110 applications were retained for the eliminatory tests. Six ﬁ nalists then spent a day being tested in actual work situations in RTL Belgium’s editorial department in order to produce a television report, a radio report and an article for RTLInfo.be.

Along with Laurent Haulotte, other members of the jury included Philippe Delusinne, CEO of RTL Belgium, Stéphane Rosenblatt, Director of Television at RTL Belgium and Jean-Jacques Deleeuw, Director of RTL Newmedia.

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Armand Thies is The One Willy Stone, alias Armand Thies, has earned the coveted title of The One after winning the ﬁ nale of the TV talent show organised by RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg and Eldoradio. Armand Thies Luxembourg - 13 June 2012

Thirty-four years old and employed by the CFL (Luxembourg’s national railway), Armand Thies settled in at the Rockhal on 10 June, with 18.37 per cent of the votes. Being the only male contestant among eight ﬁ nalists, he charmed the audience with his interpretation of the Robbie Williams song Angel, along with the Righteous Brothers’ classic, Unchained Melody.

After his victory, he spoke with the newspaper L’Essentiel: “It was difﬁ cult, the rehearsals were tiring and the organisation was at times complicated to set up. But in the end, I am very, very happy, and proud. I never would have believed that I would win.”

In all, more than 350 contestants came to the auditions. These were conducted ‘blind’, as on The One, only the voice counts. In fact, at no At no time did the audience see the performers, who used time did the audience see the performers, who pseudonyms or stage names during the preliminary rounds used pseudonyms or stage names during the preliminary rounds. It was only when the ﬁ nalists performed their second song during the ﬁ nale that the audience could see what they looked like.

12 A fascinating new perspective Deutschland von oben (Germany From Above), a documentary distributed by Universum Film, opened in German movie theatres on 7 June. The ﬁ lm takes a whole new look at familiar terrain, such as the vineyards at the Kaiserstuhl (pictured) while the cinematic screen gives the sublime aerial photographs the space to unfold their full majesty and impact. week 24

From nil to number one After notching up successes on TV and Facebook, Berlin – Tag and Nacht is now conquering the music charts as well. Ole, the lovable scatterbrain of the ﬂ at-share, also known as ‘Ole ohne Kohle’ (Penniless Ole) has released his ﬁ rst song and gone straight to the top of the download charts. Germany - 7 June 2012

A Ferrari for its 25th anniversary Turbo, M6’s emblematic automotive magazine programme, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special edition in the company of a distinguished guest – actor Christian Clavier. France - 8 June 2012

Travels with Thomas Thomas the Tank Engine from Super RTL’s eponymous preschool series, invites his fans big and small to join him on a tour of Europe. Germany - 8 June 2012

N-TV unveils new on-air design The news channel N-TV has sported a new on-air design since the beginning of June. Germany - 11 June 2012

Zinédine Zidane on RTL Matin The morning of the ﬁ rst day of the Euro 2012 football tournament, Zinédine Zidane was Yves Calvi’s guest on RTL Matin. France - 11 June 2012

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UFA Sports cooperates with travel operator Dertour The Hamburg-based sports marketer UFA Sports signed an exclusive co-operation agreement with travel operator Dertour. Germany - 11 June 2012

Tamara cooks her way to the top Tamara, a 34-year-old candidate from Utrecht province, is the winner of the second edition of the RTL 5 format Topchef: De 12 Provinces. 11 percent of the viewers aged 20 to 34 tuned in to the ﬁ nale. The Netherlands - 12 June 2012

Radio podcasting listening on the rise For the second consecutive year, Médiamétrie has published a study on radio podcast listening in France. Whether through subscription or downloading one at a time, almost 8 out of 10 podcasts are listened to, as compared to 7 out of 10 one year ago. France - 12 June 2012

International TV sales for Monsuno confirmed FremantleMedia Enterprises has announced six new international TV distribution deals for the epic boys’ action-adventure franchise Monsuno in the UK, the Middle East, in Italy, Spain, Canada and Australia. United Kingdom - 13 June 2012

Flavie Flamant and Stéphane Plaza honoured The RTL Radio host and the M6 presenter are the winners of the Trophée Marianne 2012: Flavie Flamant in the Radio category, and Stéphane Plaza in the Television category. France - 14 June 2012

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People Angela Groothuizen Angela Groothuizen The Netherlands - 13 June 2012

Angela Groothuizen, one of the faces of RTL 4, has signed a new three-year contract with the channel.

Groothuizen was most recently seen as a judge on X Factor, The Voice Of Holland and The Voice Kids, and will appear on The Voice Kids again next year, as well as on a new show called Beat The Best, where various top acts will compete with each other.

Erland Galjaard, Programming Director at RTL Nederland, comments: “Angela’s straightforwardness and expertise as a juror and coach has gone down very well with viewers and candidates alike. She has the warm and engaging personality needed to lend her signature to other programmes as well. We are delighted to be continuing this successful collaboration in the years ahead.”

Angela Groothuizen says: “RTL 4 took me in like a prodigal daughter in 2009. I was privileged to be part of the most popular programmes in recent years and am glad that I will be able to continue representing the channel.”

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People Faustine Bollaert and Sandrine Corman France - 14 June 2012

Faustine Bollaert Sandrine Corman

Faustine Bollaert is taking over the daily The Belgian presenter Sandrine Corman magazine show 100% Mag, while Sandrine is well known to M6 viewers. She won Corman succeeds her as presenter of Accès Miss Belgium in 1997 at the age of 17, and was Privé. hired the following year by RTL-TVI, where she presented several programmes such as Ca Aired on M6 from Monday to Friday, 100% Mag alors! and the Télévie (telethon). In 2008 she is one of the channel’s key prime-time shows, also joined Groupe M6, where she presented with excellent ratings for every broadcast. several programmes including Incroyable Faustine Bollaert has presented the weekly Talent (Got Talent), Zéro de Conduite and celebrity magazine show Accès Privé on M6 recently L’Inventeur 2012. From September since December 2010, and the W9 magazine 2012 she will take over the reins at Accès Privé show Vies croisées since March 2011. A from Faustine Bollaert. journalism graduate, Bollaert began her journalistic career on the weekly magazine These changes will take place after Estelle Denis Télé 7 jours, before working in various has left the channel. positions in TV and radio. In April 2010 she joined Groupe M6 from France Télévisions.

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