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Call to action Gerhard Zeiler on fair market conditions and protection against piracy
Germany / United States United Kingdom Christian Wilp reporting from Justin Lee Collins starts the White House Good Times on Five
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Gerhard Zeiler, RTL Group CEO, speaking at the VPRT symposium in Berlin.
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“Fair market conditions and systematic protection against piracy” RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler spoke at a symposium in Berlin about the overregulation of the TV industry, the importance of TV broadcasters for the creative economy, and its social responsibility. Luxembourg - 4 February 2010
Gerhard Zeiler (right) discussing with Thomas Ebeling, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and moderator Peter Limbourg (from left to right)
The event under the heading “Perspectives that RTL Television broadcasts five hours a for creativity – broadcasting companies as an day of news and information programming, innovative and economic factor” was hosted Monday through Friday. This proves, he by the Verband Privater Rundfunk und said, “that even private broadcasters can be Telemedien (VPRT; Association of Private successful with viewers by running Broadcasters & Telemedia) and VG Media and high-quality news, and thereby make took place on 28 January. Other speakers a significant contribution to socio-political alongside Gerhard Zeiler included developments. Simply put, there are Thomas Ebeling, CEO of ProSiebenSat 1 hardly any other news programmes that Media AG, Federal Justice Minister Sabine are watched by young viewers; or take the Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, VPRT Chairman news broadcaster N-TV; all of these are Jürgen Doetz and Justus Haucap, Chairman of examples that show we are fully aware the Monopoly Commission. of our responsibility: even if they cost money, and even though some of them are In his speech, Zeiler clearly spoke out on considerable loss-makers.” Ensuring that commercial broadcasters’ duty to society, commercial channels can continue to fulfil this especially in the area of news: “It is one of function in future requires no financial support our socio-political mandates to ensure the in the shape of fees or taxes, but “fair market communication of unbiased news − especially conditions and systematic protection against to younger target groups.” He pointed out piracy.”
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At the event, Federal Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (left) expressed her sympathy for the commercial broadcasters’ position. She said that nothing had changed about her basic position: “Politically speaking, I think the demand for a share in the levy is well worth considering.”
In this connection, Zeiler touched on four The imbalance in Germany’s dual broadcast- media policy issues: first, commercial television ing system was Zeiler’s fourth talking point: continues to be overregulated in Germany, “While the public-service broadcasters’ income despite an amendment to the European TV rises annually, the income of the commercial Directive in 2007. “Its objective was to promote channels has dropped significantly over the past liberalisation − the result, has, unfortunately, ten years.” Zeiler called on German legislators fulfilled this expectation only to a very limited to consider a system in which the public-service degree. But German legislators delayed putting channels had to do without advertising. “Without into action even this well-intentioned aid to a fair balance in the dual system, in the long term broadcasters by the EU,” says Zeiler. Another the diversity of media will be weakened and the source of concern are the recurring demands German production landscape damaged.” for advertising restrictions: “As if bans on TV advertising could replace consumer protection.” Zeiler had opened his speech by noting that the commercial TV companies’ views are often Zeiler also mentioned “content piracy, which given short shrift, while the film industry, produc- takes place in the audiovisual sector as well, ers and publishers often get a very open hearing and the parasitic use of our broadcasting from politicians and regulators. People often fail signal via new technologies.” On the Internet, to recognise, he said, that TV broadcasters are he said, there are plenty of sites on which not only the “engine, but also the focal point of users can find US series as free online downloads the creative industry in Germany.” Without TV immediately after or sometimes even before channels, there would be no producers and no their TV broadcast. In addition, on future film industry. Also, much of the creative work hybrid devices, Internet providers will be able to is done by TV broadcasters – be it drafting a use part of the TV screen to show ads directly programme concept, determining the optimal alongside the TV image throughout the broad- production process or ultimately finding the right cast, while TV broadcasters themselves are time slot for the programme. limited to twelve minutes per hour. “Obviously, this is not the way things were intended,” Zeiler After his speech, Gerhard Zeiler discussed added. the points he had mentioned with Justus Haucap, Thomas Ebeling, Sabine Leutheusser- Schnarrenberger and Jürgen Doetz. Copyright protection and its potential conflict with privacy protection were particular items of debate. Zeiler minced no words: “Piracy is theft. Theft is against the law. This law needs to be enforced.” 4 week 05 the RTL Group intranet
Background: The German TV market The dual broadcasting system in Germany liaison offices in Berlin therefore aimed to raise consists of public-service broadcasters funded awareness of this, particularly in the political, by the mandatory licence fee such as ARD regulatory and professional community. and ZDF on the one hand and commercial television companies such as the Mediengruppe Do you feel the event was a success? RTL Deutschland on the other. Within certain Absolutely. We succeeded in presenting some limits, public-service broadcasters are allowed to very complex issues, putting them in the right carry advertising – unlike in Britain, for example. context and, especially important, offering There are currently 23 public-service television solutions which are not mere protectionism – all channels and 67 public-service radio stations, of it in a professional and appropriate way. It was which have a total licence fee income of nearly particularly enlightening for event participants EUR 8 billion per year. Public-service broadcast- to see the various challenges within the larger ers are also expanding their online offerings. economic and strategic context of the overall This fact in particular forms the backdrop for the European media industry thanks to Gerhard current debate about the role and importance Zeiler’s keynote address. His presentation of of advertising-funded commercial broadcasting the overall economic situation in conjunction within the dual system. with the essential need for adjustments in the individual sectors helped to ensure that the Technical developments have also given rise to subsequent discussion was both solution- some unresolved issues about copyright protec- oriented and serious. tion for channels. Content is now often available on illegal websites long before it is broadcast, How have the politicians reacted so far? and on new “hybrid” TV sets, TV footage now What needs to happen now? has to share the screen with Internet sites. During the event the Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, At the same time, broadcasting companies – as well as the Parliamentary State Secretary unlike, say, music publishers – are still not at the Federal Ministry of Economics and sharing in the income from the Leermedi- Technology, Hans-Joachim Otto, both promised enabgabe, a mandatory surcharge imposed on specific support for our interests on all the storage devices and storage media to offset points that were most essential for us. This is an revenue losses due to private copying. Now unusually clear and encouraging commitment that a new federal government has been formed to the creative industries in general and in Germany, commercial radio and television broadcasters in particular. The task now is to stations hosted the event under the umbrella of work together with the Ministries to the VPRT, to remind politicians that they are major implement practical solutions for protection players in the creative market. The message of from parasitic exploitation, as well as to work the event was: commercial broadcasters can out the equitable sharing of flat-rate levies on only continue to fulfil their social mandate under such things as blank recording media, public appropriate economic conditions. Backstage viewings, and the commercial use of our content spoke with VPRT Vice President Tobias Schmid, in pubs – and create laws to back this up as soon who is also Head of Media Policy at RTL as possible. Television, about the symposium.
What was the purpose of this event? The fact that technical convergence is not accompanied by any regulatory convergence is increasingly becoming a problem for regula- tory policy in general, and the areas of copyright and antitrust law in particular. The legislature must take action, especially wherever new industries or technologies incorporate the creative content of a channel, for example through piracy or parasitic exploitation, thereby eliminating the possibility of recouping one’s investment. The event at Bertelsmann’s
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In the centre of power N-TV correspondent Christian Wilp is one of the few foreign journalists who have permanent White House press credentials. He spoke to Backstage about the establishment of an international correspondents pool. Christian Wilp in front of the White House Germany - 29 January 2010
Despite and not least because of several During state visits in particular, the Foreign security glitches in the past, the White House in Press Pool representatives clearly have an Washington is a very heavily secured complex. advantage over their American colleagues: Anyone who wants to get in needs a permit – “We often have more background information,” even if it’s only for a short press conference. Wilp notes. “When, for example, the German It can take up to 24 hours to be granted a day chancellor Angela Merkel visited the Oval Office, pass. At this point Christian Wilp is the only I was able to tell all the others who was in her German journalist in possession of a ‘White delegation – as well as provide some additional House Hard Pass’. “This makes it possible for information about her visit. By the same token, me to attend events even at very short notice,” our representative from Saudi Arabia was able he explains. “If I had to reapply for credentials to tell us what Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri el Maliki each time, I would regularly miss press confer- was mumbling in Arabic during his visit.” ences, which are sometimes announced just two hours in advance.” Also, Wilp can move freely Another objective of the Foreign Press Pool is to around the White House grounds without the gain better access to the government in general. need to be escorted by security staff. This gives For instance, in the past only agencies and the him great flexibility when sending live feed to leading American newspapers and broadcast- Germany. “I work with hired camera teams, who ers were usually invited to the background talks also have a hard pass.” in the office of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Now, members of the Foreign In order to use this information and mobility Press Pool are also regular guests. “We get advantage not only for himself, but build on it important information here, especially on further, Wilp has joined six foreign correspond- international topics,” says Wilp. “As individual ents from Canada, France, Spain, Saudi Arabia, correspondents, we would probably not have Palestine and Morocco in setting up a pool of been granted many of the necessary access foreign correspondents – as a complement rights.” Now, he says, there is always someone to the American pool. It’s an unprecedented from the group in attendance, to make sure that phenomenon in the history of the White House. viewers back home get the latest news from “The idea is that there is always one of us at Washington. events that are of international relevance,” says Wilp. “Like when foreign heads of state come to Christian Wilp visit. In coordination with the White House press (45) has worked for N-TV office, we make sure we’ve got these occasions since 1996, among other things as a covered.” The principle is similar to that of the parliamentary unit correspondent in Berlin. regular US pool. “One correspondent supplies He has headed the N-TV Studio in Wash- the others,” Wilp explains. In cooperation with ington, which he himself established, since the established White House Correspond- 1 January 2003. The studio is part of AP’s ents’ Association and the White House Press International Media Center, located just a few Office, the new Foreign Press Pool is about to be hundred yards away from the White House. officially established. In principle it is open to From live positions directly at the seat of the US other journalists as well. The prerequisite is that president and the various AP studios, Wilp can they regularly report from the White House – and report live to Germany within minutes. Wilp is they must have permanent White House press married to an American and has two children. credentials. 6 week 05 the RTL Group intranet
“Helping the prisoners” Groupe M6 announced the creation of its company foundation that will deal with a sensitive subject: life in prison. Presenter Mélissa Theuriau is a supporter. France - 3 February 2010 Mélissa Theuriau supports the new foundation
Committed to promoting community-minded The Fondation M6 aims to support television, Groupe M6 is pursuing its policy of audiovisual projects proposed to partnerships to raise people’s awareness of the inmates and to help with the issues of solidarity. The group decided to take dynamics of rehabilitation initi- on this new project focussing on prison life for ated by the Ministry of Justice. several reasons. First of all, television, For example, the foundation will allowed in prison cells since 1985, is provide training in the audiovis- visit a window on the world for inmates. The ual trades (equipping and run- M6 channel and Groupe M6 an lend their ning the internal video channel, FondationM6.fr expertise in this area. Imprisonment is a training in sound, video and the subject in society deserving of people’s control room, writing and directing attention as well as funding. Beyond the punitive and workshops) and it will also expand rehabilitative dimension, which is handled by activities to include cultural enter- prison administration, prison also serves as a tainment and sports (shows, concerts, time of reflection and rebuilding for the inmate. conferences and debates, multimedia library).
“Consideration, help with psychological Groupe M6 is working with the prison adminis- rebuilding, project planning, all of this can help tration, its partners, associations, the detainees someone find their place in society, even after themselves and its own staff in this responsibly- being cut off from it for a long time. Let’s work minded and community-oriented endeavour. The so that inmates who leave prison never have Fondation M6 has a budget of EUR 2.5 million to return. I am delighted that the Fondation M6 to be spent over a five-year period and already has chosen this noble and courageous cause has its own website: www.fondationm6.fr. Chris that gets little media coverage: helping the Morette is in charge of the foundation, which has prison population to successfully rehabili- been placed under the responsibility of Yann de tate,” says Mélissa Theuriau, presenter of the Kersauson, Deputy Director of the communica- newsmagazine Zone Interdite and a supporter tions department of Groupe M6. of the new foundation.
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Good Times on Five Justin Lee Collins is to host his own 10-part entertainment chat show for Five, Justin Lee Collins: Good Times, transmitting every week from the end of March. United Kingdom - 1 February 2010
The brand new, hour-long episodes will be filmed before a live audience in the opulent and iconic Rivoli Ballroom in South London, the location for Tina Turner’s classic Private Dancer or Elton John’s That’s Why They Call it the Blues, among many other pop videos and films. Justin, who joined Five on an exclusive two year deal last autumn, will interview the most interesting and topical guests in town, with a musical act from Justin Lee Collins pop, rock or theatre performing a rousing, crowd- pleasing piece. The 300-strong audience will enjoy a glamorous night out with Justin and his guests, get up close and personal with their idols and experience a glitzy night out full of surprises.
Five’s Head of Entertainment, Donna Taberer, said: “Justin’s warmth and wit provides the perfect environment for lively, cheeky chat. Justin Lee Collins: Good Times is an unashamedly feel good hour of chat, music and entertainment. ”
The Rivoli building retains many original features and the décor is luxurious The Rivoli Ballroom velvets, shimmering chandeliers and oversize lanterns – the perfect setting for Justin’s old-school charm and enthusiasm.
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times is Justin’s second series for the channel, he has already hosted the GBP 1 million game show Heads or Tails and will front a two-part documentary series about his bid to sing in the Eurovision Song Contest in May this year. Justin Lee Collins: Good Times is a Tiger Aspect production for Five.
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A First Lady on the air Supermodel, singing star and France’s First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy played journalist on RTL Radio France. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (left) and Harry Roselmack France - 2 February 2010
On Saturday 30 January from 12:30 to 13:30, though the means of prevention Le Journal Inattendu’s Harry Roselmack invited and treatment are available. The special guest Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to be editor- Global Fund is the first financier in-chief for a day, a role in which she served as in the world to fight against reporter and interviewer. these three diseases.” Death check the video on is not inevitable, however, The Ambassador of the Global Fund to Fight says Professor Kazatchkine, www. Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria headed to who cites concrete examples: theglobalfund. Benin to report for RTL Radio France, visiting “In Ethiopia, the Aids mortality org the capital of Cotonou and the surrounding area. rate has diminished by 60 per The fight against Aids is a priority for France’s cent over the last five years. First Lady. Her particular mission is to draw Today, 45 per cent of the sick in attention to the fight against mother-to-child Africa have access to treatment. transmission of the virus. It is for this reason It was 0 per cent five years ago, so that she was in Africa on Wednesday to visit considerable progress has been made.” the sick. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was accompanied The public must be made aware of this great by Melinda Gates, the wife of Bill Gates, and hope, “but real money is needed to fully carry out RTL Radio journalist Valentin Spitz. She met the task.” Professor Kazatchkine concluded by doctors, mothers and children, handing over the saying that the “the Global Fund is the microphone to them to tell their stories. instrument of North/South equality for access to treatment by the sick.” As an ambassador, Carla Even though her brother died from this Bruni-Sarkozy gives a face and visibility to the disease, and even though the fashion world is Global Fund, and she says she is “very proud” still highly involved in the fight against Aids, Carla to have this role. Bruni-Sarkozy said on the air that her involve- ment extends beyond these personal reasons. She became Ambassador to the Global Fund because she has seen “the horror of this pandemic, a disease that is far from being eradicated and is very aggressive.”
After the broadcast of her report on the air, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy interviewed her own guest in the RTL Radio studios, Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, to talk about medical advances. To her first question, he replied that “Aids, tuberculosis and malaria are the three killer diseases of develop- ing nations. They cause 5 million deaths each year in these impoverished countries even From left to right: Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Gates Foundation, Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Global Fund Ambassador, Professor Dorothée Gazard, President of Benin’s Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM). © The Global Fund / John Rae 9 week 05 the RTL Group intranet
New games portal The New Media Internet team of RTL Lëtzebuerg launches a completely revamped online games platform with a fresh layout and new games. Luxembourg - 4 February 2010
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Games.rtl.lu in its new, clearly structured and easily navigable design
The new Games.rtl.lu site offers users of the The Casual Games section is designed for broadcaster’s high-traffic homepage RTL.lu people looking for a short break and may be some 50 free games. In addition to popular played without prior registration. To access the classics like Piccobello, Scratchking, Sudoku multiplayer mode or play one’s way to the top and Hangman, the site now presents high-quality of the high-score lists, users have to first login 3D multiplayer games, in which users challenge using a user ID and password. other players in direct interaction. For better navigation, the games are now clearly listed The launch of Games.RTL.lu will be accompa- by theme, and broken down into the categories nied by a major promotion campaign on the RTL Classics, Action & Shooter, Board and Card Télé Lëtzebuerg and RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg Games, Sports, 3D Multiplayer, Arcade, Puzzle stations and on the website RTL.lu. & Brain, Strategy & Skill. RTL.lu is Luxembourg’s leading information “With the Relaunch of the Games portal we and entertainment portal. In December 2009, now offer our users an even better mix of the homepage attracted 373,140 Unique high-quality games and outstanding entertain- Visitors, who generated 9,116,557 page views. ment. From little online games for taking a short Its Luxembourgish parent company RTL break to complex multiplayer games, the site Lëtzebuerg is using Games.rtl.lu to establish offers everything a gamer’s heart desires,” says itself in the games market and further strengthen Fred Mousset, Head of Marketing at RTL.lu. its overall position on the Internet. The portal was developed with the support of RTL Group’s New Media department.
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Awards in January RTL Group companies went home from the presentation of the ‘Golden Cameras’ with two awards. Bruce Darnell, Sylvie van der Vaart and Dieter Bohlen make the jury of Das Supertalent Germany - 2 December 2010
Das Supertalent (Got Talent) won a ‘Golden Camera’ for ‘Best Entertainment’. The show, produced by Grundy Light Entertainment, set a new record in 2009, when Season Three attracted 33.2 per cent of the 14- to 49-year- old viewer market, making it Germany’s most popular show among this target audience. Tom Sänger, Head of Entertainment at RTL Television, comments: “We feel very honoured by the ‘Golden Camera’ for Das Supertalent, and are proud to have established such a popular new show series, one that is as acclaimed among our critics as among our viewers.” The reader’s choice award, selected by readers of the TV programme guide Hörzu went to the culinary coaching show Rach, der Restauranttester featuring celebrity chef Christian Rach. The Golden Camera has been administered by Hörzu for 45 years and is one of the foremost awards in the German TV industry.
In early January, the US series Dr. House walked away with two ‘People’s Choice Awards’: as last year, House won for Best TV Drama, and this year its lead actor Hugh Laurie also won for Best Male TV Actor. This year’s ‘People’s Dr. House Choice Awards’ were presented on 6 January at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. RTL Television will air new episodes of the popular US series in spring.
The comedy series Californication, whose laurels include two ‘Emmys’ and a ‘Golden Globe’, airs on RTL II in Germany, and has been nominated by a jury of experts for a ‘Deutscher Preis für Synchron’ (German Dubbing Award) 2010 in the category ‘Outstanding TV series’. The 9th ‘Deutscher Preis für Synchron’ will be presented on 23 March 2010 at a gala event that is regarded as one of the industry’s annual highlights, in Potsdam’s famous Nikolaisaal.
11 “An ode to the ocean”
Using entirely new filming techniques, Jacques Perrin takes audiences to the heart of the oceans to show audiences known, little known and completely unknown marine creatures. The documentary Océans was released in cinemas in France on 27 January in partnership with RTL Radio France, gaining 104,000 viewers on opening day. Distributed by Universum Film, the documentaryon will 25 hitFebruary. German cinemas
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The German TV market in January Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland channels collectively attracted 35.0 per cent of the 14- to 49-year-old viewer market in January 2010, thereby further increasing their lead over the ProSiebenSat.1 group, which scored 29.6 per cent of the market. Germany - 2 February 2010
M6 posts its January audience ratings M6 is the only major channel to increase its ratings in the 20:00 to 24:00 time slot in January 2010, gaining 100,000 viewers than in January 2009. W9 remains the number one DTT channel with viewers under 50 who are DTT-equipped, gaining an audience share of 4.3 per cent. France - 2 February 2010
Arte chooses BCE The multi-cultural European channel, Arte, which broadcasts programmes 24/7 to France, Germany and the rest of Europe, has chosen BCE as the general contractor for the installation of their completely tapeless HD workflow. Luxembourg - 3 February 2010
Record-breaking campaign at Wer-kennt-wen.de The social network recently issued a challenge to its more than 7.5 million members: the more Wer-kennt-wen.de users signed up for a special group within eight days, the less basic monthly fees new WKW-Mobil customers would have to pay. By the time the promotion ended on 1 February, more than 120,000 members had heeded the call to join the premium group. Germany - 4 February 2010
Euronews selects BCE for its website hosting Euronews, Europe’s number one news channel broadcast in nine languages has selected BCE as its internet service provider to manage nine websites as well as live and Video on Demand services. Luxembourg - 4 February 2010
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People Gunther Burghagen Gunther Burghagen Germany - 29 January 2010
Gunther Burghagen, 44, resigned as Head of Sitcom at RTL Television at the end of January, in order to freelance as a fiction producer from now on.
In October 2009, Barbara Thielen had already taken over overall responsibility for Sitcoms at RTL as Head of the Fiction department. Prior to serving as Head of Sitcom, Gunther Burghagen spent five years at the head of RTL Television’s feature film department.
In the decade since 1999, Gunther Burghagen and the Sitcom editors were responsible for numerous popular formats, including the sitcoms Alles Atze, Nikola, Kinder, Kinder and most recently Der Lehrer, whose laurels include the German TV Award, the German Comedy Award, the Grimme Prize and the Golden Rose of Montreux. In all, the editorial team led by Burgh- agen managed more than 400 sitcom episodes, reaching peak audiences of 7.77 million viewers.
Gunther Burghagen says: “I was privileged to bear programming responsibility in many ways at RTL Television and I am very grateful to the broadcaster for these experiences. I have now decided to contribute my creative experience to projects and productions on my own steam.”
RTL Television CEO Anke Schäferkordt comments: “My emphatic thanks go to Gunther Burghagen for his long years of successful work in RTL Television’s programme department. I personally wish him the best of success in his new career venture.”
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People Appointment to W9’s Short-Term Formats Department France - 2 February 2010
With effect from 1 January 2010 Pierre- ment Department before joining the External Guillaume Ledan was named Head of Short- Short-Term Format Department as Project Term Formats at W9. Manager in Charge of Development in 2008. Pierre-Guillaume Ledan was notably responsi- Pierre-Guillaume Ledan spent three years at ble for formats like Popstars, E=M6, Incroyable France’s embassy in South Africa where he Talent and Nouvelle Star. was in charge of cultural services and respon- sible for theatre and public relations. He joined Assisting Pierre-Guillaume Ledan in his new M6 in 2000 as Coordinator for the Music and duties are Yasmine Roumane, Project Manager Special Operations Department. In 2003 he and Cristina Felicissima, Head of Production. served as Project Manager in the Entertain-
People Martina Vulentin Martina Vulentin Croatia - 1 February 2010
Martina Vuletin has been appointed RTL Johannes Züll, CEO and Chairman of the Televizija’s Head of Programme Sales, with RTL Televizija Management Board, says: “It is effect from mid January. a great pleasure to have Martina Vuletin in this position. She has demonstrated excellence in Martina gained her first work experience in both strategic and operative skills. Martina will commercial television in 2003 as an assistant increase our efforts in presenting our programme in programme acquisitions. That same year, and successes at the regional level”. she joined RTL Televizija as part of the Croatian team for license acquisitions. After just one year, During her career at RTL Televizija, Martina she was promoted to the position of acquisi- Vuletin has participated in most of the important tion executive and films and strategy editor in international television events, such as Mipcom the Programme department. She also worked Cannes and Discop Budapest. Martina has BA in on a selection of programmes and participated Sociology and Croatian language. in programme acquisition for RTL Televizija on international and local markets. In 2006, she was appointed Head of Scheduling and Programme strategy, and in 2008 was promoted to Deputy Director Programmes. 15 http://backstage.rtlgroup.fr http://backstage.rtlgroup.com http://backstage.rtlgroup.de
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