week 33 / 17 August 2012 NEW IDEAS ADDEDIN ALL GENRES DIMENSION TheHow new M6 hasTV season created on a newRTL wayTelevision of consuming TV UnitedGermany Kingdom The NetherlandsGermany BelgiumThe Netherlands LuxembourgNorth America WolfCécile Bauer Frot-Coutaz on RTLUFA Nederland restructures TélévieRTL Nederland funds EnexRadical welcomes Media restructuringoutlines the path tolaunches fiction app production for 107to researchlaunch new Skylaunches News Arabia UFAcontinue growth forGoede business Tijden, projectsdigital channel Youtube channel FremantleMedia Schlechte Tijden THNKR To mark the start of the new TV season, the Backstage weekly newsletter presents itself in a new design as of today. week 33 / 17 August 2012 NEW IDEAS ADDEDIN ALL GENRES DIMENSION TheHow new M6 hasTV season created on a newRTL wayTelevision of consuming TV UnitedGermany Kingdom The NetherlandsGermany BelgiumThe Netherlands LuxembourgNorth America WolfCécile Bauer Frot-Coutaz on RTLUFA Nederland restructures TélévieRTL Nederland funds EnexRadical welcomes Media restructuringoutlines the path tolaunches fiction app production for 107to researchlaunch new Skylaunches News Arabia UFAcontinue growth forGoede business Tijden, projectsdigital channel Youtube channel FremantleMedia Schlechte Tijden THNKR Cover Montage showing RTL Television’s programming for the new season Publisher RTL Group 45, Bd Pierre Frieden L-1543 Luxembourg Editor, Design, Production RTL Group Corporate Communications & Marketing k before y hin ou T p r in t backstage.rtlgroup.com backstage.rtlgroup.fr backstage.rtlgroup.de QUICK VIEW Grupo Antena 3 Everything new new new! publishes results Super RTL for the fi rst half p.9 - 10 of 2012 Grupo Antena 3 p.12 Groupe M6 reports UFA restructures its half-year results 2012 fi ction production Groupe M6 business p.11 UFA p.17 - 18 Great opportunities ahead FremantleMedia p.13 - 14 “What constitutes RTL Television” RTL Television FremantleMedia and p.4 - 8 Random House form exclusive TV partnership FremantleMedia p.15 - 16 A Youtube channel IP Deutschland unveils for idea lovers its new branding Radical Media PEOPLE UFA p.19 p.20 p.27 - 31 SHORT RTL Nederland launches a new NEWS channel p.24 - 26 RTL Nederland p.21 Big Picture Four medals for p.23 the Annual Report RTL Group p.22 Anke Schäferkordt presented RTL Television’s new programme line-up for the 2012/13 TV season “WHAT in Cologne. It includes a varied bouquet of new format ideas, while popular established CONSTITUTES programmes have undergone significant development. RTL TELEVISION” Germany – 17 August 2012 RTL Television Anke Schäferkordt 4 Daniel Hartwich presents Total Blackout – Stars im Dunkeln After a rather mixed summer in Germany so far and a thunderstorm the night before, the sun shone brightly at noon at Cologne-Deutz, where RTL Television presented its new programme line-up on 16 August. “The sun is shining, we’ll take that as a good sign for today’s event,” said Anke Schäferkordt, CEO of RTL Television, welcoming the journalists: “Although as commercial TV people, we’ll be quite happy if summer ends soon – with all these incredible sporting events. Of course TV usage has been dominated by the major sporting events, the European football championships and the Olympics.” The programming team has focused on developing new ideas in all genres over the past two years. “Our package of new launches is therefore Diana Amft in Die neuen Abenteuer der alten Christine bigger than it has been for a long time, especially in the fi elds of drama, entertainment shows, and “If you produce successful programming, it is not reality.” surprising if others eventually copy you,” said Schäferkordt. “This naturally leads to a dwindling Anke Schäferkordt clearly stated the goal for of our audience share to a lower level.” She gave the new TV season: “We want to maintain our the example of the afternoon programme line-up market leadership – and with a clear lead over with various scripted documentary and docu-soap the competition.” In order to achieve this goal she formats and the talent shows, which continue to said RTL Television will set new accents as well score excellent ratings, but are no longer at the as develop its existing formats. Enhancing the exceptional level seen in previous years. channel’s innovation leadership is also important, she said. “That is why we are developing new ideas Humour and action dominate RTL Television’s in all areas, especially for prime time.” in-house fi ction productions in the upcoming season: the channel continues its strategy of event-scale drama movies with star-studded 5 productions like Die Jagd nach dem Bernstein- Meanwhile, in a new season of the German zimmer (The Hunt For The Amber Room). Television Award-winning comedy series Der Lehrer (The Teacher) Stefan Vollmer battles educational problems and disinterest in the classroom in a nonchalant, cool and unconventional way. Following the successful pilot, IK 1 – Touristen in Gefahr (Tourists In Danger) enters serial transmission. Four exciting cases in Asia await the daring BKA (Federal Offi ce of Criminal Investigation) offi cer and his colleague who are deployed whenever German citizens living abroad are embroiled in crime. In Der Mallorca Detektiv, Tom Hammer is an investigator who is committed to his job body and soul. When Tom’s friend is shot, the trail leads him into high-society circles on Majorca where he meets a mysterious woman who pulls all the strings on the island and is apparently involved in shady business. The new programme line-up includes two new US series: the continuation of the iconic US series Dallas, which infl uenced an entire decade, and whose TV theme tune is still unmistakable today, will be shown on RTL Television. Alongside young actors like Josh Henderson and Jesse Metcalfe (both well known from Desperate Housewives) and Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious), who star in the remake of Transporter with Chris Vance Dallas, there is a reunion with villain JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) and other stars from the original series RTL Television is exploring new paths with the in their world-renowned roles: Linda Gray as Sue action series Transporter, produced in collaboration Ellen, Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Steve Kanaly with M6 in France and HBO and offering high-speed as well as JR’s half-brother Ray and Charlene Tilton entertainment based on the famous movie series. as his niece Lucy. Luc Besson, producer of the Transporter movies, was involved in the production as Executive In the new format Total Blackout – Stars im Dunkeln Producer. The British actor Chris Vance (Prison (Stars In The Dark), celebrities have to complete Break) plays former elite soldier Frank Martin, challenging tasks in total darkness, much to the who transports whatever is required of him as the delight of the audience and the show’s presenter Transporter. Next season’s series highlights Daniel Hartwich. The show starts on 18 August. include a new series starring Diana Amft who In September, season six of Das Supertalent conquered viewers’ hearts in Doctor’s Diary. In (Got Talent) begins with the highest-profi le celebrity Die neuen Abenteuer der alten Christine (The jury of all time. In addition to personnel changes, New Adventures Of The Old Christine), Amft plays with Thomas Gottschalk and Michelle Hunziker Christine, a divorced woman in her mid-thirties alongside Dieter Bohlen on the jury, some changes with a child. When her ex one day reappears with have been made to the show’s concept as well: this a new girlfriend, who is also called Christine and is season each juror will have the option to catapult ten years younger, the “old” Christine wants to test a talent immediately into the live shows using the her market value and embarks on a chaotic, very ‘golden star buzzer’ – regardless of the opinions funny man hunt. RTL Television also introduces of the other two judges. Deutschland sucht den another new sitcom: Sekretärinnen – Überleben Superstar (Idols) will celebrate its 10th anniversary von neun bis fünf (Secretaries – Surviving The in early 2013 with a major overhaul. And the Nine To Five) about the endearingly chaotic Katja audience will also notice some innovative Neumann, who as new chief secretary in a toast changes when RTL Television asks celebrities to factory not only has to cope with her choleric take to the fl oor again in Let’s Dance. boss Berger, but also her bullying colleagues. 6 In his live stage show Ich weiß, was du denkst The documentary Vermisst (Missing), which (I Know What You’re Thinking) the mind reader researches cases worldwide and brings about and body language expert Thorsten Havener takes extraordinary reunions, returns with Sandra viewers with him on a fascinating journey into the Eckardt as its new presenter, In the emotion- world of human thought, observation, perception charged documentary Entführt – Gib mir mein Kind and suggestion. In Born to Shine celebrities put zurück! (Kidnapped – Give Me Back My Child!), themselves in the hands of a big “little” talent in private investigator Norbert Idel and his team work order to train for an appearance on the great closely with national and international authorities family show: whether it is tap dance, acrobatics or as they search for children abducted by one of the violin – each of the child ‘coaches’ is especially their parents. After the success of the fi rst season gifted in a discipline which the star has no idea about. Christopher Posch – Ich kämpfe für Ihr Recht (I Fight For Your Rights) is back in a new time slot. A Award-winning German comedian Bülent Ceylan new series of Germany’s most popular docu-soap, presents his latest live routine in a stadium before Bauer sucht Frau (The Farmer Wants a Wife) with 42,000 people for the fi rst time, and appears in six Inka Bause, starts in October.