week 46 / 12 November 2015

DYNAMIC GROWTHCONTINUES RTL Group publishes its

third-quarter results 2015

United Kingdom FremantleMedia appoints new CFO

Germany RTL Television airs event movie Starfighter

Luxembourg RTL Group invests in VideoAmp

week 46 / 12 November 2015

DYNAMIC GROWTHCONTINUES RTL Group publishes its

third-quarter results 2015

United Kingdom FremantleMedia appoints new CFO

Germany RTL Television airs event movie Starfighter

Luxembourg RTL Group invests in VideoAmp

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RTL GROUP’S GROWTH ACCELERATES IN Q3/2015

Luxembourg – 12 November 2015

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Revenue up 7.5 per cent, digital revenue up 86.6 per cent, EBITA up 13.8 per cent in Q3/2015 to record levels

FremantleMedia broadens content portfolio with investments in scripted, entertainment and factual genres

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In the third quarter of 2015, reported Group revenue was up 7.5 per cent to €1,353 million (Q3/2014: €1,259 million), driven by growth from RTL Group’s digital revenue (+86.6 per cent to €125 million), Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (+6.8 per cent), FremantleMedia (+5.0 per cent) and RTL Nederland (+15.4 per cent).

Reported EBITA was up strongly by 13.8 per cent to €182 million (Q3/2014: €160 million), thanks to the performance of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (+8.6 per cent) and RTL Nederland (+38.9 per cent). Net profit attributable to RTL Group shareholders increased by 9.7 per cent to €113 million (Q3/2014: €103 million).

In a joint statement Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch, Co-Chief Executive Officers of RTL Group, say:

“During the first nine months of 2015, RTL Group significantly increased revenue, EBITA and net profit, mainly driven by the strong performance of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. The third quarter 2015 was particularly positive, with revenue and EBITA for RTL Group at record levels. This is a very encouraging basis for another successful full year, despite the challenging comparatives in the fourth quarter.

Looking at our revenue split, digital is now accountable for 8 per cent of RTL Group’s total revenue. For us, TV does not stand for television alone anymore, but for ‘total video’ – and we have built leading market positions across the whole value chain of this total video market. Investments in broadcast, content and digital are transforming our leading European entertainment network into a global force in video production, aggregation and monetisation.”

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Anke Schäferkordt (right) and Guillaume de Posch, Co-Chief Executive Officers of RTL Group

Q3/2015: dynamic growth continues

“A VERY ENCOURAGING BASIS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FULL YEAR”

January to September 2015:Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and digital drive revenue and EBITA

Reported Group revenue increased by 4.9 per cent to €4,141 million (January to September 2014: €3,946 million), reaching a new record level. This result was driven by positive exchange rate effects, the strong performance of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (+7.2 per cent); and fast growing digital revenue (+91.1 per cent to €344 million) benefitting from organic growth and new acquisitions.

Reported EBITA was up 5.8 per cent to €716 million compared to €677 million in the first nine months of 2014. This increase was mainly driven by Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland. EBITA margin at 17.3 per cent (January to September 2014: 17.2 per cent). Net profit attributable to RTL Group shareholders increased by 52.1 per cent to €464 million (January to September 2014: €305 million).

Outlook

RTL Group raises its revenue outlook given at the half-year results 2015 presentation on 27 August 2015: Assuming there will not be major changes in the economic climate across RTL Group’s markets, the Group now expects its total revenue to be moderately up compared to the full year 2014 (previously: to be slightly up).

RTL Group confirms its EBITA outlook given at the half-year results 2015 presentation: The Group still expects full-year reported EBITA to be in line with last year, despite lower contributions from one-off gains in 2015.

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MEDIENGRUPPE RTL DEUTSCHLAND EBITA UP BY €39 MILLION IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS

TV advertising markets across Europe continued to show signs of improvement over the first nine months of 2015. With the exception of the Netherlands, all European net TV advertising markets in RTL Group’s territories were up or stable year-on-year

During the first nine months of 2015 Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s EBITA increased strongly by 9.3 per cent to €457 million (January to September 2014: €418 million). This improvement was mainly driven by higher TV advertising and diversification revenue

Groupe M6’s EBITA was down to €136 million (January to September 2014: €143 million), mainly reflecting lower contribution from the company’s diversification business

FremantleMedia’s EBITA decreased to €51 million (January to September 2014: €54 million), due to the reduction in American Idol and higher investment in the creative pipeline

RTL Nederland’s EBITA decreased to €52 million (January to September 2014: €62 million), mainly caused by higher investments in TV and digital

RTL Hungary’s EBITA was up to €17 million (January to September 2014: €6 million), driven by one-off effects such as the partial reversal of a stock valuation allowance and the re-claim of the advertising tax paid in 2014

Broadcast on M6, the finale of Qui est la taupe achieved an audience share of 23 per cent among the target group

RTL Nederland launched RTL Z in September 2015

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DIGITAL INVESTMENTS BECOME REVENUE GROWTH DRIVER

The businesses within RTL Digital Hub continued to show strong revenue growth. Year on year, in the nine months to 30 September 2015: BroadbandTV was up 85 per cent, StyleHaul was up 98 per cent1, SpotX was up 62 per cent1

These businesses do however require on-going investments in order to strengthen their market leading positions and therewith some will generate start-up losses in the near future

In the first nine months of 2015, RTL Group’s catch-up TV services, websites and multi-channel networks attracted a total of 71.5 billion online video views, up 193 per cent year-on-year (January to September 2014: 24 billion)

RTL Group currently generates more than 9.5 billion online video views per month

In November, RTL Group led the most recent funding round for VideoAmp, a US-based platform for cross-screen data optimisation, and holds a 18.9 per cent minority stake on a fully diluted basis once the financing round of VideoAmp has been completed

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CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN CREATIVE TALENT

FremantleMedia is increasing creative diversity within the company –organically and by acquisitions. Over the past months, FremantleMedia made a series of investments, strengthening capabilities in the scripted,entertainment and factual genres.

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RTL Group leads the most recent financing round for VideoAmp, a US-based platform for cross-screen data optimisation, and will hold a minority stake of 18.9 per cent in the company. With the acquisition, RTL Group strengthens the advertising technology arm of the RTL Digital Hub. Luxembourg – 1 November 2015

VideoAmp was founded in 2014 and is a software company that utilises its own machine-learning algorithms to optimise audiences across mobile, laptop and desktop devices. In the digital age of total choice, linear and non-linear television are converging into a ‘total video market’. TV content isn’t limited to the TV set any more, but available on all devices anywhere, anytime. While more and more data is available about usage and viewing behaviour, audience measurement does not yet match the pace of changing viewing patterns. As a result, the total net reach of a video advertising campaign is hard to quantify as people might see the same commercials both on linear TV and via non-linear TV services.

VideoAmp’s technology optimises the targeting of cross-screen audiences for the benefit of both advertisers and broadcasters with the goal of allowing brands to precisely target users and eliminate duplication. It offers the unique ability to match digital users with TV media plans, enabling more effective audience buying across all screens.

RTL GROUP INVESTS IN VIDEOAMP RTL Group

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Rhys Noelke, Senior Vice President Strategy at RTL Group, who will also join the VideoAmp Board of Directors, says: “VideoAmp fits perfectly into RTL Group’s digital strategy as it is complementary to our current ad-tech businesses SpotX and Clypd. For example, VideoAmp’s solutions will enable SpotX publishers to identify, target and optimise the same audience across multiple devices. The transaction with VideoAmp positions RTL Group as the first European broadcaster to invest in the increasingly important field of cross-screen expertise.”

Ross McCray, CEO at VideoAmp, says: “As we raised this round we wanted to find strategic investors that would really help us accelerate the convergence to a total video market. RTL Group has shown with its interest in emerging technologies that it’s an ideal partner for VideoAmp.”

RTL Group leads the Series A funding, consisting of a total raise of $15 million, and owns a stake of 18.9 per cent on a fully diluted basis once the financing round of VideoAmp has been completed. RTL Group will hold a seat in VideoAmp’s Board of Directors plus an additional observer seat. Following the acquisition of SpotX in summer 2014 and the investment in Clypd in April 2015, this investment underlines RTL Group’s strategy to be a leading player in all segments of the total video market.

Rhys Noelke

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On 12 November 2015 at 20:15, RTL Television is showing a piece of German history with Starfighter – Sie wollten den Himmel erobern (Starfighters – They Wanted To Conquer The Sky). The film transports viewers to the Germany of the ‘Swinging Sixties’. Germany – 12 November 2015

The 1960s herald the start of a period of liberation, when faith in progress is unshakeable. It is the middle of the Cold War, and Germany is on the front line against their enemy from the East. Not wanting to miss out on the advantages of their connection with Europe, and upon the orders of the Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss, the still young Federal Armed Forces organise their rearmament by settling a deal worth millions for the world’s most advanced fighter plane at that time: the Starfighter.

ADVENTURE, LIBERATION, EXCITEMENT RTL Television / Info Network

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One of the best pilots of the Starfighter fleet is the recently married Harry Schäfer. However, the mood amongst the pilots threatens to turn when the number of plane accidents keeps increasing, and more of their comrades lose their lives, allegedly due to pilot errors. When Harry also dies in a fatal accident, his wife Betti does her upmost to find out the truth and slowly but surely uncovers the magnitude of the tragedy. Even when, at first, her efforts appear to be wasted...

916 F-104 fighter planes had been called into action for the German Air Force since the beginning of the 1960s. 262 of these crashed. 116 pilots lost their lives. It was a tragic series of accidents, which did little to shatter the fascination for these

fighter jets – although the Starfighter was often cynically nicknamed ‘fliegender Sarg’ (flying coffin), ‘schöner Tod’ (beautiful death) or ‘Witwenmacher’ (widowmaker). The Starfighter affair was one of the biggest German scandals of the post-war era. Fighter planes which were evidently undeveloped and unsuitable for German conditions were ordered in high quantities, whilst technical failures were referred to as ‘pilot errors’.

At 22:45, after the showing of Starfighter – Sie wollten den Himmel erobern, RTL Television chief anchor Peter Kloeppel will be discussing the fate of the real Starfighter victims. The Info Network documentary Mein Mann war Nummer 57 (My Husband Was Number 57) will focus on the story of the widow, Elke von Hassel.

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The Vidéo City Paris show was held on 7 and 8 November 2015. The event of a new kind in France is co-organised by M6 Digital Talents. French web content creators finally have their own dedicated show, based on VidCon in the United States. France – 9 November 2015

Porte de Versailles welcomed over 20,000 people the weekend of 7 and 8 November 2015, who came to attend the first event of its kind in France and meet their favourite YouTubers. Among the 100 French-speaking YouTubers taking part were the creators of the Divimove network, the leading multi-channel network in Europe and a subsidiary of FremantleMedia. From humour, education or beauty to gaming, cinema, sports, music and cooking, they cover a wide range of themes – a level of diversity that is reflected in the show itself. M6 Digital Talents’ co-producers were Live By GL Events, Studio Bagel Canal plus and Mixicom.

Numerous activities were organised to give YouTubers and their fans the chance to really get to know each other and share the experience, with performances, sketches, songs, special requests and creative workshops all adding to the dynamism of the show. This was a collaborative event, with video creators who wanted to get involved taking part in discussions and writing various activities at the show.

Featuring some extremely popular creators such as the Golden Moustache Group (a Groupe M6 brand), Cyprien and Natoo, each of whom has several million subscribers, the show really made its mark with its audience, selling out on the Saturday and attracting over 20,000 people in total.

Visit the event website here.

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Some of the 120 YouTubers present

As a partner of Vidéo City Paris, Fun Radio streamed the event live on Funradio.fr. Two programmes were also broadcast from the show, including several YouTubers as special guests: Mathieu on Saturday from 14:00 to 18:00 and Marion et Anne So le Night Show on Sunday from 22:00 to 24:00.

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On 5 November, SpotX was awarded ‘Company of the Year’ 2015 by the Colorado Technology Association (CTA). North America – 11 November 2015

The APEX Awards recognise Colorado’s technology excellence, highlighting remarkable leaders and outstanding tech companies from Colorado. Each year the CTA brings together the tech community to recognise the ‘Company of the Year’ as well as, ‘CIO of the Year’, ‘Educator of the Year’, ‘CEO of the Year’, ‘Advocate of the Year’, ‘Talent Champion of the Year’ and the Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement Award. This year marked the 15th year of honouring innovators and tech companies from the community.

“We are proud to be named as the APEX Award’s Company of the Year,” says Mike Shehan, CEO and Founder of SpotX. “As a Colorado native, I am proud SpotX has built a business from the ground up, creating over 200 jobs globally – 150 of which are based in Colorado. We are taking on global web giants, and holding our own, in the highly competitive adtech industry. It’s been a wild ride and we are still growing with significant expansion in EMEA and APAC planned for 2016, which will build our numbers globally, as well as in Colorado.”

CONGRATULATIONS, SPOTX! SpotX

The SpotX team received the award

On 9 November 2015, Club der roten Bänder (Red Bracelets), Vox’s first commissioned series, celebrated its premiere. The first episode attracted 10.8 per cent in the target group (14- to 59-year-olds), and the second episode did even better, and was watched by 11.4 per cent of the same demographic (average 2014: 6.7 per cent).

Off to a flying start!

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In addition to achieving excellent ratings, the series generated a lot of traffic on social media

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App for Apple TV N-TV N-TV is expanding its Smart-TV portfolio. In addition to Android, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung the N-TV App is now for tvOS available in Apples App store. Germany – 6 November 2015

New cooperation Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland teams up with Unitymedia. The content of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is now available on the video-on-demand platform of Unitymedia. Unitymedia clients can watch the programmes for seven days for free on their set-up-boxes. Germany – 9 November 2015

Idols returns to the Netherlands RTL 5 After eight years, Idols will return to Dutch TV screens: RTL 5 announced to broadcast the show in spring 2016. Presenter and judges of the show will be announced at a later point. The Netherlands – 9 November 2015

Atresmedia wins three Premios Ondas Atresmedia Tu cara me suena won Spain’s most important awards in the world of television, film and radio for ‘Best Entertainment Programme’. Carlos Alsina was honored as ‘Best Radio Presenter’, and the actresses of Vis a vis won in the category ‘Best Female Acting Performance’. Spain – 11 November 2015

Good and Bad Times for John and Rasheed RTL Television / 93,6 Jam FM The presenters of the German radio station 93,6 Jam FM will have guest parts on 19 and 20 January 2016 on Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Good Times, Bad Times) on RTL Television. They will present the Kiez-Challenge, where you can win a gold bar amounting to €50,000. Germany – 12 November 2015

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PEOPLE

FREMANTLEMEDIA APPOINTS CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER

FremantleMedia United Kingdom – 10 November 2015

financial strategy, as well as managing the financial aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, he worked in New York as CFO for BBC Worldwide’s North American arm where he oversaw finance aspects of the launch and expansion of BBC Worldwide’s LA-based production business, the growth of BBC America network with the creation of an ad sales and affiliate sales operation and with its original commissioning strategy, and digital growth across SVOD and EST markets in the US. Bott has also previously held positions at Pearson and Price Waterhouse Coopers.

On 9 November 2015, FremantleMedia announced the appointment of Andrew Bott as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will take up his new role in March 2016.

Based in London and reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Andrew Bott will sit on the FremantleMedia Operating Board and be responsible for all financial reporting and controlling for the FremantleMedia Group as well as corporate financial strategy, risk management and will provide finance expertise and support for all Mergers and Acquisitions activity.

He will also lead the Group Finance team, working closely with the Territory Heads of Finance around the world and will be the main contact for financial teams within the RTL Group and Bertelsmann.

On making the appointment, Cécile Frot-Coutaz says: “Andrew has a long and proven track-record in delivering outstanding results, driving high-performance and optimising efficiency within global media businesses. He combines strong financial and strategic decision-making with a collaborative approach to deliver successful new businesses and develop exciting new partnerships. I’m very much looking forward to him joining us in the new year.”

Andrew Bott adds: “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to join Cécile and the FremantleMedia team as Group CFO. FremantleMedia has some exciting plans to further its strategic ambitions, and I look forward to applying my experience of building efficient and effective businesses to help optimise their value and impact.”

Bott will join FremantleMedia from BBC Worldwide where he is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for BBC Worldwide’s financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax and risk management activities,

Andrew Bott, new Chief Financial Officer of FremantleMedia

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JOONASHYTÖNEN

FremantleMedia United Kingdom / Finland – 9 November 2015

Joonas Hytönen adds: “FremantleMedia is one of the biggest entertainment brands in the world and it is a real privilege to be heading up an organisation with a portfolio of must-see shows. There are some exciting opportunities ahead of us and I’m looking forward to working with the talented team at FremantleMedia Finland to turn these into reality.”

Hytönen joins FremantleMedia Finland from Banijay Finland Oy, where he was Chief Executive Officer, overseeing a number of local versions of primetime formats such as The Voice, Top Chef, Temptation Island and Find My Family. Prior to Banijay, he was Head of Entertainment at Moskito Television (part of the Nice Entertainment Group) where his production credits include Dancing on Ice, Survivor, Kitchen Nightmares and Dinner Disasters, amongst others. In addition to working behind the camera, Hytönen has presented a number of shows for TV and has written for print as well as television. In 2001 he set up his own production company Illusioni Oy, which ran successfully for five years.

On 6 November 2015, FremantleMedia announced the appointment of Joonas Hytönen as Managing Director of FremantleMedia Finland. Hytönen will take up his new role in 2016.

Reporting to Daniela Matei, CEO Nordics, Eastern Europe and Balkans (NOREEBA) at FremantleMedia, and sitting on the NOREEBA senior management team, Hytönen will be responsible for the strategic vision and overall management of FremantleMedia Finland. In addition to overseeing original programme development and the production of FremantleMedia formats in the market, Hytönen will also be charged with growing the business across digital, licensing and ad-funded programming.

Daniela Matei, CEO Nordics, Eastern Europe and Balkans at FremantleMedia, says: “Joonas knows the Finnish television industry inside out and has a passion for media and a strong track record in delivering successful primetime hits in this market. He will be a fantastic asset to the FremantleMedia business and I’m very much looking forward to working with him.”

Joonas Hytönen

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