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RTL Group’s streaming arm offsets TV and Fremantle declines

The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Roxborough reports that RTL’s streaming revenue jumped 27.2% as traditional TV ads and Fremantle production fell. The Sky Deutschland merger makes RTL+ Germany’s third-largest streamer, part of a wider European broadcast consolidation wave.

Why it matters. RTL now leans on streaming subscribers to plug revenue holes as advertisers cut linear TV spend and Fremantle production shrinks.

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