may be poorly defined unverified or indiscriminate . please help to clean it up to meet wikipedia s quality standards . where appropriate incorporate items into the main body of the article . september 2015 this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is parts of the article is an indiscriminate contents . please help improve this article if you can . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message it has been suggested that spotxchange be merged into this article . discuss proposed since september 2015 . rtl group s.a. rtl group the leading european entertainment network type public traded as fwb rrtl industry mass media founded 11 may 1920 as soci t luxembourgeoise d tudes radiophoniques 30 may 1931 as the compagnie luxembourgeoise de radiodiffusion 2000 as rtl group headquarters kirchberg luxembourg key people thomas rabe chairman anke sch ferkordt co ceo guillaume de posch co ceo elmar heggen cfo products television radio broadcasting cable and content production revenue 5.808 billion 2014 number of employees 11 700 2015 parent bertelsmann 75.1 % website www.rtlgroup.com rtl group is a european entertainment company . it has interests in 59 television and 31 radio stations in 10 1 countries . the luxembourg based media group operates tv channels and radio stations in germany france belgium the netherlands luxembourg spain hungary croatia and asia as well as production companies throughout the world . it is majority owned by german media conglomerate bertelsmann . its shares are quoted on the xetra stock exchange in germany . it is one of the world s leading producers of television content such as game shows and soaps particularly through its ownership of london based fremantlemedia including the x factor pop idol good times bad times the price is right family feud and the bill . rtl originally stood for radio television l tzebuerg in luxemburgish radio t l vision luxembourg in french or radio television luxemburg in german ; with its english translation of the abbreviation as radio and television of luxembourg . contents 1 history 2 television stations 2.1 former stations 3 radio stations 3.1 former stations 4 production 5 technical services 6 others 7 references 8 external links history edit the rtl group began in 1924 with a single radio station operated from a private home in luxembourg . in 1931 clr or compagnie luxembourgeoise de radiodiffusion which operated radio luxembourg was founded . clr was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the european broadcasting union in 1950 . rtl group is still an ebu member under a previous name clt multi media . in 1954 it was renamed clt or compagnie luxembourgeoise de t l diffusion and started television broadcasts . in 1997 it merged with hamburg based ufa film und fernseh gmbh successor to the pre 1945 ufa a subsidiary of global media conglomerate bertelsmann to create clt ufa . in 2000 it merged with pearson tv and became rtl group . as of january 2014 bertelsmann owns a 75.1 % stake in the publicly listed company . one of the reasons for rtl s early success was that luxembourg allowed commercial radio and tv stations long before other european countries . this flexibility enabled rtl to transmit to other countries such as the united kingdom france germany and the netherlands in their own languages . many british radio presenters began their careers on radio luxembourg before moving to the bbc and to commercial broadcasters in the uk . in the 1970s radio luxembourg s english language audiences declined as a result of new music stations in the uk and the service ceased broadcasting in the early 1990s on the astra 1a satellite often referred to as the astra satellite as ses only operated one satellite originally . radio luxembourg relaunched in november 2005 and is currently available online at www.radioluxembourg.co.uk and on digital radio mondiale . a sister station atlantic 252 was a long wave radio station jointly run by rtl group and irish broadcaster rt . it ceased broadcasting live on december 20 2001 . rtl is a member of the hybrid broadcast broadband tv hbbtv consortium of broadcasting and internet industry companies that is promoting and establishing an open european standard called hbbtv for hybrid set top boxes for the reception of broadcast tv and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface . rtl television germany has been operating hbbtv services since 2010 . 2 in august 2013 rtl announced a joint venture for the asian market with cbs corporation and the launch of two new tv channels . rtl cbs entertainment will be the first channel expected to launch in september . another channel rtl cbs extreme is announced for early 2014 . the joint venture operates under the newly founded rtl cbs asia entertainment network . 3 in 2014 european broadcasting group rtl group had taken control of stylehaul a youtube fashion platform . rtl raised its stake in stylehaul to 93.6 % for us107 million . 4 television stations edit asia rtl cbs entertainment rtl cbs extreme big rtl thrill belgium rtl tvi club rtl plug rtl croatia rtl televizija rtl 2 rtl kockica rtl plus until 2015 . rtl living since 2015 . rtl crime since 2015 . rtl passion since 2015 . france m6 m6 boutique & co paris premi re rtl9 s rie club t va tf6 6ter w9 m6 music hits m6 music black m6 music club germany rtl television vox rtl ii super rtl n tv passion rtl crime rtl living rtl nitro rtlplus geo television hungary rtl klub rtl ii cool tv film film 2 rtl sorozat muzsika tv luxembourg rtl t l l tzebuerg den 2 . rtl netherlands rtl nederland formerly known as holland media groep or hmg and until 1995 rtl 4 sa rtl 4 started in 1989 as rtl veronique renamed in 1990 as rtl 4 rtl 5 rtl 7 formerly known as yorin rtl 8 formerly known as talpa tien rtl z rtl lounge rtl crime rtl telekids rtl 24 tv on your mobile spain antena 3 19.17 % lasexta 19.17 % neox 19.17 % nova 19.17 % mega 19.17 % atreseries 19.17 % former stations edit rtl 7 a polish language satellite television channel was sold in december 2001 to tvn owners iti and became tvn 7 . media capital a portuguese media group was sold to prisa on 6 february 2007 . subsequently rtl s 33 % share in tvi was transferred to prisa . five now re branded channel 5 a uk tv channel was sold to richard desmond s northern & shell on 23 july 2010 . 5 alpha tv a greek channel with panhellenic transmission . the 66.6 % of shares was sold from dimitris kontominas to rtl group . the shares was return from rtl group to dimitris kontominas on 5 january 2012 . radio stations edit station followed by rtl s present share amount percentage . france rtl 100 % rtl2 100 % fun radio 100 % germany 104.6 rtl 100 % rtl radio die besten hits aller zeiten 100 % the wave german radio de 100 % antenne bayern 16 % radio hamburg 29.17 % radio nrw 16.96 % radio 21 17.3 % big fm 7.74 % radio regenbogen 15.75 % radio dresden 31.9 % radio leipzig 31.9 % radio chemnitz 31.9 % radio lausitz 31.9 % radio zwickau 31.9 % vogtland radio 31.9 % hit radio rtl 30.5 % antenne mecklenburg vorpommern 19.7 % radio brocken 53.5 % 89.0 rtl 53.5 % antenne th ringen 15 % radio ton 2 % bb radio unknown 105 5 spreeradio 33.8 % radio top 40 unknown oldie 95 4.78 % rock antenne 16 % luxembourg rtl radio letzebuerg 100 % rtl radio die besten hits aller zeiten ukw 93 3 und 97 0 100 % eldoradio 74 8 % netherlands rtl lounge radio belgium bel rtl 44 2 % but operational control radio contact belgium 44 2 % but operational control mint 44 2 % but operational control spain onda cero 19.17 % europa fm 19.17 % melod a fm 19.17 % former stations edit r dio comercial cidade fm best rock fm and r dio clube and other stations in portugal were transferred to prisa when rtl sold its 33 % share in media capital group in february 2007 . end of 2011 radio 538 radio 10 gold slam fm and juize were sold to talpa holding nv as part of an exchange of shares in rtl nederland . radio luxembourg london united kingdom english services . alpha 98.9 a greek radio station . the 66.6 % of shares was sold from dimitris kontominas to rtl group . the shares was return from rtl group to dimitris kontominas on 5 january 2012 . production edit fremantlemedia technical services edit broadcasting center europe located in luxembourg broadcasting center europe is a european company providing technical services in the fields of tv radio telecommunications and it . bce was founded in january 2000 as a result of the merger of several technical entities of the rtl group . others edit european news exchange located in luxembourg enex or european news exchange is an association of leading commercial tv broadcasters around the world which share their news content and production resources . references edit rtlgroup about us the group profile robert briel . german rtl to support hbbtv . broadband tv news august 27 2009 . retrieved august 30 2009 roxborough scott 13 august 2013 . cbs europe s rtl group partner on asian tv channels . the hollywood reporter . retrieved 13 august 2013 . rtl takes control of youtube fashion platform . investing.com . 4 november 2014 . retrieved 4 november 2014 . rtl group sells uk broadcaster five press release . rtl group . 23 july 2010 . retrieved 24 july 2010 . external links edit companies portal rtl group official history bertelsmann site careers rtl v t e sdax companies of germany adler real estate alstria office reit amadeus fire baywa bertrandt biotest borussia dortmund braas monier building group capital stage cewe color comdirect bank deutz ag deutsche beteiligungs ag dic asset ferratum gerry weber international gesco gfk grammer grenkeleasing hamborner reit hhla heidelberger druckmaschinen hornbach holding hornbach baumarkt indus holding koenig & bauer kws saat mlp ag patrizia immobilien prime office puma rational saf holland schaltbau sgl carbon shw sixt sixt leasing stabilus str er media takkt tele columbus tlg immobilien tom tailor vossloh vtg wacker neuson zeal network zooplus v t e rtl group mediengruppe rtl deutschland germany austria and switzerland tv rtl television vox rtl ii gl 1 super rtl gl 2 n tv rtl crime rtl living passion rtl nitro geo television radio rtl radio 104.6 rtl antenne bayern gl 3 radio hamburg gl 4 radio nrw gl 5 105 5 spreeradio radio 21 germany gl 6 radio regenbogen gl 7 big fm gl 8 hitradio rtl sachsen gl 9 hit radio antenne gl 10 radio brocken 50 % 89.0 rtl antenne th ringen 15 % radio ton 2 % rock antenne gl 3 sachsen funkpaket 31 9 % radio dresden radio leipzig radio chemnitz radio lausitz radio zwickau radio erzgebirge vogtland radio oldie 95 4.78 % radio top 40 15 % rtl nederland netherlands tv rtl 4 rtl 5 rtl 7 rtl 8 rtl crime rtl lounge rtl telekids rtl z radio rtl lounge radio m6 group 48.6 % france m6 w9 6ter paris premi re t va s rie club gl 11 tf6 gl 11 m6 boutique & co m6 music m6 music black m6 music club best of shopping girondins tv france tv rtl9 gl 12 radio rtl rtl 2 fun radio rtl l equipe gl 13 rtl belgium tv rtl tvi gl 14 club rtl gl 14 plug rtl gl 14 radio bel rtl 44.2 % gl 14 radio contact 44.2 % gl 14 mint 44 2