RTL Group Takes Full Control of Croatian Unit

LUXEMBOURG: RTL Group has acquired the remaining 26-percent shareholding in the Croatian broadcasting operation RTL Hrvatska, which includes RTL Televizija and RTL 2.

Local Croatian partners Atlantic and Agrokor sold RTL Group their respective 13-percent shares. Atlantic and Agrokor will keep a seat in the Supervisory Board of RTL Hrvatska.

RTL Group had initial holdings of 33 percent, and increased its shares over several buys to reach 74 percent in 2006.

RTL Televizja, a free-to-air service, launched in 2003. RTL 2 followed in January 2011.