RTL Group Posts €6 Billion in 2025 Revenues

RTL Group has reported total group revenues of €6 billion in 2025, a 3.8 percent decrease, largely driven by lower TV advertising revenues and lower content revenues from Fremantle.

Total advertising revenues were down 2.9 percent to €3 million. TV advertising revenues dropped 7 percent to €2.2 billion, but digital advertising revenues saw a 27.7 percent boost to €517 million.

Revenues at Fremantle were down 9.4 percent to €2 billion in 2025, mainly due to lower revenues from the entertainment business, especially in the U.S. and the U.K.

Streaming revenues were up 26.3 percent to €509 million, driven by a significantly higher number of paying subscribers, increased subscription prices in Germany and rapidly growing advertising revenues on RTL+ in Germany and M6+ in France.

Distribution revenues also got a boost, coming in at €358 million, up 1.1 percent.

Overall, RTL Group saw total profit of €1 billion, driven by the sale of RTL Nederland.

“We are accelerating our transformation and positioning RTL Group for sustainable profit growth,” said Thomas Rabe, CEO of RTL Group. “The market environment in 2025 remained challenging, with a significant decline of TV advertising and an even faster shift from linear TV to streaming. Against this backdrop, RTL Group further accelerated its transformation by reallocating resources to streaming, combined with comprehensive cost reductions across our main businesses.

“Our streaming services continued to grow strongly, making RTL Group one of the leading European media companies in streaming. We exceeded 8 million paying subscribers at the end of 2025. Streaming revenues and viewing time continued to grow dynamically, while streaming startup losses came down significantly and the business was near break-even in the fourth quarter. Our streaming business will be profitable in 2026—and will become the key driver for sustainable profit growth in the coming years.

“For 2026, we expect adjusted EBITA to increase by 10 percent to around €725 million, depending on the performance of the advertising markets. Beyond 2026, we confirm our medium-term adjusted EBITA ambition of €1 billion, driven by continuously increasing streaming profits, synergies from the planned acquisition of Sky Deutschland, higher Fremantle profits, AI benefits and continued cost discipline.

“With the sale of RTL Nederland, we once again secured high cash returns for our shareholders, reflected in the proposed dividend of €5.50 per share.”