RTL II and ohm:tv Sign Deal for Spanish Distribution

LUXEMBOURG, October 13:
German commercial broadcaster RTL II and format sales and distribution company
ohm:tv have signed an agreement to distribute RTL II’s entire program catalogue
to Spain.

The announcement was made
by Juliane Rauno, RTL II’s head of sales and acquisition. Under the agreement, ohm:tv
will have exclusive television and VOD distribution rights for all the RTL II
catalogue, which includes more than 500 hours of entertainment programming.
Titles include Exclusive – The Report series as well various docu-soaps such as Wife
Exchange, and science shows. The
catalogue also contains over 6,700 categorized funny home video clips gathered
by RTL II over the last 10 years.

“We are delighted to be
distributing RTL II’s products and strongly believe in their potential for
success on the Spanish market,” said Hans Spielthenner, managing director,
ohm:tv, who brokered the deal with Rauno. “We have established a very good
relationship with RTL II and feel there is a strong mutual benefit in bringing
together their program content and our market expertise in the Spanish market,
which is currently undergoing significant changes and expansions of new
channels targeting younger audiences”.