Buoyant mood, empathy and warmth

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Buoyant mood, empathy
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How RTL Radio’s editorial team prepares for France’s most
popular morning show
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Anchorman Vincent Parizot in the studio of RTL Matin
Buoyant mood, empathy
and warmth
How RTL Radio’s editorial team prepares for France’s most
popular morning show
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Backstage at RTL Matin
Vincent Parizot in the studio of RTL Radio
Backstage took a peek behind the scenes of
what is the leading morning news broadcast
across all media in France.
France - 28 April 2011
« RTL, il est sept heures ! » (“RTL, it is 7:00!”),
says Vincent Parizot, anchorman of RTL Matin.
He’s adjusting his headset, picking up his cup
of coffee again and getting the most popular
morning radio show in France under way. From
behind the glass wall of the studio,
the show’s producer, Raphaël Nivoit, is
constantly in touch with Vincent Parizot.
They understand each other’s gestures
perfectly, maintain unbroken eye contact and,
most importantly of all, implicitly trust each
other. One by one, the guests lined up to say
their piece to RTL’s listeners take their place
in the studio. The morning routine of France’s
leading radio station is well established, as its
audience statistics attest. Médiamétrie’s latest ratings survey, covering January to March
2011, confirmed the strong performance of the
station’s 7:00 to 9:30 morning slot, which draws
an accumulated audience of over 4 million
listeners, eager to hear fresh newscasts from the
studio named Jean Farran.
RTL Radio in France, an offshoot of Radio
Luxembourg (CLT), was set up by the selfsame
Jean Farran at 22 rue Bayard in Paris back in
1966, already 45 years ago. Its Luxembourg
roots are in no way hampering French
listeners’ adoption of RTL Radio as a French
radio station, even though it was broadcast
from Dudelange for a long time – a transmitter in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg just
a few hundred metres away from the French
border. So it is no coincidence that RTL’s new
slogan is “Who knows you better than RTL?”
The Journalists are aware of being part of a
historic station with a hard-earned reputation,
carefully carved out over decades. According
to RTL Radio’s star interviewer, Jean-Michel
Aphatie, the secret behind the success of the
morning show is “the brand RTL, which testifies
France’s first lady Carla Bruni was a guest on RTL Matin
in December 2010
to the station’s long-standing relations of
confidence with listeners”. Aphatie says he “tries
to do justice to that relationship”. Vincent Parizot,
the station’s anchorman from 7:00 to 9:30, says
that RTL Radio’s journalists are good at their job
and suggests that people listen to them because
the people who preceded them were good – in
fact just as good as those who will take to the
airwaves after them.
The presenters of the morning show pick their
topics in the Editor-in-Chief’s glass-walled office,
the so-called ‘bocal’, piece together the audio
footage they need with the help of experienced
sound engineers, and keep their eyes glued
to the latest agency reports. The ‘continuity
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report’, a kind of morning show baton progressively passed between the various teams
during the night, is there to guide them, along
with news agency reports. Radio’s great strength
is its adaptability, its capacity to change tack in
hardly any time at all. Vincent Parizot recalls the
breaking news of the March 2011 earthquake in
Japan: “The first reports came in at 6:49, specifying the magnitude of the quake, which I deemed
very high. RTL’s correspondent in Tokyo, who
experienced the tremors, immediately called us
in the ‘bocal’ and we put him on air in place of
the economic analysis at 7:20. We recognised
it as a major event, but RTL Radio did not opt
to highlight the tragedy of what had happened.
Instead we chose to give priority to eyewitness
accounts.” Parizot has a penchant for giving
experts or listeners a chance to have their say
during his programme: “At around 8:30 to 8:45
I take tremendous pleasure in touching listeners’ daily lives. I especially like it when listeners
challenge the positions adopted by the editorial
experts”, he says.
At 3:45 in the morning, the editorial conference, like the three others held each day,
takes place just metres away from the
morning show’s studio, in a space named
after Pierre Billaud, the RTL journalist
who died in Afghanistan in 2001 covering the
start of the war there. The presenters gather
round the morning show’s Editor-in-Chief,
Philippe Robuchon, to tweak the choices made
the day before at the 18:30 editorial conference
and assign items to the various news broadcasts at 7:00, 8:00 and 8:30, drawing on the
news likely to be of most interest to the station’s
listeners. That said, as RTL Matin’s anchorman
Vincent Parizot himself admits, it is difficult to pin
down what RTL’s ‘average listener’ is like and
there is no way he could capture the 4 million
French listeners who tune in to his scheduled
slot every day. In his opinion, the only defining
characteristic that all RTL listeners have in
common is that they tune in to this very station
and maybe they also share RTL Radio’s set of
values as a popular, high-quality radio station for
a family audience.
However, another anchorman believes he can
paint an accurate image of the listeners tuning
in to another slot, RTL Petit Matin. The man in
question is Daniel Ferrin, Deputy Editor-in-chief,
and on the day of the visit paid by Backstage he
is presenting the 4:30 to 7:00 show. It is France’s
early risers who are coaxed out of sleepiness by
the voices of Denis Girolami and weather girl
Marina Giraudeau, and the bakers, labourers
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and lorry drivers who habitually tune into the
programme appreciate its inclusion of news appealing to them.
Jean-Michel Aphatie
While these early-bird listeners are being gently
woken by RTL Petit Matin, journalists back
in the rue Bayard put together their analyses
of what had been going on in the world. In an
office located one floor above the studio, Agnès
Bonfillon is concentrating hard. Since 2009,
three times a day she presents a ‘review of the
press’ for which she is given an entirely free
hand. Making her own editorial choices, complemented by advice from Philippe Robuchon and
Vincent Parizot, she makes her selection from
among the articles published that day, including
a few comments on France’s politics and current
issues by the foreign press, giving an outsider’s
view of the French press that she is fond of adding to the mix.
At the same time, Nicolas Baudens prepares
his Journal des sports. Three times in the course
of the morning he presents sporting news and
reports by RTL journalists based in Paris, its
regional correspondents or special envoys dispatched abroad. When sports news spills over
into the ‘general news’ domain, he too attends
the 3:45 editorial conference.
Towards 6:30 the pace gradually starts quicken
up as RTL perceptibly glides up through the
gears, culminating at 7:00 when Vincent Parizot
takes to the air waves, launching the station’s
prime time show: broadcasts switch from studio
4 to the Jean Farran studio. The editorial writers
Eric Zemmour, Bénédicte Tassart and
Marie-Bénédicte Allaire present their pieces live,
while Thierry Breton, the CEO of international
IT services company Atos Origin, prepares to
be interviewed by Jean-Michel Aphatie. “That’s
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Adeline François
The team of Laissez-vous tenter
not how I would put the question”, Breton says.
“It’s how I chose to put it, though”, replies
Jean-Michel Aphatie, speaking on air.
After the 9:00 news, before the eyes of some
advertisers brought into the studios by IP
France, RTL Radio’s advertising sales house,
the editorialists on Laissez-vous tenter, the
morning-time cultural magazine, are each
given a few minutes to present a book, film, or
TV programme. RTL’s TV specialist Isabelle
Morini-Bosc, watches every day DVDs of the
soon-to-be-broadcast programmes on the
channels composing France’s audiovisual
landscape. She fondly recalls her experience on the M6 show Pékin Express: duos de
choc. For even though she hates travelling,
dislikes the heat, detests hitchhiking and loathes
staying with locals, the invitation to take part was
too good an opportunity to miss to watch the
show’s production team at work.
At 8:00, Adeline François presents the third
news broadcast, following on from previous
newscasts by Marine Machefer and Odile
Pouget. Listeners’ favourite programmes start
bang on time and include L’invité d’Yves Calvi,
the news analysis by Laurent Gerra and Zappeur
RTL, whose items are reordered by Vincent
Parizot, using the microphone link between him
and the control room. Raphaël Nivoit, who produces the morning show, keeps his ears open,
explaining that “to enable Vincent to run the morning show the way he wants to, with flexibility and
an ability to react quickly if need be, a very precise
triangle has to be fully functioning. That triangle
comprises, Vincent Parizot, Philippe Robuchon
and me, and it requires great confidence and total
candour to work smoothly. Vincent sits opposite me on the other side of the glass, and we
communicate by gestures. If any red-hot news
breaks, in coordination with Philippe Robuchon,
the studio gets hold of the appropriate
participants and we get them on air as quickly
as possible”, he goes on.
At 9:30, two-and-a-half hours after the
start of the radio station’s prime time,
Vincent Parizot hands over to Julien Courbet.
Tomorrow morning, of course, he will be back
to present another edition of the show that has
accumulated a faithful following of 4 million
listeners.
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Reliable information
Short interview with Jacques Esnous, News Director at RTL Radio
Does the power of the RTL brand explain the success of the morning show?
There is no way of quantifying how much the RTL brand contributes towards the success of the
morning show, but it undeniably has an effect. When listeners tune in to RTL, they know that the
information conveyed to them will be reliable, double-checked and often available nowhere else,
that it will have been analysed by the biggest names in press reporting. So the RTL brand
guarantees a certain quality. And on top of that come individual talents, like Vincent
Parizot, whose positive energy and friendly approach enables him, more successfully
than anyone else, to make listeners feel at home and wake them up without making
them feel browbeaten.
What attitude do you take vis-à-vis the competition? Does the morning show
tend to adopt more the stance of a leader or of a challenger?
Competition is fierce, but we do not determine our own actions on the basis of what
our rivals opt to do. We have our own editorial line – high quality and public appeal – and
we handle the news in the way that makes it as interesting as possible to the largest number of
listeners. So in answer to the latter part of your question, the morning show behaves towards our
rivals like a leader, though every day we rise afresh to the challenge.
Jacques Esnous
News Director at RTL Radio
Up-to-date on the web
Short interview with Maxence Petitjean, Editor-in-Chief of RTL.fr
RTL.fr is the most popular radio website in France. How do you organise the work you do,
which is so highly acclaimed by Internet users?
The editing of the content on the website is based on the editorial work done by the radio
station. For example, my office is located in the ‘bocal’, the nerve centre of RTL’s news team.
A member of my team arrives at 6:15 and posts online all the station’s content, plus some
background information. Sometimes we also get to post exclusive content, before it is
broadcast on the station. Every day we post more than 70 items, including the video
footage of the morning show. The studio is equipped with several cameras, which
enables us to gather film footage, edit it very quickly and then post it online.
How does RTL.fr complement RTL the radio station?
RTL.fr is very closely linked to the radio station. By way of an example, Senegalese
President Abdoulaye Wade gave an exclusive radio interview to the RTL journalist
Xavier Yvon. Several excerpts of that interview were broadcast by the station that
morning, whereas the full version was already posted online at RTL.fr in the evening. And the
more frequently the website is mentioned on air, referring listeners to it, the larger its audience
becomes.
Maxence Petitjean
Editor-in-Chief of the website
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The royal wedding
at RTL Group
William and Kate
On the day of the wedding, RTL Television
viewers will be treated to six hours of
emotion and royal glamour up close in a live
special entitled William & Kate – Die
Traumhochzeit. Frauke Ludowig and Katja
Burkard have secured ‘front-row’ seats for
RTL Television viewers: they and their guests
will have a direct view of the international
wedding guests and the young bridal couple
from the roof of the ‘Rics’, a prestigious building
directly opposite Westminster Abbey. The two
presenters will report on the fairytale wedding
of the year, live from London between 9:00 and
15:00. That evening, RTL Television will air the
emotional highlights of the most romantic day
in William and Kate’s life in the additional live
special William & Kate – Die Traumhochzeit:
Die emotionalsten Momente, from 18:00 to
18:40.
Frauke Ludowig and Katja Burkard report for RTL Television
On 29 April 2011, millions of viewers around
the world will be glued to their TV screens when
Prince William and Kate tie the knot. RTL Group’s
channels cover the royal wedding extensively.
Luxembourg - 26 April 2011
Christina Ringer and Jenny Knäble report for N-TV
The news channel N-TV will make sure that
viewers don’t miss a single highlight of the royal
event by supplying numerous live reports, news
specials and special editions of the celebrity and
lifestyle magazine 5th Avenue with Christina
Ringer. On the big day itself, N-TV will provide
news updates about the events in London
starting at 6:00. From 11:30 to 15:00,
N-TV will provide continuous coverage of the
ceremony at Westminster Abbey until the
couple give each other the traditional kiss on
the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
On M6, Nathalie Renoux will report live on the
event, commenting on the arrival of the guests,
Kate’s dress and the royal couple’s kiss, with
the support of experienced columnists. They
include Emmanuel de Brantes, the famous
society columnist who is thoroughly familiar
with the British Royal Family’s entire history
as well as Cristina Cordula, the presenter
on Nouveau look pour une nouvelle vie on
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M6 and Britain’s most Francophile journalist
Alex Taylor. The show will also air live on the
M6Actu.fr website.
Nathalie Renoux reports on M6
For those unable to follow the event live, W9
will air the special programme William et Kate:
mariage royal, presented by Sidonie Bonnec
that same evening. At 22:40, the made-for-TV
film William & Kate: The Movie takes a look
at how the royal couple met and their rising
mediatisation.
The airwaves at RTL Radio in France will
also assume a decidedly British accent.
On 18 April on the 8:00 news show, journalist
Sophie Aurenche started revealing big and little
details of the secret wedding preparations.
On the day of the wedding, starting at 11:30,
crowned heads specialist Henry-Jean Servat
will comment on the celebrations alongside
Gala magazine’s editor-in-chief Mathias Gurtler.
From London, Sophie Aurenche and RTL Radio
correspondent Daniel Caron will provide all the
details as well as anecdotes and highlights of the
event.
In Belgium, RTL-TVI promises live and complete
coverage of the ceremony’s most moving
moments. Distinguished guests will be in the
studio to share their experience and knowledge
of royal weddings.
In the Netherlands, RTL Nieuws is reporting
extensively on the royal wedding. Since 25 April,
the Ontbijnieuws (Breakfast News) have covered
the event with reports from London. The coverage
on the wedding day itself will begin at 8:00 with
Sidonie Bonnec sums up the events on W9
the Ontbijnieuws on RTL 4, including live reports
from special correspondent Sandra Schuurhof
in London. From 11:20, Vanessa Lamsvelt will
report live from Westminster Abbey, while
Sandra Schuurhof will be at the Buckingham
Palace to report on the events for RTL Z.
The ceremony begins at 12:00 and will be
broadcast in its entirety. In the evening, the
RTL Nieuws editions at 16:00 and 19:30 as
well as Editie NL will sum up the most important
moments of the day.
RTL Televizija will provide a live broadcast of
the royal wedding for approximately 4.5 hours
beginning at 10:45 on 29 April. As in other
countries, coverage will consist of a combination of studio and live reporting. Special
correspondent Antonija Mandic will be in front of
Buckingham palace, while Edita Misiric,
presenter of Exkluziv Tabloid, will report
from a studio in Zagreb, supported by eminent
guests from showbiz.
In Greece, Alpha will give viewers the opportunity to celebrate this momentous occasion by
watching a live broadcast of the Royal Wedding.
Since the beginning of March, daily magazines
like Pano stin Ora, Kafes me tin Eleni, Kous
Kous, Deste Tous and the weekly magazine
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Edita Misiric presents the broadcast on RTL Televizija
Mess tin Kali Hara have provided information
on the wedding preparations and the couple’s
styles and habits. On the wedding day itself,
Alpha’s broadcast will begin at 7:00 with a live
link to Vicky Hatzi in Pano stin Ora. Starting at
11:00, a special edition of Kafes me tin Eleni
features the live broadcast of the ceremony.
Eleni Menegaki will be assisted by Asi Billiou
and Thodoris Koutsogianopoulos. At 13:00, Kous
Kous will take over, with Alpha’s “Royal Expert”
Roula Hamou discussing the events in the Kous
Kous panel. In the afternoon, from 16:00, Deste
Tous will sum up the highlights of the day. As a
special feature for those not able to watch the
events on TV, Alpha will provide a live wedding
ticker via its Twitter account, with guest Twitterer
comedienne Katerina Zartifi.
In Hungary, RTL Klub will broadcast the
ceremony live, starting at 12:00.
Alpha’s royal wedding logo
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“A promise is a
promise”
Wolfram Kons (second from right in the back landed over the
cheque to Xavier Naidoo (centre; in the back)
RTL Charity Director Wolfram Kons presented a
cheque in the amount of EUR 701,400 to Aktion
Aufwind, a charity in Mannheim. This covers
the provision of basic care for the project’s 25
children for the next three years.
Germany - 26 April 2011
The children at the Aufwind-Mannheim e.V.
social centre aren’t likely to forget the day
anytime soon. Wolfram Kons and his team
visit the centre, play and eat with the kids –
and finally the Head of RTL Charity presents
Aufwind’s initiator Xavier Naidoo with a cheque
for EUR 701,400. This covers the basics needed
to ensure that the 25 children in the Aufwind
project continue to receive care for the next
three years.
“A promise is a promise,” says Kons. “Aufwind
is an important project, managed with a lot of
passion and dedication. The battle against child
poverty is one of our top priorities, so we are
delighted that a one-of-a-kind campaign enabled
us to build an RTL-Kinderhaus with Aufwind here
in Mannheim.”
Xavier Naidoo, SAP Arena boss Daniel Hopp, the
Dietmar Hopp Foundation and Robert Lübenoff,
a media entrepreneur from Munich, had formed
an alliance to help children in the Rhine-Neckar
metropolitan region. On 17 November 2010,
the band Söhne Mannheims and friends gave
a concert in the sold-out SAP Arena to raise
funds for ‘Aufwind’, a project initiated by Söhne
Mannheims, and ‘Sonnenkinder’ a Dietmar
Hopp Foundation project. The total raised, EUR
540,000, went to the RTL-Spendenmarathon
telethon and was personally presented by Hopp
in Cologne.
Xavier Naidoo and a kid from Aufwind-Mannheim
Thanks to donations by RTL viewers and RTL –
Wir helfen Kindern partners, this campaign has
now culminated in a splendid finale. In addition
to RTL’s donation to Aufwind-Mannheim e.V.,
the Sonnenkinder project will also receive EUR
1,000,000. So EUR 1,701,400 will be returned to
the region. “A fantastic result. We’re completely
overwhelmed. A big thank-you to everyone who
made this possible. The happy laughter of our
children is the greatest reward,” said a beaming
Xavier Naidoo. “We had hoped that RTL – Wir
helfen Kindern would match the donations
collected here. The amount that we now have
available gives us great joy,” says Robert
Lübenoff, who organised the concert.
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Another way to watch
Follow X-Factor on I-Pad...
X Factor, the talent show that is undeniably a
success around the world, is broadcasting this
year for the first time on M6. One season had
previously run on W9, M6’s sister channel on
DTT.
On the day of the first live broadcast of
X Factor, 19 April 2011, M6 launched
“Fan Factor”, a new concept specifically available as a free application for
the I-Phone and I-Pad. One hundred
per cent interactive, this programme
allows fans of the talent show to discover what goes on behind the scenes
and to share their emotions with their
community.
With the debut of live broadcasts of X Factor,
M6 has launched a free application dedicated
to the show.
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allows viewers to stay connected with the
contestants and to follow their daily life between
shows.
The “X Factor” application, available at the App
Store since 19 April, allows users to watch the
show from the comfort of home while
also enjoying Fan Factor and the
interactivity of Facebook and Twitter.
The audience can also vote from their
electronic pad or mobile phone.
Additionally, X Factor has earned a
presence on the virtual community
Habbo Hotel thanks to M6 Web.
A TV studio with a specific, dedicated on-air design will entertain
the show’s fans on Habbo with
quizzes about the programme
as well as chats with high-profile
figures on the show like the candidates or judges.
From a set that is slightly raised above
the stage where X Factor’s Sandrine
Corman presents the live broadcast,
...and on I-Phone
Jérôme Anthony and Kévin Crouvizier
host Fan Factor, a programme shown
exclusively on the new screens. The concept
of this new show on M6 is to gather the With
Habbo
Hotel,
Fan
Factor,
the
reactions of the contestants, guests and audience X-factor.fr website plus the I-Phone and
and to pass on questions and comments from I-Pad application, M6 offers viewers, internet
the fan community. This arrangement is not just users and mobile users a second screen in order
reserved for the programmes shown in prime to experience the M6 channel in a whole new
time: every day at 18:00, a video magazine way.
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RTL Nederland further expands its family
of radio stations
RTL Nederland has bought up the Dutch radio station Slam FM. This acquisition
further expands RTL Nederland’s family of radio stations following the acquisition of
Radio 10 Gold at the beginning of 2010.
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The decision was announced on 27 April 2011
following a successful collaboration between the
sales departments of RTL Nederland’s radio stations – market leader Radio 538 and Radio 10
Gold – and Slam FM. Slam FM is now part of the
RTL Nederland family of radio stations.
The autonomous radio station joins a family that
already includes the flagship Radio 538, digital
station RTL Lounge, launched in October 2009,
and Radio 10 Gold, which was acquired at the
beginning of 2010.
RTL Nederland CEO Bert Habets comments:
“We’ve wanted to expand our family of radio stations for a long time. With the new policy of radio
frequency allocation, the radio landscape has
become safer in the last six years. That’s why
this is the perfect moment to take this important
strategic step and take over Slam FM. Slam FM
is a very strong brand and a superb addition for
the listeners we already reach with Radio 538
and Radio 10 Gold.”
Jan-Willem Brüggenwirth, General Manager
at Radio 538, adds: “Slam FM is the ideal
springboard for talented new DJs and we have
everything in-house to help both the station and
its varied talents to develop further.”
Jacqueline Bierhorst, Manager at Slam FM,
confirms: “We are absolutely delighted that
RTL Nederland plans to develop our station. This
acquisition means huge growth opportunities for
the brand as well as the people in front of and
behind the microphone.”
Slam FM which is listened to by 1.2 million people weekly, will keep its status as an autonomous
radio station. In addition to the radio station, the
TV station Slam TV will also become a subsidiary of RTL Nederland.
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An almost perfect wine
M6 Interactions and Armonia, specialist in wine competitions, list combine their
expertise to launch the first wine selection resolutely designed by and for the general
public.
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UnVinPresqueParfait.com
Most competitions focus on the qualities of
wines without taking into account the price or the
look of the bottle, factors that nevertheless have
a great deal of influence over the act of buying.
With Un vin presque parfait, the best vintages
will be rewarded according to three new criteria:
organoleptic quality, quality / price ratio and label
appeal.
The 2011 edition of Un Vin presque parfait will be
presided over by the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France
Sommellerie 2007”, France’s finest artisan in the
sommelier category for 2007, Fabrice Sommier.
For the first time, the jury for this selection will be
made up of an equal number of professional and
amateur volunteers from the general public, in
order to better represent consumers.
Victor Gomez, Managing Director of Armonia,
adds: “Viticulturists should be very aware of this
new selection that guarantees them both recognition and appeal, to help them reach a wider
audience.”
The results of the competition
will be made public
on 15 June. All the
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Desmichelle points out, “M6 Interactions already
has a large presence in the world of cooking.
With this new initiative, it’s only natural for M6
Interactions to now be of service to amateur
oenologists, helping them to choose and better
appreciate their wine.”
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Groupe M6 increases stake in TCM DA
Groupe M6 has increased its participation in the audiovisual rights company TCM DA
to 100 per cent.
France - 22 April 2011
A new website for RTL Z
RTL Z unveiled its new website this week, featuring a new ‘Beursdashboard’ that
intelligently combines news, videos and stock-market prices. The site’s design was
also improved and its navigation simplified.
Netherlands - 22 April 2011
Teaching respect, love and passion with Foosball
Antena 3 Films joins forces with the production company Plural-Jempsa to produce
Juan José Campanella’s first 3D animation film, Futbolín.
Spain - 27 April 2011
Motorsport on N-TV
Motorsport fans will be getting their money’s worth again on N-TV this year,
as the channel makes sure they don’t miss out on any of the world’s top races.
Germany - 27 April 2011
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People
Bertrand Delmas / Anne Boudard
France - 22 April 2011
Bertrand Delmas was appointed Secretary
General of Studio 89. Anne Boudard has
been named Deputy Managing Director of M6
Thématique.
Joining the Group in 1996, Anne Boudard has
served as Managing Director of TCM DA since
2003.
Joining the Group in 2000, Bertrand
Delmas has served as Secretary General of M6
Thématique since 2004 and now takes over
from Henri de Fontaines at Studio 89.
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Hasan Özdemir
Germany - 26 April 2011
From 1 May 2011, Hasan Özdemir (37) will take
over for Remi Jastram (32) as Senior Manager
Merchandising & Licensing at the news channel
N-TV while Jastram is on parental leave.
In this capacity, he will handle strategy and
the further expansion of the merchandising and
licensing business at N-TV until Jastram’s return.
Hasan Özdemir
Özdemir had already worked for Mediengruppe
RTL Deutschland from 2000 to 2002, initially
as Product Manager, then as Head of
Music Merchandising at RTL Enterprises
(now RTL Interactive/Licensing). This was
followed by stints as a Marketing Director at EMI
Music Media and as Head of Merchandising at
RTL II in Munich. Since May 2007, Özdemir’s
positions have included Head of New Business
at Net Mobile, Dusseldorf.
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