FROM CHALLENGERTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Nicolas de Tavernost honoured at the Mip TV fair

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FROM CHALLENGERTO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Nicolas de Tavernost honoured at the Mip TV fair

HungaryRTL Klub wins “Pulitzer Memorial Prize”

LuxembourgRTL Télé Lëtzebuergpresents a comedy view on audience favorites

United KingdomFremantleMediain Cannes

GermanyGert Zimmer on radio’s challenges

week 15 / 11 April 2013

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Nicolas de Tavernost (left) receiving the Mip TV Médaille d’Honneur award from Paul Zilk, CEO of Reed Midem

A HISTORYOF INNOVATION

France – 11 April 2013

Groupe M6

At the 50th Mip TV fair, which took place from

8 to 11 April 2013, Nicolas de Tavernost,

Chairman of the Management Board of Groupe M6, was

awarded the very first Mip TV Médaille d’Honneur award.

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The Groupe M6 boss received his accolade from Paul Zilk, CEO of Reed Midem, the company which organises Mip TV, during the gala dinner celebrating Mip TV’s 50th anniversary. The dinner was held on 10 April at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes and attended by all the leading lights of the TV industry from around the world.

“With the inaugural Mip TV 2013 Médaille d’Honneur, we’re delighted to honour six great industry personalities, highly recognised in their respective countries and by the international community, who have through their talent, leadership and passion, played a signifi cant role in the global television industry,” so Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed Midem’s Television Division when the laureates were announced end of March 2013.

An honoured and joyous Nicolas de Tavernost accepted the award on the night. The once labelled “the one channel too many” at its beginnings has not only come a very long way since its launch on 1 March 1987; it has also succeeded in establishing its credentials among the top tier of TV operators. 2012 was yet another excellent year for “the little channel that’s going places”, in terms of both its ratings – M6 confi rmed its position as France’s third channel – and fi nancial results. It goes without saying that Nicolas de Tavernost, who has been involved with M6 since the very start, is largely behind the channel’s stellar rise. Today, he reigns over an audiovisual powerhouse that generates revenues totalling €1.4 billion.

Clearly, the channel that posted losses for the fi rst fi ve years of its existence has turned things around spectacularly, which underscores the leadership credentials of the boss of M6, whom the media and sometimes even his colleagues, like to nickname ‘the warrior’ or ‘the wild one’, ‘the autocrat’ or ‘the buccaneer’. Previously, in 2009, de Tavernost already bagged the Le nouvel Economiste’s Manager of the Year Award, in recognition of his leadership qualities. “Transforming a

television channel into such a multi-faceted company demands tremendous dynamism and impeccable management,” so the magazine.

Recently asked about his reputation for stinginess on radio station France Info, de Tavernost replied: “I hate spending money unnecessarily, so when the company spends a euro, I always ask myself whether we could have just spent 50 cent. By contrast, when spending my own money or with my family I’m pretty easy-going”.

Stingy or not, Nicolas de Tavernost “certainly invested in the programming schedule at the right time” according to the journalists Marc Pellerin and François Viot, authors of the book M6 Story, la saga de la chaîne en trop. And they add: “M6 has always known how to innovate”. Indeed, this willingness to break new ground was what prompted the birth of some of the programmes that went on to seal M6’s reputation, like Capital, Zone Interdite, Loft Story, L’Amour est dans le pré and Scènes de Ménages. A stickler for details, de Tavernost never hesitates to propose a topic to be covered or to interfere with the grid. Pellerin and Viot confi rm this: “He’s both all ears and incredibly hands on, a control freak. The way he sees it, when you’re in charge, anything goes. So he frequently intervenes in the programming grid”.

Nevertheless, de Tavernost likes to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset within the Group, as Robin Leproux, Vice-Chairman of the Board and the man

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TWO AWARDS IN ONE DAY!

On 10 April 2013, Bernard Brochand, Deputy-Mayor of Cannes, also awarded Nicolas de Tavernost the Gold Medal of the City of Cannes. The award ceremony took place at 11:30 at the city hall and was attended by Reed Midem CEO Paul Zilk.

“TRANSFORMING A TELEVISION CHANNEL INTO SUCH A MULTI-FACED COMPANY DEMANDS TREMENDOUS DYNAMISM AND IMPECCABLE MANAGEMENT.”Le Nouvel Economiste

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in charge of the group’s commercial activities and development, explains: “Nicolas is mad keen on initiatives and development. Whenever he is pre-sented a project that stands up to scrutiny and feels that his employee is convinced of its potential and determined to make a success of it, he shows faith in that person and immediately gives them a green light”. M6 Programming Director Bibiane Godefroid concurs: “I passed my degree in ‘Tavernology’. What people need to understand about his approach is that he constantly puts his staff on the spot, initially saying no in order to get them to pull out all the stops to convince him to change his mind”.

Over the years, Groupe M6 has succeeded in pegging back its dependence on TV advertising revenue by diversifying into multiple other areas of activity. Today, the combined earnings from these diversifi cation businesses accounts for 40 per cent of the Group’s revenue, which has been crucial, especially in light of the volatility of the TV advertising market.

Another of the Group’s strengths resides in the fact that it has strong brands which make it “highly popular with the French public”, Marc Pellerin and François Viot observe. In fact they went on to predict that “in an increasingly fragmented audiovisual landscape it is the historical channels with a strong identity and close ties with their viewers that will survive, or maybe even prosper”.

Besides Nicolas de Tavernost, other recipients of the Médaille d’Honneur at the gala dinner, included Beta Film CEO Jan Mojto, CBS Global Distribution Group CEO Armando Nunez, the former ITC/Polygram and 20th Century Fox manager Armando Nunez Sr, Masao Takiyama from Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan’s Television Networks, and BskyB Managing Director Content, Sophie Turner Laing.

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NOT JUST A CHANNEL…

but a group of 12 channels (3 free-to-air and 9 pay-TV):

A general-interest channel, ranking second among viewers aged below 50 and third among viewers overall, and characterised by audacity, enthusiasm and innovation

The leading free-to-air DTT channel, complementing M6 with a very diverse programming schedule including music, entertainment, documentaries, series and sport

The Group’s third free-to-air, DTT channel launched in December 2012 and aimed at families

The Group’s channel for culture, events and debate, mainly targeting higher socio-professional groups

A pay-TV channel aimed at female viewers

Themed music channels A mini-generalist aimed at young adults

A channel airing the best French and international series Exclusively dedicated to the Girondins de Bordeaux football team

The first French channel completely devoted to teleshopping.

Today, Groupe M6 has become a powerful multimedia group active not only in television, but also in a wide range of other businesses, including the internet, the mobile phone market, audiovisual production, the distribution of film and broadcasting rights, publishing, sports, events, gaming and music.

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NICOLAS DE TAVERNOST QUOTATIONS – A COLLECTION:

“As long as I remain equally eager to look over the previous day’s viewing figures in the lift on the way up to my office in the morning and get really mad when they are mediocre, and as long my blood boils at the first bad showing in the ratings I will carry on doing what I do.”

“Everyone is entitled to make mistakes. Otherwise the wheels would have come off long ago. We’ve committed plenty of errors ourselves. The trick is to do so slightly less frequently than everyone else and to take remedial action as soon as they come to light.”

“I believe that a manager, a boss, is always entitled to interfere. That’s my idea of democracy.”

“I had the good fortune to fail my entrance exam to France’s [elitist] National School of Administration. That has encouraged me to take risks and create openings.”

“If you work in television, you shouldn’t want to think of anything else after getting home in the evening.”

Paul Zilk (far left) with all the Médaille d’Honneur recipients (from left to right):Nicolas de Tavernost, Jan Mojto, Armando Nunez, Masao Takiyama, Sophie Turner Laing and Armando Nunez Sr

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In Cannes, FremantleMedia is showcasing a bumper slate of hit original formats for Mip TV 2013 in the world’s most popular genres. United Kingdom – 9 April 2013

The global producer of entertainment brands presents a diverse range of titles spanning all genres and targeting audiences the world over. The talent and game show roster boasts a stellar line-up with Holland’s prime time hit Everybody Dance Now taking dance mainstream and unique cross-genre dating game Perfect Score which tempts contestants to pick their most perfect match for a bigger cash prize. Kidsing nurtures young singing talent and the hilarious game show The Noise proves that silence really is golden as teams battle it out to perform tasks without a sound.

Rob Clark, Director of Global Entertainment Development at FremantleMedia, says: “We have an incredibly strong line-up of exciting new formats for Mip TV this year. There is something for everyone on FremantleMedia’s slate, and we are confi dent that our formats for Mip TV will be a huge hit with broadcasters and viewers in every territory.”

Also at Mip TV in Cannes, FremantleMedia International and Vuguru announced the launch of two multi-platform comedies, Fetching and Hollywood Help. These are the fi rst two titles to come out of the original programming partnership internationaldistributor and independent US multi-platform studio announced atMipcom 2012. Fetching tells the story of Liza (Collette Wolfe),who ditches her successful fi ancé and lucrative law career to pursueher dream of owning a doggie-daycare. The partnership’s second offering, Hollywood Help is a behind-the-scenes comedy following Max, a struggling actor looking for his fi rst big break in Hollywood.

FREMANTLEMEDIA’S LINE-UP AT MIP TV 2013FremantleMedia

DID YOU KNOW?

A phenomenal smash hit on RTL 4, Everbody Dance Now is the number one show in its time slot in the 20 to 49 year old target group

The fun, wacky studio game show, The Noise, comes from Fuji TV, the makers of global smash hit Hole In The Wall

ADAPTING TO ALL PLATFORMS

The shows offered by the partnership between Vuguru andFremantleMedia International are completely adaptable for both linear and non-linear platforms and are available in a variety oftime lengths from bite-size five minute chapters, to half hour episodes, to a 90 minute TV movie.

Everybody Dance Now

Hollywood Help

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ALSO ANNOUNCED AT MIP TV 2013:

FremantleMedia International announced its acquisition of the global distribution rights to a landmark second series from the highly acclaimed writers & producers of Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity For Women Worldwide. The production followed Kristof, WuDunn and a host of A-list celebrity advocates as they took on a powerful, inspirational and heart breaking journey across 10 countries, including Cambodia, Kenya, India, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Liberia and the United States, and showcased the resilience of women and their tales of courage and strength in the face of adversity. The title sold to 18 broadcasters across 138 territories including Foxtel

for Australia; M-Net for Africa; Sixx for Germany and Austria; and Discovery Networks for across Latin America.

FremantleMedia International also announced the eagerly anticipated remake of the cult drama Blake’s 7. In development with US cable network Syfy the series is a revolutionary reinvention of the long-running BBC series made in the late 1970s, Blake’s 7 tells the story of seven criminals – 6 guilty and 1 innocent – on their way to life on a prison colony in space, who together wrestle freedom from imprisonment.

IN OTHER NEWS…

The Teamworx produced three-part miniseries Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter (English title: Generation War) and Der Turm (The Tower) were sold to the American distributor Music Box. Generation War will be adapted for the big screen and distributed to cinemas across the US.

Also joining FremantleMedia International’s slate are brand new comedy titles Count Arthur Strong and Anna & Katy. Count Arthur Strong is a new comedy from Graham Linehan (IT Crowd, Father Ted, Black Books) and Steve Delaney. In it, we meet Count Arthur Strong – a faded star from the golden days of variety who still believes he’s in show-business against all the evidence to the contrary. Anna & Katy is a character driven sketch show that mixes the pair’s unique comedy creations with celebrity cameos and daft TV pastiches. Anna & Katy executive produced by Ash Atalla (The Offi ce, The IT Crowd) and produced by Roughcut TV’s Jon Petrie (QI, Man Stroke Woman).

David Ellender, CEO FremantleMedia International and Kids & Family Entertainment, says, “Our comedy slate for Mip TV includes an exciting range of titles across both traditional and the slightly more innovative forms of comedy. With an impressive catalogue already performing well with buyers and viewers alike, and the talented producers and A-class stars associated with our upcoming comedy content, we are confi dent that our offering will continue to get laughs from audiences worldwide.”

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In the April issue of the Promedia media news service, RTL Radio Deutschland CEO Gert Zimmer talks about the challenges currently facing radio in Germany. Germany – 11 April 2012

In a guest commentary for Promedia, Gert Zimmer describes how the boundaries between the originally clearly distinguishable types of media have become blurred. Users now only care about what content they consume – the medium itself has receded into the background. Says Zimmer: “Regulated radio is in direct competition with non-regulated online resources.” They include streaming services, online radio, aggregators, and radio-like sites. Given these developments, the various and in many cases restrictive regulations to ensure diversity of opinion in the state media laws are no longer in keeping with the times. Therefore, says Zimmer: “There is an urgent need for harmonisationand liberalisation of the state media laws in order to effectively safeguard the competitiveness of private broadcasters.”

Zimmer also warns of the increasing market distortion caused by the economically advantaged public radio stations. He said that they – supported by user fees – interfere excessively in the advertising market and keep launching numerous new digital offerings and niche stations. Zimmer: “The goal should be to eliminate competitive disadvantages for private broadcasting and increase the overall price level for radio.” Finally, he urges: “Only binding guidelines in the state laws will enable private providers to tackle the already unequal competition with the public stations with some confi dence.”

In addition to his guest commentary Gert Zimmer also gave the industry news service an interview. In it he reiterated that, given its present structures, radio as a highly regulated regional media cannot compete as equals with unregulated providers. Zimmer: “To put it clearly: We are not afraid of competition. But we are competing for listeners’ attentions and, in the future, for advertising budgets. No matter what streaming provider or aggregator we’re talking about: we need a level playing fi eld for fair competition.”

The main prerequisite for a level playing fi eld is a broad understanding on the part of regulators and policymakers for the interests of private radio in the changing media landscape. In closing, Zimmer said: “The regulators have to think about what they’re trying to achieve, and what role regional radio should play in the future.”

“THE CONVERGENT, DIGITALLY DOMINATED MEDIA WORLD IS A REALITY”

RTL Radio Deutschland

Gert Zimmer, CEO of RTL Radio Deutschland

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TV magazine Hazon Kivul awarded for the objectivity and clarity of its reporting.Hungary – 9 April 2013

For its political magazine Hazon Kivul RTL Klub recently won the “Pulitzer Memorial Prize” in Budapest. The jury explained the selection by pointing to the thoroughness of the editors’ research and objectivity and clarity of the reporting. The magazine Hazon Kivul sheds light on the effects of political decisions on the Hungarian population.

According to Mihaly Kovacs, editor of the format, the secret to the success of Hazon Kivul lies in the fact that the editors of the magazine look at the situation of the Hungarian society with an open mind. In addition, they investigate the effects of the political decisions from the perspective of the population and not that of the political decision-makers.

The “Pulitzer Memorial Prize” was founded in 1989 by Paul Fabry, an American businessman of Hungarian origin, with the agreement of the heirs of Joseph Pulitzer, the founder of the famous “Pulitzer Prize” in the US. Like Fabry, the press mogul originally came from Hungary. The “Pulitzer Memorial Prize” is among the most prestigious awards for recognition in Hungary today.

The TV magazine Hazon Kivul has been on the air since March 2005 and has received several awards such as the “Camera Hungaria 2010”, the “Hegeto Honorka Memorial Prize” and the “Authentic Public Information Award”.

RTL KLUB WINS “PULITZER MEMORIAL PRIZE” RTL 4

The Hazon Kivul team receives the “Pulitzer Memorial Prize”

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On air on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg since 10 April 2013: a new weekly short comedy called Prime Time. Luxembourg – 10 April 2013

From Big Brother to Top Chef, as well as US series such as CSI and great box-offi ce premieres such as Twilight, Prime Time is guaranteed to make Télé Lëtzebuerg viewers laugh, with the most outrageous parodies of what television currently offers.

Two recurring characters, Max and Gab, are the protagonists of this three-minute format show. In a series of hilarious sketches, they play television viewers in front of their set, star presenters, actors in series and participants in reality-TV shows.

RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is mainly targeting 15 to 34 year-olds with this new series. The show will have its own website and its mobile version will allow fans to re-watch sketches at any time. To watch a teaser video, click here.

Prime Time, every Wednesday evening at 18:57 since 10 Aprilon RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg.

ALL OUR FAVOURITE PROGRAMMES,LUXEMBOURG-STYLE

RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg

...and Top Chef

...or The Farmer Wants A Wife...

Max (left) and Gab parodying Alarm für Cobra 11...

...but also CSI...

Visit alsomicrosites.rtl.lu/primetime

Anime ThursdaysSuper RTL is launching a major anime series on Thursday evenings, featuring classics of the genre and the German TV premiere of Children Who Chase Lost Voices. The series kicks off on 11 April at 20:15 with Castle In The Sky (pictured), the fi rst full-length anime written and produced by grandmaster Hayao Miyazaki with his Studio Ghibli.

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The French television market in MarchGroupe M6

In March 2013, M6 achieved a 10.8 per cent total audience share and was the second most-watched channel in the early evening. W9 is the fi fth most popular channel among viewers under 50 with a 4.4 per cent audience share, while 6ter recorded good scores in a broad range of programmes.France – 5 April 2013

Car sharing for the environmentMediengruppe RTL Deutschland

As part of its efforts to protect the environment and encourage sustainable mobility, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has signed a co-operation with car sharing company Drive Now.Germany – 8 April 2013

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland renews contract with TelepoolMediengruppe RTL Deutschland

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and the Telepool media company have extended their distribution partnership, which has already been in place for six years and sees Telepool distributing RTL Television formats internationally.Germany – 9 April 2013

New cooperation between Zattoo and Mediengruppe RTL DeutschlandMediengruppe RTL Deutschland

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and Zattoo, a provider of live internet TV, have signed a cooperation to broadcast linear TV programmes on the internet in Germany.Germany – 10 April 2013

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FremantleMedia wins two Logie AwardsFremantleMedia Australia

The 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were held on Sunday 7 April at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne. FremantleMedia Australia came away with two Logies. The fi rst award went to the internationally successful talent show format The X Factor. The Australian version of the show was honored as ‘Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Programme’. The second award, a Silver Logie, went to actor Anthony Hayes for his role in the FMA docudrama Devil’s Dust in the category ‘Most Outstanding Actor’.Australia – 11 April 2013

Cooperating for electric mobilityRTL Nederland

Since mid-February, a fl eet of electric bikes and scooters have been available to RTL Nederland’s employees for commuting to work and for personal use.The Netherlands – 11 April 2013

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Jérémy Prince

PEOPLE

JÉRÉMYPRINCE

Groupe M6France – 5 April 2013

Jérémy Prince has been appointed Executive Secretary of C. Productions within Groupe M6.

C. Productions is the second cornerstone of the Groupe M6’saudiovisual production division, mainly producing M6’s magazines such as Capital, Enquête Exclusive, 66 minutes, 100% Mag, as well as Enquêtes Criminelles for W9.

Jérémy Prince fi rst stated out in recruitment and management at the Société Mutualiste des Etudiants du Sud-Ouest and went on to become head of the international division of Groupe Transfac.

In 2000, he became International Marketing Manager and then Investor Relations Manager at 123 Multimedia and then SeLoger.com before joining Groupe M6 in 2007 as CEO of Echo 6, the Group’s subsidiary that develops, inter alia, mobile entertainment products and services. He went on to become Director of the gaming unit in 2008.

Jérémy Prince succeeds Claire Bénard who is leaving the Groupe after 11 years with M6.

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PEOPLE

ALEXDEMYANENKO

FremantleMedia North AmericaNorth America – 8 April 2013

FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has appointed Alex Demyanenko Senior Vice President of Non-Fiction Development and Programming, effective immediately.

Demyanenko will report directly to CEO FMNA, Thom Beers. In his new role, Demyanenko will oversee development and programming for the cable networks.Meanwhile Julie Uribe, Senior Vice President, Non-Scripted Development, will oversee development and programming for the broadcast networks.

FMNA CEO Thom Beers says: “Alex has an incredible reputation as a creative force in the industry. We couldn’t be more excited to have Alex join us at FremantleMedia as we continue to ramp up our cable development.”

Alex Demyanenko adds: “I am thrilled to have been asked by Thom to join his stellar team. I’m excited to start creating more hit shows to add to FremantleMedia’s already impressive slate of successes.”

Before joining FMNA, Demyanenko was Senior Vice President at Shed Media US, where he produced the Basketball Wives franchise and Tough Enough. Prior to joining Shed, he worked at VH1, where he developed more than 20 series in four years, including Celebrity Rehab, Tough Love and The T.O. Show. A UCLA graduate and former journalist, Demyanenko has also worked at Rocket Science Laboratories, where he developed the popular Fox series Joe Millionaire and Trading Spouses. Demyanenko got his start in television producing HBO’s award-winning documentary Bastards of the Party.

Alex Demyanenko

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RALFSCHRAMM

Mediengruppe RTL DeutschlandGermany – 10 April 2013

Ralf Schramm (44) has taken on the position of Chief Technical Offi cer (CTO) of Wer-kennt-wen.de with effect from 1 April 2013, thereby completing the senior management of the largest German social network.

Matthias Büchs, Managing Director of Wer-kennt-wen.de,says: “I am delighted to have won Ralf Schramm, an experienced professional, for our team. I am convinced that he will help us to further strengthen and expand our social network.”

Ralf Schramm comes from United-domains AG, where he has served as CTO since 2007, overseeing the modernisation and development of the company’s technical infrastructure and optimising its operations. Since 2008, Schramm also sat on the Technical Advisory Council of the Denic eG Executive Board. He previously worked in managerial positions in Web Technologies and Internet Services for the travel and sales portal Bahn.de, at Deutsche Bahn AG.

Ralf Schramm

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