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Cover: Bert Habets, CEO of RTL Nederland.

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Can you tell us something about RTL Nederland’s performance during the first few months of 2011?In terms of audience shares, our TV channels enjoyed a great season. Sharpening our channel profiles and our consistent programming strategy have paid off. TV is a cyclical business: we were hit by the crisis first and now we’re the first to recover.

With the acquisition of Slam FM we have strengthened our radio business. The latest audience figures confirmed that Radio 538 is the leading Dutch radio station once more with more than 3.8 million viewers. And young listeners come back to the station.

In our digital business we have made some headway over the past year. With the acquisition of the real time weather information platform Buienradar and with strong organic growth we are now among the top five players in the Dutch digital market. RTL Nederland also

had a strong first few months. From January to May, the number of unique visitors increased from 8.5 million to 17.5 million, largely thanks to Buienradar. We also saw a big increase in video views from 23.6 million

in May 2010 to 38.6 million video views in May 2011. That is an increase by 64 per cent.

Coffee dispenser moments Bert Habets explains how RTL Nederland has developed from a single TV channel into an all-round media and entertainment company and will not rest on its laurels. The Netherlands - 30 June 2011

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“We increased our advertising prices by around 10 per

cent in the first half of 2011, and we will probably do so in the second half”.

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What developments do you expect over the next few months?We cannot rest on our laurels. Next year will be tough one for TV with the European Football Championship and the Olympics coming up. We need to stay focused. In terms of advertising, we increased our prices by around 10 per cent in the first half of 2011, and we will probably do so in the second half. I don’t think the second half of 2011 will grow as strong as it did in the first months, as some big advertisers have difficulties to maintain their margins, but in terms of audiences we expect continued strong performance for this year.

How is digitisation changing your business?Consumers are more than ever in the driver’s seat, mainly fuelled by the digital evolution and all the technological developments that stem from it. This creates many new possibilities and that in turn has a major impact on our industry. Digitisation and broadband penetration is high in the Netherlands, leading to rapidly changing consumer behaviour in traditional media usage. All these changes mean that we as a media company must constantly move in and adapt to the consumers behaviour. At RTL Nederland we don’t see that as a threat, but as the way to numerous new business opportunities.

Although much has changed, one thing remains unchanged up: our craft. That is our true strength. Over the years, RTL Nederland has developed from a single TV channel into an all-round media and entertainment company that informs and entertains with dedication and emotion and that is our craft and core competence. We are

the leader in radio and television, and since this year, among the top five players in the Dutch digital media market. This means: our three core businesses radio, television and digital are stronger than ever. And recently, we added two new pillars:

Entertainment and Ventures – two more ways to increase costumer involvement.

Could you tell us more about how you are increasing involvement with your clients and consumers?We are extending our programmes off screen – prior to the broadcast as well as afterwards. We like to call it ‘the total experience’. That’s what we did with the X Factor for example, when we organized the X Factor Experience in June, a special concert where fans could directly get in touch with the X Factor candidates they know from TV. Additionally, we also invite advertisers to connect to our brand – that’s what we did with Pepsi and X Factor. In a creative approach they form part of the show, from the promotion

Following the success of their movie, the four ‚Gooische Vrouwen‘ – Tjitske Reidinga, Linda de Mol, Lies Visschedijk and Susan Visser (from left to right) – got their star on the RTL Walk of Fame in Hilversum

“Radio, television and digital are stronger than ever. Recently, we added two

new pillars: Entertainment and Ventures – two more

ways to increase costumer involvement”.

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campaign to the website and in the long tail to concerts and merchandising activities. When we hosted the X Factor Experience in June, we had one show that was open to the public and another one where Pepsi gave away tickets. The impact among viewers is much higher this way than with usual advertising spots, which adds a lot of value for the advertisers.

The concert was also a perfect example of what RTL Entertainment does. With RTL Entertainment we actively took the step to the stages of theatres and concert halls. It aims to create events where consumers can enjoy our brands not only on air, but beyond the TV screen. The acquisition of Wentink Events was therefore an important step. At Studio 21 we have a stage where we can develop many new initiatives and offer new experiences to our consumers. This year we also invested in theatrical productions like the Gooische Vrouwen movie which became the number four Box Office hit ever in The Netherlands after blockbuster movies like Avator and Titanic. Currently in production are Body Language, a dancing film featuring the winner of our dancing competition So You Think You Can Dance and Ushi de film, a mixture of Mister Bean and Borat with our popular presenter and actress Wendy van Dijk. From this angle expanding into film is a logic next step in bringing TV brands and characters to the white screen.

Do you extend formats to the second screen as well?Yes, that is a crucial element to our ‘total experience’ approach. Today we watch TV on three different screens: a small, a medium and a large one. Interactivity used to take place through simple text messages or call in. Today, viewers can also use My Space, Facebook and of course Twitter. This allows for new ways of interactivity and thus a more intense experience for our viewers. Users can talk, chat and exchange their views directly through different new media and thus create a ‘coffee dispenser moment’ – with the slight difference that it now happens real time. These media are increasingly integrated in our conceptual development of program ideas. Take for example the ‘Heartbeat’ feature at the X Factor, where users could follow the heartbeat of contestants during the show. It was used and shared by some 50,000 users, creating a real buzz.

Sizz campaign, targeting female mobile phone users

With the ‘Heartbeat’ feature, users could follow the heartbeat of contestants during the X Factor live shows


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I see three major advantages in this ‘total experience’ approach. First: We intensify the viewing experience and our interaction with the consumers. Second, we extend the life cycle of our programmes: the story runs longer or is promoted on other media and thus the relationship with the consumer is maintened over a longer period of time. And third, we are drawing the attention of young audiences who are returning to watch TV, combined with second and third screen which enrich the user experience. In the coming years we will develop this new way of consuming TV in a converged media landscape. We will also cooperate with other parties, media and consumers.

What role does RTL Ventures play?We launched RTL Ventures in December 2010 as a new division, for developing new concepts for consumer markets that are relevant to RTL Nederland and where we can leverage our

expertise, network and marketing power. Besides our mobile telephony offer Sizz and the dating platform Pepper, we operate Couverts, a real-time restaurant reservation tool for restaurant owners – something you would not necessarily expect at a media company. But there is a

logic fit: based on our cooking programmes and our network in the culinary sector, we had good reason to buy it from its young founders. It was a small company

with a good product, designed by passionate entrepreneurs. We saw potential for development and thought: ‘Let’s turns this into a market leader’. Our ultimate goal is that consumers use the application of Couverts for their restaurant reservations instead of picking up the phone. The consumer portal will be fully funded by fees that are paid by the restaurant owners who use this service – no advertising. By the end of the year, Couverts will be market leader in its field.

Couverts.nl

“Every strategy depends entirely on the people filling it with life: our employees”

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What does the addition of RTL Entertainment and RTL Ventures mean for your overall strategy?In the past, we had our three pillar strategy: strengthen our core business, extend our family of channels and invest in diversification. With RTL Entertainment and RTL Ventures, we have extended this strategy to five pillars. Our goal is to be the most complete all-round media and entertainment company in the Netherlands. We will continue to invest, including into new consumer markets in which we were not active. But we will only invest in new markets if we can use our promotion power combined with our expertise and if there is a logic fit with the product. Therefore it is more than just a financial investment.

However, every strategy depends entirely on the people filling it with life: our employees. Their professionalism, creativity and enthusiasm are what make the success of this company. We invest heavily in our business and will continue to do so, but equally important is to invest in our employees. Last week, our HR department started discussing the company’s plans in detail with the employees. Besides focusing on development and training, it is also important to continue to listen to each other and learn from each other. I really believe that media companies that are able to excel in this field have a bright future in the rapidly changing media landscape.

RTL Nederland is flying high In 2010, RTL Nederland recorded its best audience shares since 1999 . The family of channels attracted an average 33.0 per cent of the 20- to 49-year-old viewer market. In May 2011, RTL Nederland’s family of channels further increased to 34.9 per cent. Despite having increased prices for advertising by around 10 per cent during the first few months of the year, RTL Nederland is fully benefitting from the growth of the Dutch market. Currently, all advertising space (12 minutes per hour) on RTL Nederland’s channels is sold out in terms of gross rating points (GRP).

RTL Nederland recently further strengthened its family of radio stations by acquiring the radio station Slam FM.

In terms of digital business, RTL Venture launched the new Dating portal Pepper.nl, which features a new approach to online dating, and Sizz, a mobile telephony offer in co-operation with Vodafone, aiming at female consumers. In 2010, the company also acquired Couverts.nl, an online real-time restaurant reservation portal, turning it into the market leader. With the establishment of RTL Entertainment and the acquisition of Wentink Events, RTL Nederland further enhanced its position in the live entertainment market, organizing tours and concerts.


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The 19-year-old beat the seven other candidates who had made the final selection with his short film Mein Traum (My Dream). Besnik’s film was about an unusual project he initiated as part of his technical college entrance qualification while he was an intern at the “Jugend, Soziales, Sport e.V.” (Youth, Social, Sports Association) voluntary agency in Wolfenbüttel: together with street dance friends Besnik, originally from Kosovo, taught a group of elderly ladies his most popular breakdance moves. The student awards were presented by Peter Kloeppel, Editor-in-Chief of RTL Television, and presenters Nazan Eckes (RTL Television) and Nina Moghaddam (Super RTL), who formed the celebrity jury alongside German national football team star Cacau and the singer Adel Tawil.

Kloeppel then presented the first Commit Award for Young Journalists to Veronica Frenzel, Sabina Karasin and Charlotte Radziwill from the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. Their documentary short film Das bayerische Lampedusa – Schöllnstein in Niederbayern investigated why integration cannot work in the Lower Bavarian town of Schöllnstein where 70 local residents live alongside 90 asylum seekers. There is no meaningful contact between the two groups, nor is it encouraged by politicians, as the refugees’ residence status has not been verified – an unsatisfactory situation for both sides.

State Minister Professor Maria Böhmer, the German government’s delegate for migration, refugees and integration, also attended the ceremony. She has been patron of the Commit Awards since 2008. “I am thrilled by the overwhelming response to the RTL Commit Awards,” she said. “This shows once again that integration is the number one issue of the future among young people. We all benefit when everyone, regardless of their background, is committed to a good working relationship. Integration lives by participation.”

RTL Television has presented the Commit Awards annually since 2008. It is aimed at encouraging students across Germany to take a filmic approach to the subject of integration. This year 120 storyboards were received – more than ever before. Following a preliminary selection process the best eight were instructed in the basics of TV journalism at an RTL Television weekend workshop at the RTL Journalistenschule in May. The young filmmakers then turned their concepts into finished films with the help and support of professionals at RTL Television.

All eight finalists’ student entries and the young journalists’ top three short films may be viewed at www.rtlcommit.de.

4th Commit Awards presented RTL Television presented this year’s “Commit Awards for Integration” in Berlin. Besnik Salihi from Wolfenbüttel won the media award in the student category, which was presented for the fourth time this year. Germany - 28 June 2011

In front: Nazan Eckes, Besnik Salihi, Peter Kloeppel, Maria Boehmer and Nina Moghaddam (from left to right)In the back: Veronica Frenzel, Sabina Karasin and Scharlotte Radziwill


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“We achieved everything we set out to do with the first season of X Factor,” said Vox Managing Director Frank Hoffmann at a press conference at the port of Hamburg’s former main customs office. “And even a little bit more: we were nominated for a German Television Award and received a Bavarian Television Award, convincing critics and viewers alike. Now we can look forward to a second season with great TV moments.”

This year’s X Factor jury is reinforced with the beat, bass and gut instinct of Hamburg rapper Das Bo – also known as “Beau” by the team – alongside Sarah Connor and Till Brönner. With his direct style, the former member of the German cult band Fünf Sterne Deluxe goes into battle this season with his veteran colleagues on the jury, who have the advantage of experience from the first season. Das Bo says: “The format excites me because as jurors we have the opportunity to teach the artists something and prepare them for the big live shows. I will give everything to help my assigned category win. Because only one person’s going to win here with North German charm – and that’s me.”

Vox Editor-in-Chief Kai Sturm: “X Factor is a winner: This is clear not only from last season’s ratings, but also in the record 25,131 people who auditioned from all over Germany on the big X Factor stage in front of an audience of over 650.” Thanks to this onslaught, this year there will be more audition episodes in the schedule than last year, says Sturm.

Phase one, which features the most exciting, beautiful and moving performances from the auditions, is followed by the second phase: the Super Boot Camp. In contrast to last year, the jury will jointly decides which contestants go through to the next round and who has to leave the Super Boot Camp early. Only after this phase are the three categories – “16 to 24-year olds”, “over 25s”

and “duets/groups” – assigned to the jurors so that the battle between the three competing music professionals can begin. In phase three, which takes place at the juror houses, Sarah Connor, Till Brönner and Das Bo – supported by celebrity advisors – will help their charges hone their voice, style and performance prior to the big live shows. Here, the jurors will have to work alone with their assigned category and ultimately decide which acts make it to the fourth and all-important phase: the live shows. A total of 12 acts will appear in the first live show. From that point on, everything is in the hands of the audience: they vote by telephone or via the X-Factor I-Phone app for their favourite act. The two artists who receive the least votes compete again with a song of their choice. The decision of which of the two progresses to the next round is made by the three-member jury. In the finals, unlike the first season, there are now not just two but three acts. The final big decision then lies solely with the audience.

Which of this year’s contestants will be able to prove that they have the X Factor? And who will emerge as the lucky winner at the end of the music talent show this year to win a recording contract with Sony Music? “The auditions are now over – that means we’ve already found the winner of X Factor this year,” laughs Jochen Schropp in an interview with Backstage. “One of those who are now in the process will be standing on stage as the winner eventually. It’s is a nice thought.”

Great TV moments X Factor is back on Vox from 30 August 2011. The channel revealed details ofthe second season at a press conference. Germany - 27 June 2011

Till Brönner, presenter Jochen Schropp, Sarah Connor and Das Bo (from left to right)


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The impulsive Britt and the intellectual Ymke are familiar to audiences throughout Holland from the RTL 5 programmes Take me Out and Echte Meisjes in the Jungle. Now RTLXL.nl serves up all-new adventures featuring the two totally different girls in De Zomer Van Britt en Ymke. For ten weeks, viewers of RTL Nederland’s video-on-demand platform will be able to follow the experiences of the two women on a daily basis.

This summer Britt and Ymke visit various festivals and parties accompanied by well-known Dutch personalities and discuss and evaluate them in their own charming way. From ‘herring parties’ to ‘bunny nights’ and tennis tournaments to folk festivals, the duo will go wherever the action is.

De Zomer Van Britt en Ymke is the second format produced specifically for the web on RTLXL.nl, after the comedy series Gooische Frieten. RTL Nederland’s complete digital programme is viewable on RTLXL.nl: TV shows, movies, series, promo spots, videos and backstage material are clearly presented and easily accessible.

In the first six days, the new format recorded already more than 140,000 video views. RTLXL.nl shows a new episode of De Zomer Van Britt en Ymke weekdays at 16:00.

New online format After Gooische Frieten, the second series specifically produced for the web launched on RTLXL.nl: De Zomer Van Britt en Ymke.Netherlands - 24 June 2011

Britt (right) and Ymke


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From May 2010 to May 2011, thousands of people, including TV presenters, artists and simple, anonymous volunteers, lent their support to Télévie. The time and effort they invested helped raise the record sum of € 8,212,537.34, the entirety of which will be handed over to the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS) to finance the battle against cancer and leukaemia.

The administrative council of the FRS-FNRS has just confirmed the cancerology research programmes previously retained by the Télévie Commission. In Luxembourg, seven projects in a number of scientific disciplines have been granted funds and will be entirely financed by the FRS-FNRS.

This research, which aims to combat leukaemia in adults and children, will be mainly led by doctors Marc Diederich and Guy Berchem in cooperation with multidisciplinary scientific teams attached to the Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg (CHL), Université du Luxembourg (UdL), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Laboratoire National de Santé au Luxembourg (LNS).

In the weeks to come, the nine researchers concerned will especially concentrate on two variants of leukaemia, notably chronic myeloid leukaemia and chronic lymphoid leukaemia. The first is the more rare variant while the second is more frequent, with 15 to 20 per cent of affected people suffering from this variant. In these programmes the accent will be, among other things, on the development of new therapies and medications.

In addition, Marc Diederich of the Fondation Recherche sur le Cancer et les Maladies du Sang (research foundation on cancer and blood diseases) at Hôpital Kirchberg will try, in one of his three research programmes, to establish a strategy for preserving the fertility of women undergoing cancer treatment. Guy Berchem, head of the hemato-cancerology experimental lab of the CHL is also involved in three projects, one of which is in collaboration with his colleague at the CHL, Eric van Dyck. They will study the impact of chemotherapy drugs that act on DNA and the damage they may cause.

Seven research programmes in LuxembourgTélévie, a great surge of generosity that rose up in 1989 in Belgium and in 1991 in Luxembourg, raised more than € 8 million in its 2011 edition. The Télévie Committee has just decided which research programmes this sum will finance.Croatia - 22 June 2011

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At this year’s ‘Critics Choice Awards’ American Idol, which is produced by FremantleMedia North America, won ‘Best Reality Competition’. The awards were presented on 20 June at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.

FremantleMedia won a coveted Rocky for ‘Best Online Programme – Entertainment’ at the Banff Film Festival’s ‘Interactive Rockies’ for its social media cooking community, Sorted. The platform is targeted at 18- to 30-year-olds and combines cooking instruction videos with fan comments, resulting in a cooking show that goes well beyond the regular TV screen.

Actress Annette Frier won the prestigious ‘Golden Nymph’ for ‘Best Actress in a Comedy Series’ at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, for playing Danni Lowinski in the eponymous series, which is produced by Phoenix Film.

At the 35th International Film Festival in Annecy, an episode of the animated series Le Petit Nicolas won the ‘Prix spécial pour une série’ (Special prize for a series). The series was produced by M6 Studio and Method Animation. The award honours Groupe M6’s efforts to advance French animated film production and the country’s cultural legacy.

The 3rd ‘Swiss TV Award’ sponsored by Tele and TV Star magazines was presented on Friday 24 June in Zurich. The readers of Tele, TV Star and Blick picked the Grundy Switzerland-produced show Die grössten Schweizer Talente, which clearly outscored the two other nominees, Kampf der Chöre and Alpenrose. Andrea Jansen and Sven Epiney, the show’s presenters, accepted the prize on stage.

Cameraman Benedict Neuenfels won the ‘German Camera Award’ for his work on the Teamworx production, Homevideo. The film explores the sweeping ‘medialisation’ of the various areas of our life and shows what drastic consequences this can have for teenagers.

At the ‘Salon Buzzness Mobile’ in June, M6 Web took home two ‘Mobile Awards 2011’: the M6 app for I-Phone and I-Pad won an award in the ‘Site – Application Medis / Editeurs pour Smartphones’ category; the other award went to the X Factor app for I-Pad and I-Phone in the ‘Campagne Globale sur le Mobile’ category. With the latter, M6 had first extended a TV format to the ‘second screen’ for viewers, Internet and smartphone users.

On 30 June, Antena 3 will receive the ‘Quality Award’ from the Spanish Academy for Television, Science and Art. The academy’s award honours the “colourful variety of family entertainment” on Antena 3 and the inclusion of “Spanish fiction and innovations” in its programming.

On the evening of 7 June, Liv Lisa Fries became the recipient of Studio Hamburg’s prestigious ‘Günther Strack Fernsehpreis’ for her role in the Teamworx production Sie hat es verdient. The judges picked Fries as the best newcomer actress, praising her “complex character portrayal and convincing emotionality”.

Till Brönner, a judge on the X Factor jury on Vox, won the ‘Echo Jazz 2011’ Audience Award in the category ‘Bestseller of the Year’ for his album At The End Of The Day. This is Brönner’s fifth Echo. The ‘Echo Jazz’ was presented by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie for the second time, to honour outstanding and popular achievements by national and international jazz artists.

Awards in June In June, too, numerous RTL Group companies won a number of prestigious prizes, including FremantleMedia for American Idol, Teamworx for Danni Lowinski and M6 for Le Petit Nicolas. Luxembourg - 30 June 2011

The jury of Die grössten Schweizer Talente: DJ Bobo, Christa Rigozzi and Roman Kilschsperger (from left to right)

Matthew wins

X Factor 2011After weeks of auditions and live shows,

the winner of ‘X Factor’ 2011 in France is

Matthew Raymond-Barker (left), who already

participated in the UK version of the show,

but failed to make it past the first round of

boot camp. He beat out the other finalist,

17-year-old high school student Marina

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Play Hole In The Wall at homeLudia and FremantleMedia Enterprises are bringing Hole In The Wall to Xbox Kinect.United Kingdom - 24 June 2011

A summer made for jazzFrom 26 June until 21 August 2011, the Festival du Jazz comes to RTL Radio with a host of renowned artists. France - 27 June 2011

The summer fairy tale continuesThe women’s football World Cup kicked off in Germany on 26 June – the leading commercial radio stations and N-TV are there to cover it.Germany - 27 June 2011

Monty Python’s legacyShooting begins this month on the new comedy drama Holy Flying Circus, the first production to come out of Hillbilly Television, a joint venture between BBC Four and Talkback Thames.United Kingdom - 24 June 2011

Sunday nights are for newsThe newsmagazine shows Zone Interdite and Enquête Exclusive broadcast on Sunday evenings on M6 continue to attract a lot of viewers, achieving record audiences on 26 June 2011.France - 28 June 2011

US blockbusters on Antena 3Antena 3 and NBC Universal have signed a new contract that gives the Spanish channel the exclusive broadcast rights to NBC Universal’s latest productions.Spain - 28 June 2011


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The Tour de France on RTL LëtzebuergThe 2011 edition of the Tour de France begins on 2 July and, this year again, RTL Lëtzebuerg is the official broadcaster in Luxembourg. Starting on 30 June, a vast programme awaits cycling sport fans. The Netherlands - 30 June 2011

A new partnershipFremantleMedia Enterprises and Condé Nast plan to use their collaboration to introduce their brands on new platforms.North America - 29 June 2011

Filming begins on München 72Teamworx and ZDF are making a fictional TV film about the hostage drama at the Olympic Games 1972. For the first time, it tells the story from the German perspective while also considering the perspective of the survivors of the killed Israeli hostages. Germany - 29 June 2011

New breathtaking crime seriesThe cast of Moordvrouw, RTL 4’s brand new crime series was presented on 24 June and filming will start in August 2011. Luxembourg - 30 June 2011


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Nicolas Demorand, editorial director of the daily newspaper Libération joins RTL Radio at the end of summer as a political editorialist.

In the context of France’s 2012 campaign for the French Presidency, RTL is enriching its team of political editorialists by hiring Nicolas Demorand who will start at the end of summer. He will notably contribute to the debates each Tuesday at 8:30, where Jean-Michel Aphatie, Alain Duhamel, Serge July, Eric Zemmour and Géraldine Muhlmann already confront one another with their points of view. The editorial director of Libération will also join the team of polemists on the programme On Refait Le Monde, led by Christophe Hondelatte and airing every evening from 19:15 to 20:00.

The 40 year-old Nicolas Demorand already has a vast amount of experience in radio. He started his career in 1997, working for France Culture. Following that he was the morning news presenter on France Inter (2006 to 2010) and then the evening news presenter on Europe 1 (2010). On television, he was a co-presenter in the 18:00 to 20:00 time slot on the news channel I>Télé (2008 to 2009) and a presenter on the political discussion show C politique on France 5 (2009 to 11).

Since the beginning of 2011, Nicolas Demorand has been the CEO and editorial director of Libération.

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Nicolas DemorandFrance - 28 June 2011

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Karsten Bartholin has been named the new Head of Development at Blu A/S, FremantleMedia’s Danish production arm, with effect from 1 August 2011.

Karsten Bartholin has vast experience in format development, having co-founded Babyfood, the company behind formats such as Gay Army, Bingo Banko and Big In Japan.

Kim Ardal, Managing Director, Blu A/S says: “Karsten is one of the biggest talents of his generation. His ability to create exceptional entertainment and reality formats will be instrumental to Blu’s strategic and creative direction and will ensure that the company maintains its position as the leading producer of in-house developed formats in Denmark. I am confident that Karsten will take up this challenge and am very pleased to welcome him to Blu.”

Bartholin added: “I am looking forward to taking on the exciting role of Head of Development at Blu. It is any format creator’s dream to be working for such a strong production company, and Blu’s brand has always been about creativity, innovation and collaboration. I look forward to building on that tradition in Denmark and to joining the FremantleMedia family.”

People

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