Direct Group
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Media |
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Founded | 2000 |
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Headquarters | Gütersloh, Germany |
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Key people | Fernando Carro, CEO |
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Products | Media clubs Publishing Bookstores |
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Revenue | €1.245 billion (2009) |
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Parent | Bertelsmann |
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Website | www.directgroup-bertelsmann.com |
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DirectGroup Bertelsmann was a division of Bertelsmann AG and operated book sales clubs, online shops, bookstore chains and publishers in 8 countries when it was disbanded as a division in 2011.
Its more than 15 million customers have generated sales of €1.245 billion in 2009. The company was formed in July 2000 and was led by CEO Fernando Carro.
Management
The Direct Group Executive Board consisted of:
- Fernando Carro (Chief Executive Officer)
- Gerd Bührig (Executive Vice President)
- Niklas Darijtschuk (Chief Financial Officer)
- Jörg Hagen (French-speaking countries)
Bertelsmann |
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Bertelsmann Home Entertainment | - Arcadia Entertainment
- Aris Ekdotiki
- ClipArt Films
- Feelgood Entertainment
- Fiction Pictures
- JP Video Productions
- Libero Video
- Lucifier Video Enterprises
- Mascot Video
- Media Vista Film & Audio Distributors
- Panorama Audio Visual Systems S.A.
- Pissanos International
- Star Video
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Media assets | RTL Group |
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RTL Deutschland | TV | - RTL
- VOX
- RTL Zwei[a]
- VOXup
- Nitro
- RTL Up
- Super RTL
- Toggolino
- Toggo
- RTL Super
- Toggo Plus
- n-tv
- RTL Crime
- RTL Living
- RTL Passion
- GEO Television
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Radio | - RTL Radio
- 104.6 RTL
- Antenne Bayern[b]
- Antenne Niedersachsen[c]
- Radio Hamburg[d]
- Radio NRW[e]
- 105'5 Spreeradio
- Radio 21[f]
- Radio Regenbogen[g]
- BigFM[h]
- Hitradio RTL Sachsen[i]
- Radio Brocken (50%)
- 89.0 RTL
- Antenne Thüringen (15%)
- Radio Ton (2%)
- Rock Antenne[b]
- Sachsen Funkpaket (31.9%)
- Radio Dresden
- Radio Leipzig
- Radio Chemnitz
- Radio Lausitz
- Radio Zwickau
- Radio Erzgebirge
- Vogtland Radio
- Oldie 95 (4.78%)
- Radio Top 40 (15%)
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RTL Nederland | - Catchup and Video on Demand
- RTL XL
- Videoland
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Groupe M6 (48.6%) | - Catchup and Video on Demand
- 6play
- Salto[k]
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RTL Luxembourg | Radio | - RTL Radio
- RTL Today Radio
- RTL LX
- RTL Gold
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RTL Magyarország | TV | - RTL
- RTL II
- Cool
- Film+
- RTL Gold
- RTL Három
- Sorozat+
- Muzsika TV
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Atresmedia (18.65%) | |
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Latin America & Brazil | Gulli Brasil [pt] |
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Russia | |
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Fremantle | |
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- ^ joint venture with Leonine Holding, The Walt Disney Company, Bauer Media Group and Hubert Burda Media.
- ^ a b joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
- ^ joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
- ^ joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
- ^ joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
- ^ joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.
- ^ joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.
- ^ joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.
- ^ joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen.
- ^ joint venture with TF1 Group.
- ^ joint venture with France Télévisions and Groupe TF1.
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Penguin Random House | USA | |
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UK | Ebury | |
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Penguin General | |
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Other | |
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Vintage Publishing | |
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Germany | |
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Other | |
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Other assets | |
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