How RTL 2 in France is celebrating its 20th birthday as

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POP-ROCK
ATTITUDE
How RTL 2 in France is celebrating
its 20th birthday as it looks to the future
Luxembourg
France
Germany
11 edition of
Télévie Challenge
receives strong
support
New docu-series
launched on M6
UFA Fiction production
Nackt unter Wölfen
premiered in Germany
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week 14 / 2 April 2015
POP-ROCK
ATTITUDE
How RTL 2 in France is celebrating
its 20th birthday as it looks to the future
Luxembourg
France
Germany
11th edition of
Télévie Challenge
receives strong
support
New docu-series
launched on M6
UFA Fiction production
Nackt unter Wölfen
premiered in Germany
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Télévie Challenge 2015:
€60,000 for cancer and
leukaemia research
RTL Group
p.9–11
“At the age of 20,
we can aim much higher”
RTL 2
p.4–8
Seeking a soulmate
M6
p.12
New historic
perspective
UFA Fiction
p.13
Big Picture
p.14
SHORT
NEWS
p.15–16
PEOPLE
p.17
Backstage takes a look
back at where RTL 2
has been – and where
it’s heading in the future
– during an interview
with Managing Director
Tristan Jurgensen.
“AT THE AGE
OF 20, WE CAN
AIM MUCH
HIGHER”
France – 2 April 2015
© Patrick Lazic
RTL 2
Tristan Jurgensen, former General Manager of RTL Net, has headed up RTL Group’s French music radio stations since September 2014
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concerts by artists, sneak previews of films,
showcases and multi-artist spectacles in the
biggest auditoriums in France – will be organised
between now and December. The aim is to “offer
unprecedented events in prestigious venues and
to surprise our listeners throughout the year,”
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05 Joy Division Shadowplay
06 The Cure A Forest
07 Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)
08 Procol Harum A Salty Dog
09 Philip Lynott Growing Up
10 Isaac Hayes Theme From Shaft
11 Blue Oyster Cult (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
12 Flash And The Pan Walking In The Rain
13 Paolo Nutini Iron Sky
14 Simple Minds Dolphins
15 Sinéad O’Connor Troy
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Clear positioning as the key to success
Gregory Ascher, Presenter of the Concert Très Très Privé
(Very, Very Private Concert)
The programming promise remains focused on the
music, with presenters who also guarantee the music
programming, such as Francis Zégut who has been
presenting Pop-Rock Station by Zégut every evening
for more than 10 years. Lastly, all of the events
organised or sponsored by the station are currently
musically oriented: showcases, concerts and
Pop-Rock festivals. “In 20 years, RTL 2 has
© Julien Weber
On 26 and 27 March 2015, RTL 2 celebrated its
20th birthday with two days of special programming
(Backstage reported) – a nod to the 2.8 million
daily listeners, an all-time record in the station’s
history. Determined to organise a birthday party
for its listeners that is worthy of its ambitions, the
radio station did not stop there. “In 2000, when
RTL 2 celebrated its 5th birthday, it organised five
private concerts,” explains Tristan Jurgensen,
General Manager of RTL Group’s French music
radio stations, Fun Radio and RTL 2. “Fifteen years
later, the latest addition to RTL Group’s French radio
stations is all grown up. Now, at the age of 20, we
can aim much higher.”
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should also be pointed
out that the station still stands
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by the positions set out
in the brand’s original claim:
Fear Factory
The Donnas
Durée totale :
“RTL 2 isn’t radio, it’s music.”
78’29’’
Colours To Life
This Weight
A Lunar Veteran’s Guide To Re-Entry
Bad Ambassador
No Rest For The Wicked
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Hymn
Cavalier
&
Draw Your Swords
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Going Home
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Berlin
Hollywood Underwater
Song For Zula
Our Love
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Doggy Talk
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Walk With The Noise
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Lovesong
Ziggy Stardust
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
No Milk Today
Losing My Religion
Love Is Blindness
Road to Nowhere
Play With Fire
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Hey Joe
Girl Of The North Country
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Walk On By
Street Fighting Man
Personal Jesus
I Will Follow
Dancing With Myself
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Desir I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (live from Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France / 1993)
02 The Boxer Rebellion The Gospel of Goro Adachi (live in TN)
03 Rival Sons Manifest Destiny Pt.1 (live in Gothenburg)
04 Gary Moore Parisienne Walkways (live)
05 Molly Hatchet Fall Of The Peacemakers (live version)
06 ZZ Top I Need You Tonight
07 David Lee Roth Damn Good
08 Marillion Easter
09 Jeff Beck The Final Peace
10 Winger Headed For A Heartbreak
11 Whitesnake Still Of The Night
12 Toto White Sister
13 Jefferson Starship Save Your Love
Durée totale : 77’28’’
“RTL 2 IS THE ONLY
ADULT MUSIC RADIO
STATION THAT
HAS KEPT ITS
MUSICAL
PROMISE.”
Tristan Jurgensen
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Best ratings in 20 years
Today, RTL 2 is making the most of its musical
positioning and the authentic and high-quality image
it has earned from the public. As can be seen in the
latest ratings – with 2,830,000 daily listeners and
a 3.2 per cent audience share – RTL 2 beat all of
its ratings records in January. “Thanks to the great
events we organised, the musical partnerships
we’ve forged, the communication channels we’ve
developed and the quality of the programmes we’ve
aired, RTL 2 now reaches more listeners every
second of every day than it has over the last 20 years
of radio polling,” Tristan Jurgensen explains. “What
a great gift the listeners have given us in helping us
kick off the year of our 20th birthday. Now it’s up to us
to give something back to them... times 20.”
“A MUSIC-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING
PROMISE WITH
PRESENTERS WHO ALSO
GUARANTEE THE MUSIC
PROGRAMMING.”
© Patrick Lazic
developed a unique and exclusive approach to
musical events by focusing on intimate and rare
moments between artists and listeners,” Tristan
Jurgensen says. “Private concerts, interviews, and
offering every month the opportunity to a different
Pop-Rock artist to take over the editing of
our Website as an ‘editor-in-chief’ are all unique
opportunities to bolster links between listeners,
artists and the station.”
On 26 March 2015, RTL 2 celebrated its birthday at a party
broadcast live in the presence of artists representative of the
station, including Raphael (left) and Jean-Louis Aubert
‘Amplified Radio’ made at RTL 2
When asked about the station’s future prospects,
the former general manager of digital subsidiary
RTL Net naturally mentioned digital and the
recent overhaul of the RTL2.fr site as part of the
‘Renaissance’ project. Big sister RTL Radio went
through the same process last year. “As a medium,
radio has always managed to adapt to every era and
to the public’s new habits. This is still the case today
since the station is particularly well suited to mobile
consumption – car radios, smartphones, music
players – and associated habits: listening to the
radio while using a computer or tablet, consumption
via car radio and screens or televisions. The future
of RTL 2 is taking this approach: our entire digital
offering is being revamped.”
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Tristan Jurgensen
The new RTL2.fr Website also features
‘responsive design’
Click or scan
to visit the Website
In March 2015, the RTL2.fr Website was revamped to feature a highly visual Pop-Rock culture musical approach
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On 27 March 2015, Le Grand Morning, presented by
Christophe Nicolas and Stéphanie Renouvin (left), was
surrounded by all of the leading presenters who have
presented this segment for the last 20 years, including
Louise Ekland and Alexandre Devoise (right)
“IN 20 YEARS,
RTL 2 HAS
DEVELOPED
A UNIQUE
APPROACH TO
MUSICAL
EVENTS.”
Tristan Jurgensen
Next >
© RTL 2
Generally speaking, RTL 2 is a station in good health
and, at the ripe old age of 20, is more solid than
its direct rivals. It is the leader among music radio
stations for young adults, outpacing the three other
French networks in this group (RFM, Chérie FM
and Virgin Radio – editor’s note). “The French love
RTL 2 and they demand it. This is a major asset that
will drive the station forward for the next 20 years,”
Tristan Jurgensen concludes.
© Patrick Lazic
In March 2015, the station’s website has been
revamped with a highly visual Pop-Rock music
culture approach, such as a magazine and
facilitated mobile consumption. The site features
‘responsive design’ that adapts automatically to all
screens. The RTL 2 apps will also be revamped
shortly. Like the new RTL.fr site, the ‘enhanced
live’ approach, with real-time feeds from social
networks, has been retained and the content of
radio programmes has been enhanced with custom
content about pop-rock artists and events. “The key
challenge in this repositioning is the consumption
of RTL 2 in digital format, which currently accounts
for nearly 10 per cent of its daily audience. This
proportion should double over the next 12 months
and will definitely reach 35 per cent within three
or four years,” Tristan Jurgensen says. “Proof that
these developments are highly strategic for the
brand.”
In February 2015, to celebrate the 20th birthday of RTL 2, Charlie Winston gave a Concert Très Très Privé live on air
and in public at the Grand Studio in RTL headquarters in Rue Bayard in Paris
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!
NEW RECORD
2,830,000
Total audience
3.2 points
Audience share
217,000
Average quarter-hour
88
minutes
Listening duration
+403,000
vs. Sept-Oct 2014
+255,000
vs. Nov-Dec 2013
+14%
vs. Sept-Oct 2014
Médiamétrie ratings for the
period November-December
2014: RTL 2 progressed
in all audience indicators
for the survey period and
over one year and – with
more than 2.8 million daily
listeners – set a new all-time
record since it was founded
20 years ago.
+19%
vs. Nov-Dec 2013
+40,000
vs. Sept-Oct 2014
+33,000
vs. Nov-Dec 2013
+5
minutes
+7
minutes
vs. Sept-Oct 2014
vs. Nov-Dec 2013
BACKGROUND
In March 1994, Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) informed the CSA (French Media
Authority) that it would like to fully take over M 40 – a network of music radio stations in which it already
held a 30 per cent stake. In January 1995, despite CSA’s refusal on the grounds of radio pluralism
(the company already owned RTL Radio and Fun Radio), CLT renamed M 40 after its big sister: RTL 1.
After a complaint of competitor Europe 1 which found the name “RTL 1” too close to their own, the new
name, RTL 2, was authorised by the CSA on 6 March 1995.
Originally, RTL 2’s programming was music targeting 25-34-year-olds (‘young adults’).
The audience share in this target in 1995 was 2.6 per cent. At that time, RTL 2 was the most musical station
in France in terms of the number of music titles aired and helped young talent by allocating 20 per cent of
its broadcasting to new songs.
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TÉLÉVIE CHALLENGE 2015:
€60,000 FOR CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH
RTL Group
On 27 March 2015, employees at RTL Group’s
Corporate Centre in Luxembourg got on their
bikes to take up the traditional Télévie Challenge
– a collaborative ‘spinning’ marathon organised
by the company to raise donations towards
cancer and leukaemia research. After eight
hours of non-stop pedalling on their bikes, the
athletic charity fundraisers had notched up the
impressive total of €60,000.
Luxembourg – 30 March 2015
RTL Group employees all together for the 11th Télévie Challenge
The eleventh edition of this great non-stop sporting event lasted
from 12:00 to 20:00. The first eager participant was Elmar Heggen,
Chief Financial Officer and Head of the RTL Group Corporate
Centre, who encouraged the cyclists to keep those wheels of charity
turning. All afternoon and into the evening, participants took turns to
work up a sweat for this worthy cause. RTL Group’s 34 teams and
230 participating employees also received welcome help from 150
external participants, including Luxembourg Minister for Sustainable
Development and Infrastructure François Bausch and cross-country
champion Pol Mellina.
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RTL Group’s 230 participating employees also received welcome help from 150 external participants
The suspense reached its climax
when Elmar Heggen stepped up
to announce the result of the fundraising initiative, in the presence of
Carol Bragança-Kayser, the outgoing
Télévie Coordinator in Luxembourg,
and Dr Marc Diederich from the Cancer
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular
Biology (LBMCC) at LuxembourgKirchberg Hospital. Through their
efforts, the cyclists clocked up 8,929
kilometres (308 km more than in
2014), a distance which the company
converted into a total of €44,645
(€5 per km) and generously rounded up
The Fitness Centre in Luxembourg during the Télévie Challenge 2015
to €60,000. Presiding over the exciting
finale to this year’s Télévie Challenge
was the journalist and RTL Télé & Radio Lëtzebuerg Presenter
Philippe Dondelinger. A cheque for the final amount was then
presented in front of the counter displaying the grand total. In actual
fact, the sum raised by the cyclists was increased by contributions
made by the sponsoring teams Elco, Travel Pro/Sales-Lentz and
Pâtisserie Schumacher, totalling €1,405, €1,280 and €1,395
(€5 per km) respectively. The full amount raised will be transferred, in
the name of Télévie, to the National Scientific Research Fund (FNRS)
to support medical research into cancer, with the main focus on battling
leukaemia.
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TÉLÉVIE IN A NUTSHELL
Télévie is a large-scale fund-raising
initiative launched in 1989 by
RTL Belgium to benefit the F.R.S.–
FNRS by supporting research into
cancer, and leukaemia in particular.
RTL Lëtzebuerg first joined in back
in 2002.
For years now, tens of thousands
of people have become involved
by raising money for cancer and
leukaemia research. In 2014, the
whole Télévie operation netted
a record amount of €9,027,731
in Belgium and Luxembourg.
The combined grand total raised
over the past 26 years exceeds
€140,000,000, enabling numerous
research grants to be awarded.
Since 2005, RTL Group has
organised its own sporting event
to raise funds for a worthy cause,
the Télévie Challenge. Since the
launch of this charity cycling event,
more than 95,000 kilometres have
been completed. The total distance
covered converted into a total of
540,000, with all the proceeds going
to the National Scientific Research
Fund (FNRS).
The next leg of the adventure will take place on 25 April 2015, in the
form of the second Télévie Challenge on Tour, which will see cyclists
riding a 180-km course through Luxembourg. Last year’s edition of
this event raised an impressive additional €13,000. The sum raised
this year will be added to donations collected by other initiatives held
around the country to benefit Télévie. Cheques for the amounts raised
will be presented the same day on the gala evening show closing
this year’s Télévie. The show will be broadcast live on RTL Télé
Lëtzebuerg.
Elmar Heggen, Carol Bragança-Kayser, Dr. Marc Diederich (centre)
and the Télévie Challenge organising team
THE F.R.S.–FNRS AND RTL LËTZEBUERG WELCOME
DIANE WUNSCH, THE NEW TÉLÉVIE COORDINATOR
Diane Wunsch, new Télévie Coordinator
The National Scientific Research Fund (FNRS) and RTL Lëtzebuerg have
announced that Diane Wunsch has been appointed as the new Télévie
Coordinator to replace Carol Bragança-Kayser, who is stepping down
after this year’s Télévie Challenge. Diane Wunsch took up her new
assignment on 1 April 2015.
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SEEKING A SOULMATE
M6
© Cécile Rogue / M6
A documentary series featuring handicapped
people looking for love takes a different view
of courtship and affection. Each episode of
Mon Partenaire particulier follows four
individuals in their quest.
© Aurélien Faidi / M6
France – 31 March 2015
A motorcycle accident left Nathalie without the use of
her legs, but it did not take away her smile
or zest for life
Cyril has many artistic hobbies and is passionate about series and musicals.
He dreams of meeting an artist with whom he can share his interests
© Capture d’écran / M6
Everyone – without exception – is looking for love. And yet, it is never
easy to find and for some people it is more complicated than for others.
Narrated by actress Michèle Laroque, Mon Partenaire particulier
follows men and women who are claiming their right to love. These
particular singles, each of whom has a physical or mental handicap,
have decided to go in search of their soulmates.
Julie, an amazing thirty-something, has been playing
the harp since she was a child. She was diagnosed
with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder,
when she was 12 years old
Mon Partenaire particulier is an adaptation of the UK format
The Undateables. Nominated for the BAFTA Television Award in 2014,
The Undateables was the subject of a case study at the Edinburgh
Festival, where it won the most innovative TV programme award. The
first episode attracted three million viewers. The Undateables remains
one of the most watched shows on Channel 4, with an audience share
of 11.1 per cent between 19:00 and 22:00 on Tuesdays. The channel
decided to immediately order season five and season six based on the
success of the recently completed season four. The programme led
to a constructive debate on the perception of disabilities in the United
Kingdom. During its run it has so far managed not only to win over the
public, but also its initial detractors.
Mon Partenaire particulier, started on 1 April 2015 at 20:00 on M6.
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NEW HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE
UFA Fiction
On 1 April 2015, the UFA Fiction production
of Nackt unter Wölfen premiered in Germany
on Das Erste. M6 will be showing the film
(L’enfant de Buchenwald) on 8 April in prime
time. This interpretation of the novel has
also been sold to Belgium, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, Poland, Lithuania and Austria.
Germany – 1 April 2015
Nackt unter Wölfen
Nackt unter Wölfen is the remake of
the well-known German Democratic
Republic novel of the same name
written by Bruno Apitz, published
in 1958. Its focus is on the last
days of the Second World War and
the liberation of the Buchenwald
concentration camp. The novel
was reissued in 2012; the reissue
included an extensive epilogue and
additional documents that take a
critical look at the story of the novel’s
creation and effects. The premiere in
Germany was watched by 5.45 million
viewers of the total audience share
(17.3 per cent).
Nico Hofmann, Managing Director of UFA Fiction: “I am extremely
proud of the fact that there has been so much interest from abroad in
this unusual and outstanding made-for-TV movie, especially in view of
the fact that we are telling the story as historically accurate as possible,
and have attempted to address the issue in a responsible way – we
view this as another step towards emotionally approaching the question
of German guilt in a manner that makes it possible to grieve honestly.
We owe this to the victims.”
Click or scan to watch the trailer
Bernard Majani, Head of Acquisitions, Groupe M6: “We intend
to broadcast the film within the scope of the 70th anniversary of the
liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. We were struck by
the actors’ outstanding performances and the production quality and
impressed by the moving story. We therefore decided to make an
exception and to show a German-language TV film in prime time.”
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Pirette is back…
and in terrific form!
On Sunday 29 March 2015, the cult comedian François
Pirette returned on Belgium’s leading French-speaking TV
channel, RTL-TVI with a programme making fun of his pet
subject: modern-day life in Belgium. The show, entitled
Le Pirette à venir, attracted 38.1 per cent of the
target group shoppers aged 18 to 54
(2014 average: 25.5 per cent).
SHORT NEWS
1/2
The round thing needs to go into the
rectangular thing
RTL Television
On 29 March 2015, RTL Television broadcast Germany’s European
Championship qualifier against Georgia. The 2014 world champions’
victory brought the flagship channel good ratings: 38.9 per cent of the
14 to 59 target group watched the match.
Germany – 27 March 2015
Les Grosses Têtes gets a new talking head
RTL Radio
Comedian Gaspard Proust has now joined Les Grosses Têtes
on RTL Radio, France. Gaspard Proust has a weekly spot on Salut
les Terriens on Canal+ and has appeared on Laurent Ruquier’s
programme On va s’gêner on Europe 1 between 2009 and 2012.
France – 27 March 2015
Struck the right chord
Vox
Vox and Talpa Germany have won the “Partner of the Year” Echo
award for Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert. The producer of
the album of the same name, Michael Herberger, also won an award
in the “Producer National” category.
Germany – 30 March 2015
Award-winning lawyer
UFA Fiction
Chosen by the readers of Cinema and TV Spielfilm magazines,
Annette Frier, who plays lawyer Danni Lowinski in the TV series of
the same name produced by UFA Fiction, was awarded with the 2015
Jupiter Award for Best National TV Actress.
Germany – 31 March 2015
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SHORT NEWS
2/2
The dark side of the birthplace of jazz
M6
From 3 April at 20:55, the American series NCIS: Nouvelle-Orléans
(NCIS: New Orleans) comes to M6. NCIS: Nouvelle-Orléans has
become a hit in the US with the best launch for any series in the last
ten years.
France – 1 April 2015
N-TV on the trail of art
N-TV
Wolfram Kons visited Mel Ramos, one of the most important
contemporary representatives of the pop art movement, at his studio.
The documentary Mel Ramos: Pin-ups and Pop-Art will be airing on
N-TV on 3 April 2015 at 18:30.
Germany – 2 April 2015
Who is the best hair stylist?
M6
From Monday 6 April, five hair stylists from the same city will go
head-to-head during the week on M6´s new programme 5 salons qui
décoiffent in order to determine who among them will win the trophy
for the best hair salon. Get ready for a hair-raising competition!
France – 2 April 2015
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PEOPLE
REBECCA
PARKINSON
FremantleMedia UK
United Kingdom – 30 March 2015
Rebecca Parkinson, Head of Production FremantleMedia UK
Rebecca Parkinson has been appointed Head of
Production for FremantleMedia UK’s scripted comedy
label Retort.
Rebecca joins from Vera Productions, where she was
Managing Director and Head of Production, working
on projects including Getting On for BBC Four, Rory
Bremner’s Coalition Report and Dave Allen: God’s Own
Comedian for BBC Two, as well as the recent Dispatches:
Politicians for Sale for Channel 4.
Jon Rolph, Managing Director Retort, says: “We are
delighted to welcome Becky to Retort. She brings with
her terrific experience at senior level from across the indie
sector, and she is a brilliant addition to the growing Retort
team.”
Rebecca will also support drama label Newman Street
as Head of Production.
Prior to joining Vera Productions, Parkinson worked with
Sky Entertainment Production across all genres and Head
of Production at Two Four Broadcast. Previous production
credits include The Peter Serafinowicz Show, Undercover
Magic and The Last Word for Objective Productions and
Before the Flying Circus/The Python Conquest of America
for Python Productions.
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