n-tv
N-tv.de is a news magazine focussing on business topics. The core business of ntv is the television channel with a high proportion of live programmes and up-to-date news coverage. In 1999, the TV offering was expanded to include an online presence, which is now one of the most visited news sites in Germany. In addition to the TV channel, N-tv.de is published by ntv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, which in turn belongs to RTL Deutschland and RTL Group. RTL Group is a division of the Bertelsmann Group.
Audience Share
0.01%
Ownership Type
private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
free content
Media Companies / Groups
RTL Deutschland
Bertelsmann
Ownership Structure
The online portal n-tv.de is operated by ntv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, which belongs to RTL Deutschland. The ownership structure of RTL Deutschland is a complex organisation consisting of various shareholdings and corporate structures.
RTL Deutschland's share capital is wholly owned by UFA Film und Fernseh GmbH, which in turn belongs to the listed RTL Group, one of the leading international media companies based in Luxembourg.
The multinational media group Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA holds 76% of the shares in RTL Group and is itself controlled by the Bertelsmann Foundation (77%) and the Mohn family (19%). However, the Bertelsmann Foundation's shares are attributed to Mohn, as she has far-reaching powers and control within the foundation as its founder.
Voting Rights
The voting rights of the main shareholder (Bertelsmann) are wholly controlled by Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (BVG). BVG is a body set up by Bertelsmann founder Reinhard Mohn to continue the company in its original spirit. Accordingly, the founding Mohn family is also the most strongly represented on the BVG Steering Committee (Dr Brigitte Mohn, Christoph Mohn as Chairman & Elisabeth Mohn). All members have equal voting rights, with the exception of Elisabeth Mohn, who has a veto right.
Individual Owner
Group / Individual Owner
Free float
17.9% of RTL Group S.A. shares are in free float and freely tradable on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
General Information
Founding Year
1999
Affiliated Interests Founder
the news portal ntv.de was launched on 1 May 1999 by ntv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
has been CEO of RTL Germany since January 2024. Previously, Schmitter made a career at RTL's radio division and eventually moved to the editorial department. Schmitter is also responsible for the streaming service RTL+ and the publishing business of Gruner + Jahr. Since the beginning of 2024, he has also been a member of the Group Management Committee (GMC) at Bertelsmann, an advisory board that advises the Bertelsmann Executive Board on strategic issues.
began her career as an intern at RTL Nord, quickly rose to become a reporter, editor and news anchor and moved to RTL West in 2005. In 2010, she became Head of News at ntv and is now Managing Director Programme and Editor-in-Chief for Business & Networks at RTL News. She is also Chairwoman of the Board of Enex (European News Exchange) and the Bertelsmann Working Group for Freedom of the Press.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
began his journalistic career at the end of the 1990s as a trainee at the German Television News Agency (DFA). In 2000, he moved to ntv and worked as London correspondent and studio manager for DFA. After returning to Germany, he worked for CNN Germany and tv.nrw. Whigham has worked in various roles at ntv since 2007. From 2017 he was deputy head of news, since 2019 head of news alongside Renate Friedrich and since October 2023 editor-in-chief.
Contact
Picassoplatz 1
50679 Köln
Deutschland
Telefon: +49 22145630
E-Mail: info@n-tv.de
Website: www.n-tv.de
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Further Information
Meta Data
The finances of n-tv.de are only published together with the TV offering. Accordingly, separate disclosure is not possible.
