Q1/2025: Continued dynamic growth of RTL Group’s streaming services
Paying subscribers up 18.5 per cent year on year to 7.1 million, streaming revenue up 29.1 per cent.
RTL Group today presented its figures for the first quarter of 2025. Group revenue was €1,292 million (Q1/2024: €1,318 million). Continued dynamic growth of RTL Group’s streaming services: paying subscribers up 18.5 per cent year on year to 7.1 million, streaming revenue up 29.1 per cent in Q1/2025. Total advertising revenue stable, digital advertising revenue up 28.8 per cent, offsetting the decrease of TV advertising. Outlook for 2025 confirmed: full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITA expected to increase to around €780 million.
Thomas Rabe, Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group, says: “RTL Group had a solid start into 2025. Paying streaming subscribers were up 18 per cent, exceeding the seven million mark. Streaming and digital advertising revenue each grew by 29 per cent, offsetting lower TV advertising revenue. We are firmly on track for streaming profitability in 2026. Fremantle is making good progress on boosting IP development and rapidly deploying AI, as evidenced by the launch of a new AI-focused label, Imaginae Studios. We confirm our full-year Adjusted EBITA guidance of around €780 million. If advertising revenue fell short of expectations, we would reduce costs accordingly. We are confident that, in the medium term, the investment programme announced by the new German government will have a positive effect on GDP, private consumption and advertising spend.”
