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...that were not enough, there are entrenched telecom monopolies, local media companies and wary regulators to contend with. Malone learned that lesson the hard way earlier this year in Germany, when powerful private broadcasters like RTL and public providers such as ARD and ZDF did their best to block him. "A scheme in which one player controls the heart of TV's infrastructure is against open competition," says Didier Bellens, CEO of RTL Group, which is controlled by Bertelsmann. Given that kind of opposition, it wasn't surprising that after spending months negotiating a deal to purchase six of Deutsche...
Davis, 37, has built a thriving business out of adapting to Germany the sort of fare familiar to viewers of Lifetime and other women's cable channels in the U.S. Consider The Woman, Her Friend and the Rapist, a 90-minute movie that recently appeared on RTL, a German commercial network. It's about a newlywed whose husband is accused of raping her best friend. The show was watched by 2.4 million people, garnering an enviable 19% share...
...sitcom and a feature film. He and two partners are cranking out about five TV movies a year for Germany's two private networks. Davis says, "My shows are almost all for women," who predominate among prime-time viewers and who appreciate "a strong societal component." The movie for RTL introduced the topic of date rape to many German households and, as part of the drama, explained what qualifies as date rape...
...British media company Pearson, Scardino is tackling the company's debt by ridding it of noncore businesses and focusing on education and consumer publishing. Last month, Pearson sold its stake in broadcaster RTL, after having previously dispensed with interests in Royal Doulton china and Madame Tussaud's waxworks, among others...
...brought out the survivors. One journalist, Johanne Sutton, was shot multiple times in the leg and chest, and she died before they could get her to the clinic in Dashti Qala, which is about 3 miles away from the frontline. Two other journalists - Volker and Pierre Billaud of RTL Radio - had been left behind. According to an Afghan interpreter who was with them, they were injured and so they could not run to catch up with the APC once they fell off. Their bodies - and one body of an NA soldier who was also killed - were recovered the next morning...