Luxembourg, 2 December 2008 – RTL Group today announced the appointment of Andreas Rudas (55) as Executive Vice President Regional Operations & Business Development Central and Eastern Europe at RTL Group’s headquarters. Rudas will be member of the RTL Group Executive Committee.
RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler: “Due to his extensive experience in Eastern European markets, Andreas Rudas is excellently qualified to handle his assignment. His experience in his current position with our longtime partner WAZ Media Group, and in prior engagements at various entertainment and media businesses, will prove a valuable contribution to RTL Group. I wish Andreas Rudas the best of success in his new position and look forward to a close cooperation.”
Andreas Rudas is currently Executive Director of WAZ Ost Holding (subsidiary of WAZ Media Group), responsible for Austria, South Eastern Europe and Vietnam. In this position, since December 2005, he has been responsible for strategy, subsidiary management as well as M&A activities in ten Eastern countries. Prior he held various positions at Magna International Europe since 2000, being Member of the Management Board 2001 to 2005. Since 1986, Rudas worked with the public Austrian broadcaster ORF, from 1994 to 1997 as its Secretary General, responsible for business planning, media politics, marketing and satellite broadcasting.
Born in Budapest, the Austrian Rudas is initiator of the Alpbach technology forum, was University lecturer for marketing at the University of Vienna, and is author of various publications on media politics and new media.
For further enquiries please contact:
Oliver Herrgesell
Corporate Communications
Phone: +352 – 2486 – 5200
oliver.herrgesell@rtlgroup.com
About RTL Group
RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network, with interests in 43 television channels and 31 radio stations in ten countries and content production throughout the world. The television portfolio of Europe’s largest broadcaster includes RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, Five in the UK, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary, Ren TV in Russia and Antena 3 in Spain. RTL Group’s flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg. RTL Group's content production arm, FremantleMedia, is one of the largest international producers outside the US. Each year, it produces more than 10,000 hours of programming across 55 countries.