RTL to acquire Sky Germany from Comcast
- Location
- Cologne / Unterföhring · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sector
- Media
- Organisations
- RTL Group ↔ Sky Deutschland
- Transaction
- Acquisition
- Volume
- up to €527 million
- Status
- completed
RTL is acquiring Sky Deutschland from Comcast; €150 million immediate payment plus up to €377 million variable component. Update (01.06.2026): Following unconditional EU clearance, RTL closed the deal on 01.06.2026; after adjustments the upfront cash paid to Comcast came to €68m, with the variable component of up to €377m unchanged (Bertelsmann, 01.06.2026: https://www.bertelsmann.com/en/media/news/rtl-group-closes-acquisition-of-sky-deutschland.html).
Source: reuters.com ↗ · Archived copy ↗
Further sources: bertelsmann.com ↗ (Archived copy ↗)
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