Chair back in Munich: Former RTL boss Habets plays at ProSiebenSat.1
Chair back in Munich
Former RTL boss Habets plays at ProSiebenSat.1
10/03/2022, 9:15 p.m
After a few months as a controller, ex-RTL boss Habets takes over the fortunes of the TV group ProSiebenSat.1. Above all, he should advance the streaming business. It is said that the previous boss will be separated by mutual agreement.
There is a surprising change of boss at the television company ProSiebenSat.1. Former RTL boss Bert Habets will take over as CEO of the Bavarian television group on November 1, which is how the MDAX-listed company has a stake. The native Dutchman has been a member of the ProSiebenSat.1 Supervisory Board since May 2022.
Before that, he worked for RTL Group based in Luxembourg for many years of his career. At times he was also RTL boss – until Bertelsmann boss Thomas Rabe took over at the top in spring 2019. RTL is part of the Bertelsmann portfolio.
Habets has experience leading global media companies and expertise in launching and growing video streaming services. The previous CEO Rainer Beaujean has resigned by mutual agreement with the supervisory board, the company explains. Beaujean’s contract was only extended until mid-2027 in December 2021.
Habets’ move from the Supervisory Board to the Group Executive Board means that his seat on the Supervisory Board WILL become vacant and is to be filled at the next ProSiebenSat.1 Annual General Meeting on May 2, 2023.
The television group emphasized that the Italian major shareholder MediaForEuropa (MFE) had no influence on the personnel. The TV company of ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, which holds a large stake in ProSiebenSat.1, has repeatedly spoken of a European broadcasting network that Mann is striving for – however, no concrete plans have been made so far. The relationship between the two media houses is considered to be rather cool. MFE recently announced that it would strengthen its presence in Germany with its own office in Munich.