German broadcaster RTL posted first-quarter revenue of 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) on Wednesday, up 2.6% year-on-year, with TV advertising sales up 10%, after an 8.2% fall in 2023. RTL confirmed its guidance for 2024, saying this was based on "a slight recovery of the German TV advertising market and broadly stable advertising markets" in its other regions. "We have good momentum and expect that the recovery of the TV advertising markets will continue in the second quarter of 2024," an RTL spokesperson said, without giving details.
Eurovision's Olly Alexander lifted the lid on what went wrong during his live performance in the semi-final in Malmo.
British allegations of Russian involvement in an arson attack in Britain are absurd and part of an information war against Moscow, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Zakharova said Russia considered such allegations provocative and never carried out sabotage attacks against civilian targets.