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A journey of achievements

2026
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10M subscribers, 45M users

RTL+, Germany's leading streaming service, completes its migration to the Bedrock platform, the largest streaming migration of its kind in Europe. Bedrock became the largest pan-European streaming platform across 6 countries, reaching 10 million subscribers and 45 million users. RTL Group's streaming business turns profitable.

Management

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    Jonas Engwall
    Chief Executive Officer
  • portrait of Nicolas Auffret
    Nicolas Auffret
    Chief Operating Officer
  • portrait of Ricardo Castelhano
    Ricardo Castelhano
    Chief Technology Officer
  • portrait of Luc Bretones
    Luc Bretones
    Chief Product Officer
  • Jonas Engwall

    With more than 20 years’ experience in the media and technology industry, and a professional career spanning almost a dozen countries, Jonas brings extensive expertise and a proven track record for leading business growth and international expansion. He joined RTL Group in 2007 in various strategy and business development positions. From 2013, he led the launch of RTL Group channels in India, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of RTL CBS Asia, which was launched across 19 territories. In 2017, he served for two years as Head of iflix Asia – rolled out in 13 countries. Prior to joining Bedrock, he had rejoined RTL Group in 2019 as Senior Vice President Global Operations Management VOD. Jonas holds a Master in Economics and a Bachelor in Computer Science from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

  • Nicolas Auffret

    Nicolas brings 15 years of experience in media & technology, mostly in digital task forces and international environments. Before joining Bedrock, he was Vice President in charge of Partnerships, Brand and Business Development at OTT platform Molotov since 2016. Prior to this role, he was Head of Consumer Division at Oodrive, a cloud-based software company.



    From 2006 to 2013, Nicolas held various positions at TF1 Group, first as Senior Manager Strategy and Innovation and then as Head of Distribution for free-to-air, PayTV and streaming services. Nicolas Auffret holds a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School.

  • Ricardo Castelhano

    With more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership and software engineering, Ricardo has led the development of large-scale digital and streaming platforms across Europe. Before joining Bedrock, he worked with NBCUniversal and Sky Group, where he oversaw devices engineering for international services including Peacock, SkyShowtime, and Showmax. Earlier, he held senior technical roles at RUPEAL, leading enterprise software delivery and product operations.

  • Luc Bretones

    Luc Bretones is Chief Product Officer at Bedrock, where he leads one integrated Product team bringing Product, Tech and Design together around a shared vision, with a strong focus on customer value, execution and business impact.
    He brings extensive experience in product innovation, technology and organizational transformation, including almost ten years at Orange, where he led Product for the SMB business and later the Group Product & Design Factory, overseeing the launch of hundreds of products across 30 countries. He also brings strong entrepreneurial experience, having built and scaled technology and SaaS businesses.
    Luc is Honorary Chairman of the digital think tank Institut G9+, co-author of The Next Generation Enterprise and former Chairman of the Board of École Centrale Méditerranée.

  • portrait of Eric Ghestemme
    Eric Ghestemme
    Chief Financial Officer
  • portrait of Bénédicte PALISSE
    Bénédicte PALISSE
    Chief Human Resources Officer
  • portrait of Sylviane Lecomte
    Sylviane Lecomte
    SVP Customer Value & Business Acceleration
  • portrait of Christof BRUTSCH
    Christof BRUTSCH
    SVP Engineering
  • Eric Ghestemme

    With 20 years of experience in Finance, Eric leads the Finance/Legal/Purchasing/General Services team of Bedrock since 2020. Eric had joined M6 Group in 2008 as Head of internal Audit, and later moved to a Head of Investor Relations and Secretary of M6 Supervisory Board role in 2010.



    Prior to joining M6 Group, he had started his career at Deloitte (Audit) before working at PSA (Controlling and Purchasing). Eric holds a Master of Science in Management from ESSEC Business School and a History Degree from University Paris La Sorbonne.

  • Bénédicte PALISSE

    Bénédicte brings over 15 years of HR experience across industrial, services and technology sectors, progressively taking on broader scope across France and internationally. She held HR leadership roles at Sonovision Group, UTC Climate and Adduxi, where she also served as General Manager, overseeing a 300-person organisation across Europe and Asia. She then joined Ringover as CHRO, where she drove the company's people strategy through a period of rapid international growth, with a focus on talent, management excellence and the use of AI to raise organisational performance.

  • Sylviane Lecomte

    Sylviane has 15 years of experience in agile product design & strategy, project management, B2B client product & solutions management.

    From 2012 she cofounded and led B2B operations of a digital personal assistance service that expanded to 3 continents servicing big industry fidelity programs and digital strategies . She joined Bedrock in 2017 and is now in charge of overseeing client onboarding experience & proposition from pre-sales to solutions design, commercial product strategy and deployment handover.



    With a solid technology background (ECE IT Engineering graduate) and business skills supported by an innovation specialized MBA (Quantic School of Business & Technology), Sylviane is driven by customer satisfaction and delivery efficiency.

  • Christof BRUTSCH

    Christof Brütsch is a senior engineering leader specializing in aligning product, engineering, and delivery to launch and operate complex digital entertainment platforms at a global scale. Prior to joining Bedrock, he drove large-scale delivery initiatives across NBCU’s streaming ecosystem at Sky and spent over 17 years shaping digital entertainment products at Swisscom. Holding a Master of Science in Communication Systems Engineering from EPFL, he is passionate about building high-performing, inclusive engineering cultures that connect product strategy with flawless execution.

  • portrait of Lionel Mottay
    Lionel Mottay
    SVP Engineering
  • portrait of Hitesh Maisuria
    Hitesh Maisuria
    VP Business Development
  • portrait of Wilco Dona
    Wilco Dona
    EVP Product and Innovation
  • Lionel Mottay

    Lionel has spent over 20 years in telecommunications, working across network infrastructure, TV distribution and large-scale platform operations. He held technical roles at LDCom, Neuf Cegetel and later SFR, contributing to the development and operation of TV and content platforms serving millions of broadband and mobile users.
    His experience includes TV backends and head-end systems, OTT applications, broadband gateways and set-top boxes, as well as involvement in large-scale live sports services.

  • Hitesh Maisuria

    Hitesh is an entrepreneurial individual who delivers new business, onboarding and managing partners to drive net new revenues and value for customers. Before joining Bedrock, Hitesh held senior commercial positions at Deltatre, Comcast Technology Solutions, TV App Agency, and Brightcove.



    Hitesh is a seasoned sales professional with over 16 years of B2B experience across the OTT space working with some of the world's largest entertainment and sports broadcasters, pay TV operators, and D2C content owners. Hitesh comes to Bedrock with a proven track record in delivering and closing multi-million euro sales opportunities that are complex in nature.

  • Wilco Dona

    Wilco brings more than 25 years of experience in product, technology and innovation, with a strong focus on digital consumer products in the telecom, media and streaming industries.
    Before joining Bedrock, he was Head of Product for RTL Nederland’s digital portfolio, including streaming services Videoland and RTL XL, as well as its digital publishing brands RTL Nieuws and RTL Boulevard.
    At RTL, he led multidisciplinary product and technology teams and drove several major product and business innovations, including new streaming experiences and monetisation models.
    Throughout his career, his focus has been on bringing together product, technology and business strategy to develop and scale innovative consumer propositions.
    Wilco holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an MBA from TSM, a joint venture of 3 major universities in the Netherlands

      Board members

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        Clément Schwebig
        Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group
      • portrait of David Larramendy
        David Larramendy
        Chairman of the Executive Board of Groupe M6
      • portrait of Andreas Fischer
        Andreas Fischer
        Chief Operating Officer (COO), RTL Deutschland
      • portrait of Valéry Gerfaud
        Valéry Gerfaud
        General Manager at M6 Group, in charge of Distribution, Digital, Innovation & Technologies
      • Clément Schwebig

        Clément Schwebig, born in 1977, holds a master’s degree in management from HEC Paris Business School and a master’s degree in corporate law from Sorbonne University.

        He began his career in the media industry at RTL Group, where he spent more than a decade managing television operations across Luxembourg, the UK, Croatia, Greece and India.

        In 2013, Clément Schwebig joined Time Warner/Turner in Hong Kong, where he served in several senior positions, including Head of Business Development & Digital for Asia, Managing Director China, and Chief Financial Officer Asia Pacific.

        Following the merger of Warner Media and Discovery, he was appointed President and Managing Director of Warner Bros. Discovery in Asia, based in Singapore and encompassing India, Southeast Asia, and Korea.

        Most recently, Clément Schwebig held the position of President and Managing Director Western Europe & Africa at Warner Bros. Discovery. In this role, he oversaw a diverse regional portfolio across brands such as Warner Bros., HBO, Discovery and Eurosport, covering TV networks, the streaming service HBO Max, local content production and Warner Bros. Studio activities.

        In May 2026, Clément Schwebig was named Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group and Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann, following his appointments as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Groupe M6 and Board Member of Atresmedia.

      • David Larramendy

        A graduate of Supélec and holder of an MBA from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, he began his career with Ernst & Young before joining Mistergooddeal at its inception in 2000. He then worked in the London offices of Goldman Sachs prior to joining M6 Group in 2008 as Sales Director of the Ventadis Division, of which he became CEO in 2010. Appointed CEO of M6 Publicité in January 2015, he joined the Executive Board in February 2015 and became Chairman of the Executive Board in april 2024.

      • Andreas Fischer

        Andreas Fischer, born in 1970, became Head of Business Development at RTL Group in July 2019. In January 2020, he was promoted to Executive Vice President Business Development.



        Andreas started his career at RTL Group in 2000 and has worked in various functions before joining RTL Group’s Strategy & Controlling department in 2010, where he became Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions in 2011. In 2013, he took over the management and coordination of RTL Group’s Synergy Committees. In September 2015, Andreas became Senior Vice President Business Development & Emerging Markets. He was appointed Senior Vice President Business Development and Regional Operations CEE & Asia on 1 January 2017. Andreas was appointed Senior Vice President (SVP) Global Operations Management Broadcast & Content in March 2018.



        Andreas holds a law degree from Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (Germany) and a Master of Laws degree from University of New South Wales and University of Sydney (Australia).

      • Valéry Gerfaud

        Valéry Gerfaud is a member of the Executive Committee of Group M6 since November 2007 and General Manager in charge of Distribution, Digital, Innovation and Technologies. In this role, he is responsible for the digital transformation of the Group, with a specific focus on increasing the linear and non-linear distribution of the television and radio antennas through OTT services or partnerships with distributors. He also manages the technology teams working on television and radio broadcasting as well as digital services.



        Before, he held several senior roles within telecommunication company SFR including BtoC Marketing Manager and Mobile Multimedia Program Manager and has also been COO at Club Internet (T-Online France).



        Valéry Gerfaud is an engineer graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the ENSAE.

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        Mouna Sepehri
        Managing Partner and co-founder of Orson
      • portrait of Alexander  von Torklus
        Alexander von Torklus
        Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of RTL Group
      • Mouna Sepehri

        Mouna SEPEHRI is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Orson. A member of the Paris Bar, Mouna has more than 25 years of experience in senior executive positions.

        Before co-founding Orson, she played an instrumental role in the foundation and development of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Having joined Renault in 1996 as Deputy General Counsel, she took part in the negotiations that led to the creation of the Alliance in 1999. She then held various executive responsibilities within the Alliance as Executive Vice-President and Secretary of the Renault-Nissan Alliance Board.In 2011, she was named a member of the Renault Group Executive Committee.

        In 2019, finally, Mouna was appointed Special Advisor to the CEO of the Renault Group.

        Mouna began her career in 1990 as a lawyer in Paris and then New York.
        She has served as a Board member in numerous listed companies, including Nexans, Danone, Orange, and M6 Group.

      • Alexander von Torklus

        Alexander von Torklus, born in 1979, studied and earned his doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin, before starting his career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in 2003.


        From there, he moved to Arvato in October 2006. As Director Corporate Controlling and Consulting, his responsibilities included international investment controlling. In September 2009, he was appointed Senior Vice President Corporate Controlling and Consulting. In this role, he was responsible for various M&A projects, strategic topics and controlling. In October 2015, Alexander von Torklus became Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, where he led a team of 500 employees and was responsible for the Finance, Strategy, and Purchasing Departments.


        In January 2023, he was appointed Executive Vice President Corporate Controlling and Strategy at Bertelsmann.


        On 1 September 2026, Alexander joined RTL Group as CFO and Executive Director. He is also a member of RTL Group’s Executive Committee.

      Our Offices

      Paris

      46 rue Jacques Dulud
      92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

      Lyon

      76 avenue Tony Garnier (Bât. 2)
      69007 Lyon, France

      Lisbon

      IDEA Spaces Av. António Augusto Aguiar 122C
      1050-046 Lisbon, Portugal

      Cologne

      Bedrock Streaming Deutschland GmbH, Picassoplatz 1,
      50679 Köln Germany

      News

       The Race to Scale: Streaming’s Path to Financial Sustainability

      The Race to Scale: Streaming’s Path to Financial Sustainability

      2026.09.28

      A recap of The Media Odyssey Podcast episdoe recorded live at Streaming Made Easy Live in Amsterdam the day before IBC 2026. Hosts Evan Shapiro and Marion Ranchet with guests Jonas Engwall (CEO, Bedrock Streaming), Rowan de Pomerai (CEO, the DPP) and Bjarne Andre Myklebust (Head of Distribution, NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation).

       Case Study: FIFA World Cup 2026 on M6+

      Case Study: FIFA World Cup 2026 on M6+

      2026.09.03

      How Bedrock powered 54 FIFA World Cup matches on M6+ across 39 consecutive days, supporting more than one million concurrent streams and record live audiences in France.

       RTL+ Migration to Bedrock Completed

      RTL+ Migration to Bedrock Completed

      2026.05.13

      Transition to largest pan-European streaming platform strengthens foundation for profitable growth. <br /> RTL+, Germany's leading streaming service with more than 7.3 million subscribers, has officially completed its migration to the Bedrock platform. It's a milestone we're incredibly proud of and one that's been in the making since July 2024.