RTL Group () is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 43 television and 32 radio stations in 10 countries. This Luxembourg-based media group operates TV channels and radio stations in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, UK, Australia, Luxembourg, Spain, Hungary, Croatia, and production companies in the United States. It is one of the world's leading producers of television content such as gameshows and soaps (particularly through its ownership of London-based FremantleMedia), including The X Factor, Pop Idol, Good Times, Bad Times, The Price Is Right, Family Feud, The Bill, and, under licence from Mark Burnett Productions, the producer of non-US versions, and distributor of all versions internationally, of The Apprentice and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. The now-defunct Atlantic 252 was a long-wave radio station jointly run by RTL Group and Irish broadcaster RTÉ. It ceased broadcasting live on December 20, 2001. RTL originally stood for Radio Télévision Luxembourg (in French) or Radio Television Luxemburg (in German). (via Wikipedia)