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Top 25 Broadcast media companies based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 44 broadcast media companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 7,835 professional contacts across them, including 2,050 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.
This list covers broadcast media companies headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest broadcast media companies based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,910 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unser Anspruch lautet: Ein ZDF für alle!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,466 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RTL Deutschland, together with Gruner + Jahr, is Germany's leading entertainment company, spanning all types of media: TV and streaming, print and digital, radio and podcasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,481 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ProSiebenSat.1 is the home of popular entertainment and infotainment and a leading entertainment player in the German-speaking region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Im Jahr 1958 wurde die WDR mediagroup, damals noch unter dem Namen Westdeutsches Werbefernsehen (WWF) GmbH, als 100-prozentige Tochter des Westdeutschen Rundfunks gegründet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als modernes und innovatives Medienunternehmen bündelt die Bremedia ihre Expertise aus Fernseh‑, Film‑, Hörfunk- sowie crossmedialen Angeboten und ist als hundertprozentige…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Der multimediale Qualitätsführer ARD MEDIA GmbH vermarktet in seinem Geschäftsbereich TV/Bewegtbild den nationalen ARD-Sender Das Erste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “September 1988 - Das "on air"-Signal leuchtet hell auf.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Wir – alle Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der rbb media GmbH – stehen Ihnen mit unserer langjährigen Erfahrung und Kompetenz im Bereich Medien gerne zur Seite.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die meisten kennen uns als Rahmenprogrammanbieter der NRW-Lokalradios.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SWR Media Services: Wir machen Produkte hörbar - und noch viel mehr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ORF - Kultur und Information.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Willkommen bei der MDR Media GmbH.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SACHSEN FERNSEHEN steht für den unverwechselbaren Mix aus lokalen und regionalen News im TV, im Radio, auf Infoscreens, im FAHRGAST FERNSEHEN der Straßenbahnen, in den Sozialen…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RADIO 7 Hörfunk GmbH + Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Unternehmen stehen heute vor der Herausforderung, ihre Zielgruppen in einer zunehmend digitalen und informationsgetriebenen Welt zu erreichen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Radyo Metropol FM is a broadcast media company based out of Potsdamerstr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir vereinen starke Audio-Digital-Marken wie 104.6 RTL, STAR FM 87.9, 105'5 Spreeradio, 93,6 JAM FM BERLIN, RTL Berlin Kombi, TOGGO Radio sowie vielfältige Podcast-Formate und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Über uns ams ist ein Medienunternehmen mit den Geschäftsbereichen Radio und MediaSolutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Unternehmensgruppe STUDIO GONG arbeitet seit über 40 Jahren als Beteiligungsunternehmen im Bereich Hörfunk und TV sowie als bundesweiter Vermarkter von Radiosendern und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Radio RSG is a broadcast media company based out of Alleestr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Radio Bamberg + Radio Galaxy Oberfranken” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ariane-Film GmbH is a broadcast media company based out of 13 Altenburger Str, Leipzig, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “fingerprint production is a broadcast media company based out of Prüfeningerstrasse 62, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Auf unseren Seiten sind Plugins des sozialen Netzwerks Facebook Facebook Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA integriert.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: broadcast media companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names broadcast media companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of broadcast media companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name broadcast media companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Broadcast media companies based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 44 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among broadcast media companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “broadcast media companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names broadcast media companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among broadcast media companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,050 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names broadcast media companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many broadcast media companies are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 44 broadcast media companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
ZDF, headquartered in Mainz, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most broadcast media companies?
Berlin leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Nurnberg (4) and Koln (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,050 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 44 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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