RTL Group has appointed Tobias Schiwek as new CEO of multiplatform network, Divimove, effective 1 January 2019. Tobias Schiwek, currently Co-Managing Director of UFA X and Chief Digital Officer of UFA, will succeed the three Co-Founders and Managing Directors of Divimove, Brian Ruhe, Philipp Bernecker and Sebastiaan van Dam. The Co-Founders decided to step down from their management roles by the end of this year. Tobias Schiwek's succession as Co-Managing Director of UFA X will be communicated in due course. As already announced on 10 September 2018, RTL Group is determined to continue to grow its multi- platform network (MPN) businesses significantly. RTL Group's goal is to build a strong and profitable digital video group, combining StyleHaul, Divimove and United Screens. This new group will operate at global scale, to reach and entertain young audiences with compelling short-form video content. Once this group has been established in the course of 2019, Tobias Schiwek will report to the CEO of this group of MPNs, Sean Atkins, who also serves as CEO of StyleHaul. Most recently, Tobias Schiwek has been Managing Director of UFA X - previously known as UFA Lab - and Chief Digital Officer of UFA. From 2016 to 2017, Tobias Schiwek served as Head of Ventures and was responsible for all new business at UFA Lab. Before he joined UFA, he worked as a digital sctrategist, founding various media start-ups and advising established industries on digital change.