Living Language, originally an imprint of Random House, LLC, was a foreign language self-study publisher. Living Language published a number of courses in languages such as French, German, Italian, Persian, Arabic, etc.
History
Living Language was originally developed in 1946 by foreign language education experts to teach overseas-bound service personnel and diplomats. The Living Language imprint expanded its publishing program to include audio-only CD courses, online-based courses and comprehensive language learning kits for adults and children.
As of 2025, the imprint appears to no longer be publishing new material and its original website now redirects to an English learning website.
Languages offered
Living Language offered 28 languages, including 27 oral and one sign language, that were: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dothraki, Dutch, English, Persian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and American Sign Language.[1]
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- Arcadia Entertainment
- Aris Ekdotiki
- ClipArt Films
- Feelgood Entertainment
- Fiction Pictures
- JP Video Productions
- Libero Video
- Lucifier Video Enterprises
- Mascot Video
- Media Vista Film & Audio Distributors
- Panorama Audio Visual Systems S.A.
- Pissanos International
- Star Video
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- RTL Radio
- 104.6 RTL
- Antenne Bayern[b]
- Antenne Niedersachsen[c]
- Radio Hamburg[d]
- Radio NRW[e]
- 105'5 Spreeradio
- Radio 21[f]
- Radio Regenbogen[g]
- BigFM[h]
- Hitradio RTL Sachsen[i]
- Radio Brocken (50%)
- 89.0 RTL
- Antenne Thüringen (15%)
- Radio Ton (2%)
- Rock Antenne[b]
- Sachsen Funkpaket (31.9%)
- Radio Dresden
- Radio Leipzig
- Radio Chemnitz
- Radio Lausitz
- Radio Zwickau
- Radio Erzgebirge
- Vogtland Radio
- Oldie 95 (4.78%)
- Radio Top 40 (15%)
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| Groupe M6 (48.6%) |
- Catchup and Video on Demand
- M6+
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- Gulli Girl
- Tiji (Russia)
- Gulli Africa
- Gulli Bil Arabi
- MCM Pop
- M6 International
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| RTL Magyarország | | TV |
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Muzsika TV
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- ^ joint venture with Leonine Holding, The Walt Disney Company, Bauer Media Group and Hubert Burda Media.
- ^ a b joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
- ^ joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
- ^ joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
- ^ joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
- ^ joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.
- ^ joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.
- ^ joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.
- ^ joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen.
- ^ joint venture with TF1 Group.
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