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RTL Television (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial, in larger population centers). It belongs to the RTL Group and is, in terms of market share, Germany's largest private free-to-air broadcaster.
It started broadcasting on January 2, 1984 at 5.27pm from VHF channel E7 (system B, color PAL) in Luxembourg and at first only had a theoretical audience of approx.
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RTL Television (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial, in larger population centers). It belongs to the RTL Group and is, in terms of market share, Germany's largest private free-to-air broadcaster.
It started broadcasting on January 2, 1984 at 5.27pm from VHF channel E7 (system B, color PAL) in Luxembourg and at first only had a theoretical audience of approx. 200,000. Until 1988, when it moved its headquarters to Cologne, Germany, it was considered a Luxembourg-based station.
A spin-off of the German version of Radio Luxembourg, RTL started with a low budget and many of the early hosts simply presented versions of their radio formats adapted for television. One early success was the quiz show "Ein Tag wie kein anderer" (A Day Like No Other), in which candidates were competing for a dream vacation.
RTL plus was famous in its early years for showing low-budget movies and American hit-shows. It was the number 2 commercial broadcaster, which at the time didn't mean much: Only a limited audience with cable could see the new channels, an effect which led to many Germans going to their neighbours to watch that strange new channel from Luxembourg.
All that changed when RTL moved to Cologne and, in return, received the right to broadcast on terrestrial frequencies. That same year, RTL acquired the first-run right to the prestigious German Bundesliga. Deals with Cannon, which at the time was successful with films like Highlander and, one year later, with Universal Studios, finally provided first-class movies for the channel.
More and more people started to watch the channel, which soon also became famous for its edgy own productions - a welcome change to the shows on public channels that had become to be perceived as old-fashioned. RTL was notorious for showing 70s soft porn every Saturday night at 11.00.
It became the market leader in the early 90s. The current slogan is “Mein RTL” which means My RTL.
It is now the primary channel of the RTL Group's German television stations, which also include RTL II, Super RTL, RTL Shop, VOX and n-tv.
Programmes
News / News Magazines
- Punkt 6 on weekdays, at 6 o'clock a.m. (Punkt means point)
- Punkt 9 on weekdays, at 9 o'clock a.m.
- Punkt 12 on weekdays, at 12 o'clock p.m.
- RTL Aktuell main news program broadcast daily at 18:45. The head anchor man is Peter Kloeppel.
- RTL Nachtjournal Every night, about midnight
- Explosiv daily tabloid programme with anchors Janine Steeger and Nazan Eckes.
- Exclusiv celebrity news programme with anchor woman Frauke Ludowig and Leonard Diepenbrock.
- Stern TV newsmagazine based on the print magazine Stern hosted by Günther Jauch.
- Spiegel TV newsmagazine based on the print magazine Der Spiegel hosted by Maria Gresz and Hendrik Voehringer.
- Extra - Das RTL-Magazin, a weekly magazine hosted by Birgit Schrowange
Punkt 6, 9, 12, RTL Aktuell, RTL Nachtjournal are from one group. It's the same design and you see it belongs together.
Entertainment
Current
Cancelled
Comedy
- Achtung! Hartwich (cancelled)
- Alles Atze
- Freitag Nacht News (cancelled)
- Alle lieben Jimmy (cancelled)
- Doctor's Diary
- Mitten im Leben
- Kinder, Kinder
- Angie
- Nicola (canceled)
- Mein Leben und Ich (cancelled)
- Böse Mädchen
Soap operas
Sports
Foreign Series (mostly U.S. Series)
See also
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