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RTL Television
Country Germany
HeadquartersCologne, Germany
Ownership
OwnerRTL Group

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 centres. 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 2 January 1984 at 17:27 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 holiday.

RTL plus was famous in its early years for showing low-budget films and American programmes. It was the number 2 commercial broadcaster.

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 Fußball-Bundesliga. Deals with Cannon, which at the time was successful with films like Highlander and, one year later, with Universal Studios, finally provided more high profile films for the channel.

More and more people started to watch the channel, which soon also became famous for its edgy own productions. RTL was notorious for showing 70s softcore pornography every Saturday night at 23:00[citation needed], with the game show Tutti Frutti being an example.

It became the market leader in the early 90s.[citation needed] 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, VOX and n-tv.

Programmming aired by RTL Television

News / news magazines

  • Punkt 6 – weekdays, at 06:00
  • Punkt 9 – weekdays, at 09:00
  • Punkt 12 – weekdays, at 12:00
  • RTL Aktuell – main news programme broadcast daily at 18:45. The head news presenter is Peter Kloeppel
  • RTL Nachtjournal – every night, at about midnight
  • Explosiv – daily tabloid programme with presenters Janine Steeger and Nazan Eckes
  • Exclusiv – celebrity news programme with Frauke Ludowig and Leonard Diepenbrock
  • Stern TV – newsmagazine based on the print magazine Stern hosted by Steffen Hallaschka - (1990-2010) 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

Entertainment

Current

Former

Die Trickser, 2011

Comedy

Current

  • Alles Atze (reruns)
  • Doctor's Diary
  • Nicola (reruns)
  • Mein Leben und Ich (reruns)
  • Mitten im Leben
  • Böse Mädchen

Former

  • Achtung! Hartwich
  • Angie
  • Freitag Nacht News
  • Alle lieben Jimmy
  • Kinder, Kinder
  • 4 Singles

Soap operas

Current

Former

Former American soap operas

Sport

Other American series

Current

Former

See also

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