RTL 4
Launched	October 2, 1989
Network	RTL Nederland
Owned by	RTL Group
Audience share	14.7% (2006, [1])
Country	Netherlands
Headquarters	Hilversum, Netherlands & Luxembourg city, Luxembourg
Formerly called	RTL Véronique (until 1990)
Sister channel(s)	RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8
Website	www.rtl4.nl
Availability
Satellite
Astra 1H

RTL 4 is a commercial television station in the Netherlands. It is one of the biggest commercial television stations in the country, especially with those aged between 20 and 49. The station has three sister tv channels; RTL 5,RTL 7 (previously Yorin) and RTL 8 (previously Tien) . From May 1991 until September 2006, the station has had several accompanying radio stations, such as RTL4 Radio, Happy RTL, and RTL FM. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... RTL Nederland S.A. is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. ... RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Administration District Luxembourg Canton Luxembourg LAU 2 LU00011001 Mayor Paul Helminger Geography Area Area rank 51. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... RTL 5 the 2nd channel of the RTL group RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 in the Netherlands ... RTL 7 is the 3rd channel from the RTL Group in the Netherlands. ... RTL 8 is a commercial television station set to be launched in the Netherlands, due fall 2007. ... SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based (in Betzdorf) corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ... RTL 5 the 2nd channel of the RTL group RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 in the Netherlands ... RTL 7 is the 3rd channel from the RTL Group in the Netherlands. ... Yorin was a Dutch television channel. ... RTL 8 is a commercial television station set to be launched in the Netherlands, due fall 2007. ... Tien was the name of a commercial television channel in the Netherlands. ...

It originally launched on the Astra satellite as RTL Veronique on October 2, 1989, before rebranding as RTL 4 (after 1, 2 and 3 were already used by the Netherlands' public broadcasters) the next year. It was the first private commercial broadcaster in the Netherlands, and originally broadcast from Luxembourg (private broadcasters were not allowed to originate from the Netherlands until 1992). The encryption system employed by both RTL 4 and 5 analogue services whilst on the Astra 1a and 1C satellites was Luxcrypt. This standard was employed (mainly on the English language programmes carried with Dutch subtitles) in order to protect the distribution rights sold by foreign studios to RTL. Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), now SES Astra. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

RTL 4's old logo

RTL 4's latest relaunch was on 12 August 2005. New plans were introduced in order to broadcast more Dutch drama, RTL news programmes and entertainment shows using international formats. Hits on RTL 4 include Het Zes Uur Nieuws, Editie NL, RTL Boulevard and the detective series Baantjer and Grijpstra & de Gier. Idols (Pop Idol in the UK or American Idol in the USA) is also very popular. RTL 4 plans to become a family favourite on Saturday night with Idols, X Factor, Dancing with the Stars and Dancing on Ice. Image File history File links RTL4_col. ... Image File history File links RTL4_col. ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... RTL Boulevard is a daily television programme on the Dutch broadcasting station RTL 4. ... This article is about the British television series. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... X Factor, the Dutch version of the British show The X Factor started screening in late 2006 on RTL 4. ... Countries with their own version Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. ... // Main article: Torvill and Deans Dancing on Ice The German version begins on 9 October on RTL and hosted by actor Wayne Carpendale and Mirjam Weichselbraun. ...

RTL 4 plans to become more interactive with its viewers with Life and Cooking episodes shown on Sunday afternoons, on the relaunched network. There are several conceptual views of interactivity, the most general being the contingency view. ...

RTL 4 also bought the rights for the soaps As The World Turns and The Bold and The Beautiful. Since January 2007, RTL sold B&B to SBS6. With more money and space to buy other tv shows, RTL 4 bougth the rights for the successful drama show Brothers and sisters and took over CSI: Miami. As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light),[1] airing each weekday on CBS. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956[2] at 1:30pm. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... SBS 6 Current Logo SBS6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by the SBS Broadcasting Group. ... Brothers and Sisters can refer to: Brothers and Sisters (band) is an indie folk rock/country band from Austin, Texas. ... CSI: Miami is a spinoff of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ...

External links

• RTL 4 (Dutch)