RTL Television
Type	Direct Broadcast Satellite, Cable and DVB-T (where available)
Country	Germany
Availability	National; also distributed in  Austria and  Switzerland
Owner	RTL Group
Launch date	January 2, 1984
Past names	RTL Plus (1984-1992)
Website	www.rtl.de

RTL (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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to as direct-to-home signals. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... DVB-T stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial and it is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1984. ... This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... DVB-T stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial and it is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. ... RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...

It started broadcasting on January 2, 1984 at 17.27 from VHF channel E7 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. is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ...

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. Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992, 2005-)was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ...

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. For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Look up Highlander in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ...

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 23.00. Erotica, from the Greek eros, love, are works of art, including literature, photography, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ...

It became the market leader in the early 90s.

It is now the primary channel of the RTL Group's German television stations, which also include RTL 2, Super RTL, VOX and n-tv. RTL II is a German television network, founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. ... Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. ... VOX is a German television channel of the VOX Film- und Fernseh-GmbH & Co. ... n-tv is a German television news channel owned by the RTL Group. ...

Programmes

News / News Magazines

• RTL Aktuell main news program broadcast daily at 18:45. The head anchor man is Peter Kloeppel.
• Explosiv daily tabloid programme with anchors Markus Lanz 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 Stefan Aust and Maria Gresz.

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Entertainment

Current

• Wer wird Millionär? German version of Celador format Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? hosted by Günther Jauch
• Deutschland sucht den SuperStar German version of production sister company Fremantle's Idols format started in the UK.
• Let's Dance A German version of Strictly Come Dancing hosted by Nazan Eckes and Hape Kerkeling
• Dancing on Ice hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Wayne Carpendale
• Entern oder Kentern hosted by Sonja Zietlow
• Das Supertalent A German version of Britain's Got Talent
• Bauer sucht Frau hosted by Inka Bause
• Rach, der Restauranttester

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• Top of the Pops, the German version of this (now-defunct) British music show.
• Big Boss A short-lived format in Germany. Fremantle holds international licences for the show, except in the United States.
• Fear Factor German version of Endemol format hosted by Sonja Zietlow
• Der Schwächste fliegt! A short-lived German version of the BBC format, The Weakest Link
• Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus! German version of Granada format I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! hosted by Sonja Zietlow and Dirk Bach

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Comedy

• Alles Atze
• Freitag Nacht News
• Alle lieben Jimmy
• Mitten im Leben
• Kinder, Kinder

Soap operas

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten adaptation of the Dutch format Goede tijden, slechte tijden
• Unter Uns
• Alles was zählt
• Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (disposed)

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Sports

• Formula One hosted by Florian König and Niki Lauda
• Ski jumping hosted by Marco Schreyl and Dieter Thoma
• Boxing hosted by Florian König

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Foreign Series (mostly U.S. Series)

• CSI (as CSI - Den Tätern auf der Spur)
• CSI: Miami
• House (as Dr. House)
• Bones (as Bones - Die Knochenjägerin)
• Psych
• Law & Order
• Prison Break
• Monk
• Kyle XY (upcoming)

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See also

• RTL Group
• Bertelsmann AG

RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. ...

External links

• Official Site (German)
• RTL website