RTL Television
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RTL Television (formerly RTL plus) is Germany's biggest commercial private television company. It belongs to the RTL Group.
It started broadcasting on January 2, 1984 at 5:27PM from VHF channel 7 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.
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.
The current CEO is Gerhard Zeiler.
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Shows aired on RTL
News / News Magazines
- RTL Aktuell main news program broadcast daily at 18:45. The head anchor man is Peter Kloeppel.
- Explosiv daily tabloid program with anchors Markus Lanz and Petra Schweers.
- Exclusiv celebrity news program with anchor woman Frauke Ludowig.
- Stern TV newsmagazine based on the print magazine Stern hosted by Günther Jauch
- Spiegel TV newsmagazine based on the print magazine Der Spiegel
Entertainment
- Wer wird Millionär? adaptation of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? hosted by Günther Jauch
- Fear Factor adaption of the American show hosted by Sonja Zietlow
- Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! adaptation of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
- Deutschland sucht den Superstar adaption of Pop Idol
Comedy
- Die Camper sitcom set at a campsite
- Freitag Nacht News comedy news show hosted by Henry Gründler
- 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe comedy panel show
- Schulmädchen sitcom about rivaling school girls
- Nikola sitcom set at a hospital
Soap operas
- Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten adaptation of the Dutch format Goede tijden, slechte tijden
- Unter Uns
Sports
- Skispringen (ski jumping) hosted by Günther Jauch and Dieter Thoma
- Formula 1 hosted by Florian König and Niki Lauda
External links
- Official web site (http://www.rtl.de)