RTL.de

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RTL.de
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News website
operator RTL Group
On-line October 1995
https://www.rtl.de.de/

RTL.de is one of the largest German-language news websites in Germany. The headquarters of RTL.de are in Cologne . RTL Interactive GmbH with Jan Wachtel as managing director is responsible for the content. The company is a subsidiary of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTL Group.

Website and content

In addition to the information about the in-house programs and shows of the television broadcaster RTL Television, additional sections have been dealt with on RTL.de since the relaunch in 2018. As a general interest portal, in addition to exclusive content on various TV programs such as DSDS , jungle camp , farmer is looking for a woman , item 12 , good times, bad times , now also general topics that are currently occupying the German-speaking area are reported.

The news portal RTL.de today publishes multimedia news and videos on current world affairs via all devices , channels and media . With around 100 million unique visits per month via the website, apps for smartphones and tablets and digital text , RTL.de is one of the most popular German sites on the Internet.

history

Logo of the website RTL.de from 2007
Logo of the website RTL.de until December 2018
Logo of the website RTL.de from December 2018

In August 2000, the website RTL.de, which at that time was still mainly concerned with the associated private television broadcaster RTL Television , was expanded to include the offerings of the broadcasters RTL II and Super RTL and presented itself on the Internet as "RTL World", which two years later changed to Auto content has been expanded. In addition, some sections have been shortened in order to move the TV program closer to the center of the website.

There was another update of the website on February 22nd, 2007, when the color scheme was changed to dark blue and an improved integration of the video content into the offer. Half a year later, in October 2007, the mobile RTL portal mobile.rtl.de was published, which provided videos, ring tones, games and special information packages for mobile users.

Since December 19, 2018, the RTL.de website has been reporting, in addition to its own formats, on current topics from the areas of politics, business, sport, lifestyle and other topics in general life. In addition, in the course of the relaunch, the advice portal for women and families frauenzimmer.de and the entertainment brand RTL Next were integrated into the redesigned general interest portal RTL.de.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. AGOF daily digital facts from April 2020. May 4, 2020, accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  2. Legal notice of the official website. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  3. DWDL de GmbH: Neues RTL.de has started. December 19, 2018, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  4. Online usage data 04/2020. In: IVW identification of digital offers. May 1, 2020, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  5. The Internet headquarters of the RTL family. In: kress.de. July 24, 2000, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  6. A new, more subtle make-up. In: kress.de. June 24, 2002, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  7. RTL.de will appear brand new soon. In: kress.de. February 15, 2007, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  8. New mobile RTL portal with videos. In: kress.de. November 12, 2007, accessed May 13, 2020 .
  9. Robert Tusch: Complete digital conversion: RTL.de is being expanded into a lifestyle portal and RTL Next is discontinued. In: Meedia. December 14, 2018, accessed May 13, 2020 .