RTL currently
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | RTL currently |
 | |
| Country of production |
 Germany
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| original language | German |
| Year (s) | since 1988 |
| Production company |
RTL infoNetwork |
| length | 20 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
Every day |
| genre | News broadcast |
| Moderation |
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| First broadcast | April 5, 1988 on RTL plus |
RTL aktuell ( own spelling RTL AKTUELL ) is the main news broadcast on RTL . The 20-minute program is broadcast live from Cologne on the evening before at 6:45 p.m.
Concept of broadcast
RTL aktuell is part of the news division at RTL. This has been built up and expanded in recent years mainly by the former editor-in-chief Hans Mahr . The RTL main news was available under the title 7 to 7 - The Pictures of the Day since January 2, 1984 from 6:53 p.m. with Hans Meiser , who also hosted the first broadcast on April 5, 1988, which was currently renamed RTL . The title "7 to 7" was chosen because in the beginning RTL plus was mainly watched via antenna on channel 7 from Luxembourg. With increasing cable and satellite reception and the relocation of the station to Cologne, the name and transmission time were adjusted to 6:45 p.m.
After a new edition in August 2004, RTL is currently broadcast from the so-called RTL-News-World . The aim was to be able to present the news from the virtual television studio in Cologne in an even more viewer-friendly manner. The aim is to offer “news to use” (service-oriented news with utility value). Particularly through the increased use of (animated and also three-dimensional) graphics, even complicated facts should be clearly conveyed to the audience. Since February 2008, the news programs for the entire RTL Group have been produced by its subsidiary infoNetwork .
Like the broadcaster RTL at all, RTL currently wants to address the “ advertising-relevant target group ” of 14 to 49 year olds. In this target group, RTL is currently in second place - just ahead of the Tagesschau , which has almost twice as high ratings in the total number of viewers.
In addition to RTL aktuell , this includes the morning magazine Guten Morgen Deutschland , the midday magazine Punkt 12 and the RTL Nachtjournal . These programs are only broadcast Monday through Friday. There are also short news broadcasts Mon-Fri at around 3:50 p.m. and 4:50 p.m. At the weekend RTL sends three-minute short messages around 4:45 p.m. and around midnight, which have not been announced.
The news program has been broadcast in 16: 9 widescreen format since November 18, 2008 .
On September 11, 2010, the new news studio went into operation with the 6:45 pm news. It is one of two new studios in RTL's new location in Cologne-Deutz . It is fully equipped in HD. The new design was also presented.
On June 10, 2014 the studio design was revised. A clear skyline is visible in the background and the theme graphics are highlighted.
Moderators
| Moderator | Year (s) | Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest news presenters | |||||
| Peter Kloeppel | since 1992 | Anchorman | |||
| Maik Meuser | since 2015 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Charlotte Maihoff | since 2017 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Sports presenters | |||||
| Ulrike von der Groeben | since 1989 | Main presenter | |||
| Andreas von Thien | since 1996 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Birgit von Bentzel | since 2003 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Jana Azizi | since 2020 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Weather moderators | |||||
| Christian Haeckl | since 1994 | Main presenter | |||
| Maxi Biewer | since 1992 | Main agency / weekend edition | |||
| Bernd Fuchs | since 1997 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Eva Imhof | since 2010 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Former news presenters | |||||
| Lothar Keller | 2006-2017 | Substitution / weekend edition / substitution of Annett Möller during the baby break | |||
| Annett Möller | 2008-2018 | Main agency / weekend edition | |||
| Kay-Sölve Richter | 2004-2005 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Ilka Essmüller | 2001-2007 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Katja Burkard | 1995-1996 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Susanne Kronzucker | 1995-2003 | Representation / weekend edition | |||
| Petra Schwarzenberg | 1994-2005 | Main agency / weekend edition | |||
| Christoph Teuner | 1992-1997 | Main agency / weekend edition | |||
| Claus Hommer | 1987-1991 | Weekend edition | |||
| Hans Meiser | 1984-1992 | Anchorman | |||
Former moderators included Angelika Bade, Michael Karr , Ann-Katrin Schröder and Ulrich Potofski
Associated formats
Good morning Germany
Point 12
RTL night journal
RTL News
RTL News is a short version of the news program RTL aktuell that is not announced in the program. It is mostly broadcast on RTL on Saturdays and Sundays around 4:30 p.m. and around midnight, as the magazines Guten Morgen Deutschland and Punkt 12 as well as the RTL Nachtjournal are not broadcast on the weekend . In addition to the detailed news, viewers can be kept up-to-date at 6:45 p.m. Since the end of December 2008, RTL has been sending unannounced short messages again on workdays in the afternoon at around 3:30 pm or 3:50 pm and at 4:50 pm.
This program is also broadcast on current occasions at regular intervals or, using the example of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 or the Iraq war, remains permanently on the program. The RTL News will be presented on the weekend by the moderators of the main news.
If the program is not broadcast on important occasions, the program has recently been called RTL News Spezial .
RTL current special
RTL Aktuell Spezial is a scheduled broadcast on a specific topic. On June 10, 2014, this broadcast about the storm was broadcast live over North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony for the first time.
Market shares
Market shares of RTL currently in the target group of 14 to 49 year olds:
| year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market share (%) | 23.1 | 22.4 | 20.2 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 19.8 |
In 2008, RTL was able to outstrip today's main edition for the first time in terms of viewership at 7 p.m. According to the Tagesspiegel , the Tagesschau reached 5.20 million viewers, followed by RTL currently with an average of 3.74 million viewers and today (3.73 million). The audience ratings as of January 1, 2013 were 4.89 million and a market share of 17.3% of the total audience figures.
Trivia
- The moderator Peter Kloeppel was awarded the Golden Gong for the six-hour transmission of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .
- The 10,000th broadcast took place on September 18, 2015.
Awards
- 2007: German television award in the category of best information broadcast for RTL aktuell
- 2017: Golden Camera in the Best Information category (accepted by Peter Kloeppel )
Web links
- Official website of RTL aktuell
- RTL currently on TVNOW
- Behind the scenes of RTL aktuell - YouTube video
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.ndr.de/der_ndr/presse/mitteilungen/pressemeldungndr9195.html
- ↑ DWDL.de - Kloeppel's new TV room: This is what "RTL aktuell" looks like
- ↑ DWDL.de - "RTL aktuell" revises its studio design
- ↑ The Tagesspiegel from January 6, 2009, RTL currently has more viewers than today
- ↑ Meedia.de, television quotas ( Memento from March 14, 2012 on WebCite )
Public broadcasting :
Tagesschau (since 1952, ARD) |
today (since 1963, ZDF)
ProSiebenSat.1 Media :
SAT.1 Nachrichten (since 1985, Sat.1) |
Newstime (since 1989, ProSieben) |
kabel eins news (since 1997, kabel eins)
RTL Group :
RTL Aktuell (since 1988, RTL) |
RTLZWEI News (since 1993, RTLZWEI) |
VOX News (since 1995, VOX)