Nitro (TV channel)

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Infobox radio tower icon
Nitro
Station logo
TV station ( private law )
Program type Special-interest program (entertainment)
reception DVB-T , DVB-C , DVB-S , IPTV , analog cable
Image resolution SDTV ( 576i )
HDTV ( 1080i )
Start of transmission April 1, 2012 (as RTL Nitro)
Seat Cologne , GermanyGermanyGermany 
owner RTL Group
executive Director Bernd Reichart
Program director Oliver Schablitzki
Market share 0.7% (2013)
List of TV channels
Website
Former logo of RTL Nitro

Nitro is a special interest channel of the RTL Group , which mainly broadcasts series, sitcoms and feature films. The transmitter can be received digitally via satellite, cable, antenna and IPTV as well as via analog cable. He went on air on April 1, 2012 with the psychological thriller One Hour Photo .

Until July 30, 2017, the station was broadcast under the name RTL Nitro .

concept

The slogan of the station is "television for heroes". It sees itself as a “premium entertainment broadcaster” that appeals to a wide audience, but in the long term focuses on a “male-oriented program mix” aimed at male audiences between the ages of 20 and 59.

In addition to mostly rather old feature films and series from Germany and the USA, the US series Modern Family , Nurse Jackie and Jerry Bruckheimer's Chase are shown as German premieres. Brooklyn Nine-Nine has also been shown as a German television premiere on the station since 2015 .

The British band The Overtones were testimonial of the station and accompanied the start of the station acoustically and visually. The Irish rock band Kopek later took on this role. At the moment there is only a graphic in which the name of the sender is pronounced directly, or a “tracking shot” in which the sender's name emerges from the center outwards.

On April 2, 2012, the video-on-demand portal was activated, on which selected programs can be viewed free of charge for at least seven days after being broadcast.

program

Every evening has a fixed motto. The focus and prime-time program of the weekdays are as follows:

The morning program is equipped with crime series on weekdays. Series such as Law & Order , Quincy , Rockford - call is enough , Charlie's Angels and Knight Rider run as repeat until lunchtime. In the afternoon, the station shows the above programs again. Sitcoms, of which a double episode is broadcast Monday through Friday, are, for example, Who is the boss here? , Listen who's hammering , Alf and everyone under one roof . At the weekend, Knight Rider, Smallville and Columbo are on the program in the mornings .

For the years 2012/13, station boss Anke Schäferkordt announced a new season of Modern Family and Nurse Jackie as well as new US series, such as Alcatraz and Covert Affairs , in German free TV premieres. With series like Prison Break and American Dad , however, they also rely on the tried and tested.

reception

  • Satellite : digital via Astra 1L , 19.2 ° East, frequency 12.188 GHz horizontal, symbol rate 27500, video PID 173, audio PID 146, service ID 12061 ( RTL NITRO takes over the program slot previously occupied by VOX Switzerland ); not to be confused with the Pay TV channel NITRO from Digital +
  • Cable : currently at NetCologne , Vodafone Kabel Deutschland , PŸUR and Unitymedia . Since August 2013 in some areas analogue, since December 2013 in North Rhine-Westphalia instead of Bavarian television . As a result of the conversion to HD-Offensive 2014 at Vodafone Kabel Deutschland, RTL Nitro will also be fed analogue in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Thuringia and in regions of Bavaria, Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
  • IPTV : at Telekom Entertain , Vodafone TV , Zattoo , TV.de, Waipu.tv , 1 & 1 Digital-TV and Magine TV
  • DVB-T2 : via freenet.tv (Mux 1) in full HD, the Rhine-Main region via channel 31

Austria

Since October 16, 2014, Austria has had its own offshoot of the station via digital satellite (Astra 19.2 ° East, frequency: 12663 MHz horizontal, symbol rate: 22000, FEC: 5/6; former station of gotv ) under the name RTL NITRO A (A stands for Austria) broadcast. The program does not differ from the German one except for its own advertising window, which is marketed by the agency IP Austria. The station has been available on channel 131 in the digital cable network of the operator UPC Austria since December 2014.

Nitro HD

Logo of the HD branch of Nitro

A high-resolution version of the station can be received at Vodafone Kabel Deutschland , NetCologne , PŸUR and Unitymedia . The HD branch has been broadcast via satellite via HD + since April 8, 2014 .

Audience and market share

From July 2, 2012, the station's ratings were published for the first time. Monday, June 25, 2012, despite first broadcasts, achieved a total of only 0.3% in the advertising-relevant target group . On the other hand, the repetitions of the crime series , such as CSI: Miami or Law & Order , seem to be far better . There the daily market share on July 1, 2012 in the target group was 0.8%. In 2012, the station achieved an average market share of 0.4%. In 2017, the station had a market share of 1.9% among 14 to 49 year olds in Germany.

Trivia

The corner logo has been in shades of gray and transparent edges since the start of the broadcast. An exception to this is July 14, 2014 , when the logo was kept in the colors of the German flag , as recognition of the German national soccer team's 4th world championship title at the 2014 World Cup .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ People : Oliver Schablitzki takes over the management of RTL Nitro Press release of March 27, 2012
  2. ↑ audience shares . (PDF) (No longer available online.) KEK-online.de , 2013, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 31, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kek-online.de
  3. ↑ a b With RTL Nitro the media group RTL Germany started a new television channel . Press release from February 23, 2012
  4. ↑ a b With RTL NITRO, Vodafone also publishes a newcomer press release from April 27, 2012
  5. ↑ Nitro in future without RTL addition and with new accents . In: DWDL.de . July 10, 2017. Accessed July 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ New RTL channel: TV for sofa heroes in the daily newspaper from March 1, 2012
  7. ↑ Media data RTL Nitro: Positioning
  8. ↑ RTL starts free TV channel RTL Nitro in Werben & Sell on February 23, 2012
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KOPEK - RTL NITRO @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rtlnitro.de
  10. ↑ RTL Nitro: program strategy and program scheme
  11. ↑ RTL Nitro 2012/13 with other new US series . August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ Channel list from PŸUR. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  13. ↑ quotenmeter.de: RTL Nitro can now also be received in analog mode . August 22, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  14. ^ Düsseldorf: Unitymedia cuts Bavarian broadcasting in NRW
  15. ↑ HD-Offensive ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KDG Helpdesk (helpdesk.kdgforum.de) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / helpdesk.kdgforum.de
  16. ↑ RTL Nitro - Reception options ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rtlnitro.de
  17. ↑ Hessen - www.ukwtv.de - FM / TV-Arbeitskreis eV Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  18. ↑ RTL Nitro opens advertising window Article from October 16, 2014, accessed on August 29, 2015
  19. ↑ "RTL Nitro HD from September 1 also on Netcologne" , accessed on September 26, 2012
  20. ↑ Channel list from PŸUR. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Uwe Mantel: HD + removes a nuisance in 2014 and becomes more expensive . DWDL.de. February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  22. ↑ a b DWDL: "RTL Nitro Monday: Only" Modern Family "scores" , accessed on July 2, 2012
  23. ↑ Uwe Mantel: This is how 2012 went for the smaller broadcasters. In: DWDL.de. January 2, 2012, accessed January 2, 2012 .
  24. ↑ The 10-year balance of television: Big channels lose market share to small ones - only ZDF not , meedia.de , July 24, 2017
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