RTL Nederland

RTL Nederland Holding B.V.
	Entrance to studios 5 and 6, then occupied by RTL Nederland, at the Media Park
Type	Media
Country	Netherlands
Availability	Netherlands; Luxembourg
Founded	1995
Slogan	..EN ONTDEK
TV stations	RTL 4; RTL 5; RTL 7; RTL 8; RTL Z; RTL Lounge; RTL Crime; RTL Telekids
Headquarters	Hilversum
Broadcast area	Netherlands; Luxembourg
Parent	RTL Group
Key people	Sven Sauvé (CEO)
Launch date	1 September 1995
Former names	Holland Media Group (1995-2004)
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
OTT	RTL XL; Videoland
Official website	rtl.nl
Language	Dutch
Replaced	RTL 4 SA

RTL Nederland Holding B.V. is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum. Although the licences of its TV-stations RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8, RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, and RTL Telekids are issued by Luxembourg, the company targets the Dutch market. Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Sven Sauvé,[1] who used to be the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RTL Nederland.

Brief history

Until 2004 RTL Nederland was known as the Holland Media Group (HMG), a joint-venture founded by RTL 4 SA (CLT-UFA) and Veronica Association on 1 September 1995.[2] Veronica became a commercial broadcaster in 1995, when it left the public broadcasting system (owned by NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) at the time) and joined RTL. RTL 4 SA then consisted of the two television channels RTL 4 and RTL 5. HMG partnered with Saban in the television channel TV10. Fox later bought HMG's share in TV10, but failed to obtain its goals and sold the operation to SBS Broadcasting, which, in turn, rebranded the channel as V8.

Veronica exited the HMG combination in 2001, and the channel was renamed Yorin by RTL. RTL Group SA owned 100% of the company. In August 2004, HMG renamed itself RTL Nederland. On 12 August 2005, the television channel Yorin was renamed RTL 7 as a 'new' Luxembourgish TV station. Radio station Yorin FM was sold to SBS Broadcasting in 2006, which renamed it Caz!.

In August 2007 Dutch media mogul John de Mol's company Talpa Media Holding obtained a 26.3% share in RTL Nederland in exchange for its television channel Tien and national radio station Radio 538. RTL Nederland launched RTL 8 on 18 August 2007. In 2011 Talpa worked with Finnish media conglomerate Sanoma to buy the Dutch activities of SBS Broadcasting from German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. As part of that deal De Mol sold his shares in RTL Nederland to the RTL Group. He retained the ownership of Radio 538 and its sister stations Radio 10 Gold and SLAM!FM.

Channels

Television

RTL 4
RTL 5
RTL 7
RTL 8
RTL Z
RTL Crime - Digital only
RTL Lounge - Digital only
RTL Telekids - Digital only

Streaming catchup and Video on Demand services

RTL XL

RTL XL is an online video on demand service accessible through the main RTL Nederland website and through the apps for Android, iOS and Smart TV. The service offers a variety of programmes recently shown on RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, RTL Telekids and RTL Z. It launched on 21 October 2010.[3] Since February 2016 RTL XL supports Google Chromecast.[4] There was a subscription premium service as well. With this service it was possible to watch programmes ahead. The premium service merged with Videoland on 29 August 2018.[5]

References

"RTL | Sven Sauvé benoemd tot CEO van RTL Nederland". www.rtl.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-07-14.
"Veronica en RTL zijn helemaal rond". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Leiden. 23 March 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
"RTL brengt on demand-aanbod samen op RTLXL.nl". MediaCourant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
"RTL XL biedt ondersteuning voor Chromecast". Emerce.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
Tom Tates (9 August 2018). "RTL XL stopt met optie vooruit kijken tv-programma's zoals Goede Tijden". ad.nl (in Dutch).

Contant, Peter (2000) "De TV-Oorlog" Utrecht/Antwerpen, Kosmos-Z&K Uitgevers, ISBN 90-215-8579-0

External links

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[1] "RTL | Sven Sauvé benoemd tot CEO van RTL Nederland". www.rtl.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-07-14.

[2] "Veronica en RTL zijn helemaal rond". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Leiden. 23 March 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[3] "RTL brengt on demand-aanbod samen op RTLXL.nl". MediaCourant.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[4] "RTL XL biedt ondersteuning voor Chromecast". Emerce.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[5] Tom Tates (9 August 2018). "RTL XL stopt met optie vooruit kijken tv-programma's zoals Goede Tijden". ad.nl (in Dutch).

[ref1-6] t venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda.

[ref2-7] t venture with The Walt Disney Company.

[ref3-8] t venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.

[ref4-9] t venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.

[ref9-10] t venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

[ref10-11] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-12] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

[ref12a-13] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

[ref12b-14] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref13-15] t venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.

[ref5-16] t venture with TF1 Group.

[ref6-17] t venture with AB Groupe.

[ref7-18] t venture with L'Équipe.

[ref8-19] Until December 2020 a joint venture with Mediahuis, IPM Group and Rossel (through Audiopresse S.A.).

RTL Group
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Germany, Austria and Switzerland	TV RTL VOX RTL Zwei[gl 1] VOXup Nitro RTLplus Super RTL[gl 2] Toggo Plus n-tv RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion GEO Television Radio RTL Radio 104.6 RTL Antenne Bayern[gl 3] Radio Hamburg[gl 4] Radio NRW[gl 5] 105'5 Spreeradio Radio 21 (Germany)[gl 6] Radio Regenbogen[gl 7] Big FM[gl 8] Hitradio RTL Sachsen[gl 9] Hit-Radio Antenne[gl 10] Radio Brocken (50%) 89.0 RTL Antenne Thüringen (15%) Radio Ton (2%) Rock Antenne[gl 3] Sachsen Funkpaket (31/9%) Radio Dresden Radio Leipzig Radio Chemnitz Radio Lausitz Radio Zwickau Radio Erzgebirge Vogtland Radio Oldie 95 (4.78%) Radio Top 40 (15%)
RTL Nederland Netherlands	TV RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Crime RTL Lounge RTL Telekids RTL Z Catchup and Video on Demand RTL XL Videoland
Groupe M6 (48.6%) France	M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva Série Club[gl 11] TF6[gl 11] M6 Boutique & Co M6 Music M6 Music Black M6 Music Club Best of Shopping Girondins TV Gulli Tiji Canal J MCM MCM Top La Chaîne du Père Noël RFM TV Catchup and Video on Demand 6play Salto (JV with France Télévisions and Groupe TF1)
France	TV RTL9[gl 12] Radio RTL RTL 2 Fun Radio RTL L'Equipe[gl 13]
RTL Belgium[gl 14]	TV RTL-TVI Club RTL Plug RTL Radio Contact Vision Bel RTL TV Radio Bel RTL Radio Contact Mint Catchup RTL Play
RTL Luxembourg	TV RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg RTL Zwee RTL9 Club RTL Plug RTL RTL-TVI Radio RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg RTL Radio
RTL Hrvatska Croatia	RTL RTL 2 RTL Kockica RTL Living RTL Passion RTL Crime RTL Croatia World
Magyar RTL Televízió Hungary	TV RTL Klub RTL II RTL+ RTL Gold Cool Film+ Muzsika TV Sorozat+ Video on Demand RTL Most
Atresmedia Spain	TV Antena 3 (HD) laSexta (HD) Neox Nova Mega Atreseries (only HD) Radio Onda Cero Europa FM Melodia FM Catchup Atresplayer
Latin America & Brazil	Gulli Brasil
Russia	Gulli Girl Tiji
Fremantle (Production company)	Blue Circle (Television production) Blu Productions Fremantle Australia Talkback Thames Hare and Tortoise Boundless Euston Films UFA Grundy UFA Teamworx Phoenix Film
joint venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda. joint venture with The Walt Disney Company. joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft. joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag. joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk. joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio. joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas. joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk. joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen. joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs. joint venture with TF1 Group. joint venture with AB Groupe. joint venture with L'Équipe. Until December 2020 a joint venture with Mediahuis, IPM Group and Rossel (through Audiopresse S.A.).