RTL aktuell | |
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Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
Production | |
Production location | Cologne |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production company | RTL News GmbH |
Original release | |
Network | RTL |
Release | 5 April 1988 present | –
RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial station RTL. The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45 CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin (Punkt 6, Punkt 7, and Punkt 8 formerly Guten Morgen Deutschland), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News), a news magazines (RTL Direkt) and a late night bulletin (RTL Nachtjournal). Weekend bulletins are branded as RTL aktuell Weekend.
RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for 7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast in HD.
Presenters
[edit]Presenter | Time | Notes | |||
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News | |||||
Peter Kloeppel | since 1992 | Chief anchor | |||
Annett Möller | since 2008 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Maik Meuser | since 2015 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Lothar Keller | 2006–2016 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Kay-Sölve Richter | 2004–2005 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Ilka Eßmüller | 2001–2007 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Susanne Kronzucker | 1995–2003 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Petra Schwarzenberg | 1994–2005 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Christoph Teuner | 1992–1997 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Claus Hommer | 1987–1991 | weekend editions | |||
Angelika Bade | |||||
Susanne Kronzucker | |||||
Michael Karr | |||||
Ann-Katrin Schröder | |||||
Hans Meiser | 1984–1992 | Chief anchor | |||
Sport | |||||
Ulrike von der Groeben | since 1989 | Main anchor | |||
Birgit von Bentzel | since 2003 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Andreas von Thien | since 1996 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Weather | |||||
Christian Häckl | since 1994 | Main anchor | |||
Maxi Biewer | since 1992 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Bernd Fuchs | since 1997 | Stand-in anchor | |||
Eva Imhof | since 2010 | Stand-in anchor |
Correspondent
[edit]- Antonia Rados (Chief international correspondent)
Awards
[edit]In 2007, RTL aktuell won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV award) in the category of Beste Informationssendung (Best News Broadcast).
Market share
[edit]Market shares of RTL aktuell in the target audience of 14 to 49-years-old:[citation needed]
Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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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 |