RTL aktuell
| RTL aktuell | |
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| Genre | News program |
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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 (Deutschland am Morgen, formerly Punkt 6, Punkt 7, and Punkt 8 and Guten Morgen Deutschland), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News), 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News | |||||
| Roberta Bieling | since 2023 | Anchor | |||
| Christopher Wittich | since 2021 | Anchor | |||
| Peter Kloeppel | 1992-2024 | former 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 | |||||
| Michael Karr | |||||
| Ann-Katrin Schröder | |||||
| Hans Meiser | 1984–1992 | former Chief anchor | |||
| Sport | |||||
| Andreas von Thien | 2024- | Main anchor, since 1996 Stand-in anchor | |||
| Ulrike von der Groeben | 1989-2023 | former Main anchor | |||
| Birgit von Bentzel | since 2003 | Stand-in anchor | |||
| Anna Fleischhauer | since 2021 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
