RTL Zwei

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RTL Zwei
Screensport
Former namesRTL 2 (1993–1999)
RTL II (1999–2019)
Links
Websitertl2.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel numbers vary in each region

RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by RTL2 Television

Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag). For Austria and Switzerland, variants of the main programme are produced with nationally inserted advertising islands; these variants can be received via the cable networks in these two countries as well as via digital satellite. RTL Zwei is the second subsidiary of RTL Group
in Germany.

History

On 26 September 1992, RTL II was scheduled to begin broadcasting; select programming guides were anticipating the channel's launch during that time. However, the channel's launch was delayed until 1993 because LPR Hessen (known as the Hessische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk) repeatedly raised concerns about the channel's shareholder structure to the German media authorities. The shares of the channel's initial owners (RTL Television, CLT, Bertelsmann, Burda and FAZ) had to be reduced to below 25% before the licence for the channel could be awarded to RTL.

Astra satellite
service. The first programme on the channel was the movie Ein reizender Fratz.

In 2000, RTL II began broadcasting the shows

Big Brother; Popstars ran on the channel for two seasons before it was moved to ProSieben
, while Big Brother continued to air until 2011.

The network began offering a video on demand service in February 2012.[2]

As of 7 October 2019, the channel was rebranded as RTLZWEI. The number 2 is written out for the first time in the station's history. The design was developed in cooperation with the agency mehappy GmbH.[3]

Visual identity (logos)

  • Logo of RTL 2 from 6 March 1993 to 6 April 1996; similar to the logo used by KGAN/Cedar Rapids from 1993 to 2004
    Logo of RTL 2 from 6 March 1993 to 6 April 1996; similar to the logo used by KGAN/Cedar Rapids from 1993 to 2004
  • Logo of RTL 2 from 6 April 1996 to 1999
    Logo of RTL 2 from 6 April 1996 to 1999
  • The first version of the channel's circular "II" logo was used from 1999 to 2001.
    The first version of the channel's circular "II" logo was used from 1999 to 2001.
  • Updated version of 1999 logo; used from 2001 to 2009
    Updated version of 1999 logo; used from 2001 to 2009
  • Logo of RTL II from 2009 to 2019
    Logo of RTL II from 2009 to 2019

Ownership

The channel is operated by RTL2 TV

Tele-Munich Television Media Participation LP (31.5%, of which the Leonine Holding and The Walt Disney Company hold 50% each).[5] and Hubert Burda Media (1.1%)[5]

Programming

Programming pillars are daily episodes of the local

24 and Stargate SG-1. Recent efforts to move further towards quality programming with science magazines and documentaries have met with an indifferent audience response.[citation needed
]

The channel's prime-time newscast RTL II News is frequently criticized[

commercial broadcaster has to feature minimum amounts of serious informational and cultural programming to be allowed a full channel licence.[citation needed
] In addition to its own newscast formats (RTL II News, RTL II Spezial. Das Magazin and Das Nachrichtenjournal), the channel commissions independent producers to create its own productions, which it airs in the afternoons.

Afternoon programming

In the afternoon, the channel now primarily features its own docu soap and reality show productions.[7]

Prime-time

Among its prime-time line-up the channel's own docu soap productions such as Die Geissens – Eine schrecklich glamouröse Familie and Frauentausch are particularly successful. Various US shows such as Game of Thrones[8] and The Walking Dead[9] have been, and continue to be, the most successful series of RTL II's prime-time slot. Its late-night line-up also features North American series such as Autopsy – Mysteriöse Todesfälle and Flashpoint.

Anime and children's programming

RTL II has offered the largest

InuYasha,[11] One Piece[12] and Naruto,[13][14] for which it has received criticism from anime fans. Even some episodes where the original version had previously been given a FSK 6 rating, meaning that it is suitable for children ages 6 up and may legally be aired at all hours of the day, have been edited down.[citation needed] In February 2013, RTL II announced that its Sunday morning children's programme would be discontinued as of 21 April 2013. A separate and short-lived online channel for anime was launched in April.[15]

German premieres

RTL II was the first channel to introduce various foreign TV formats on German television such as:

Audience share

Germany

January February March April May June July August September October November December Annual average
1993[17] - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.6%
1994[18] - - - - - - - - - - - - Increase 3.8%
1995[19] - - - - - - - - - - - - Increase 4.6%
1996[20] 4.6% 4.1% 4.4% 4.8% 4.5% 4.3% 4.6% 4.5% 4.6% 4.6% 4.5% 4.1% Decrease 4.5%
1997[21] 4.1% 4.4% 4.3% 4.1% 4.2% 4.0% 3.8% 3.6% 3.6% 4.2% 3.8% 3.9% Decrease 4.0%
1998[22] 3.7% 3.9% 3.9% 4.1% 3.8% 3.4% 3.6% 3.9% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6% Decrease 3.8%
1999[23] 3.6% 3.4% 3.4% 3.7% 4.0% 3.9% 4.4% 4.5% 4.6% 4.3% 4.2% 4.2% Increase 4.0%
2000[24] 4.3% 4.1% 4.6% 5.5% 5.7% 5.0% 4.5% 4.8% 4.8% 5.6% 4.9% 4.5% Increase 4.8%
2001[25] 4.4% 3.9% 3.9% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.7% 4.0% 4.0% 4.3% 4.2% 3.8% Decrease 4.0%
2002[26] 4.1% 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 4.5% 4.1% 4.3% 4.1% 4.2% 3.4% 3.2% 3.2% Decrease 3.9%
2003[27] 4.1% 4.2% 4.0% 4.8% 5.1% 5.6% 5.1% 4.9% 4.7% 4.8% 4.6% 4.6% Increase 4.7%
2004[28] 4.5% 4.5% 5.3% 5.1% 5.1% 4.8% 5.2% 4.9% 5.4% 4.9% 4.7% 4.5% Increase 4.9%
2005[29] 4.4% 4.7% 4.4% 4.0% 4.4% 4.3% 4.2% 4.0% 4.0% 4.3% 3.9% 3.7% Decrease 4.2%
2006[30] 3.8% 3.6% 3.7% 3.9% 3.8% 3.4% 3.9% 4.0% 3.8% 3.9% 3.9% 3.8% Decrease 3.8%
2007[31] 3.4% 3.7% 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 4.1% 4.2% 4.1% 3.7% 3.8% 3.8% 3.9% Increase 3.9%
2008[32] 3.6% 3.9% 4.0% 4.1% 4.3% 3.5% 4.1% 3.8% 3.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.6% Decrease 3.8%
2009[33] 3.7% 3.7% 3.9% 4.2% 4.1% 4.3% 4.1% 4.0% 3.7% 4.0% 3.9% 4.0% Increase 3.9%
2010[34] 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.9% 3.9% 3.7% 3.7% 3.7% 3.6% Decrease 3.8%
2011[35] 3.4% 3.5% 3.4% 3.5% 3.6% 3.7% 3.7% 3.7% 3.6% 3.7% 3.7% 3.8% Decrease 3.6%
2012[36] 3.6% 3.7% 3.9% 3.8% 4.0% 3.7% 4.3% 4.1% 4.1% 4.2% 4.5% 4.3% Increase 4.0%
2013[37] 3.9% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 4.3% 4.1% 4.3% 4.4% 4.0% 4.2% 4.4% 4.3% Increase 4.2%
2014[38] 3.9% 3.8% 3.8% 4.1% 4.0% 3.4% 3.6% 3.9% 3.9% 3.9% 4.0% 3.9% Decrease 3.9%
2015[39] 3.6% 3.7% 4.0% 3.9% 3.8% 3.7% 3.8% 3.5% 3.6% 3.5% 3.2% 3.3% Decrease 3.7%
2016[40] 3.3% 3.6% 3.5% 3.7% 3.8% 3.2% 3.4% 3.3% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.2% Decrease 3.5%
2017[41] 3.1% 3.1% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.4% 3.1% 2.9% 3.1% 3.1% 3.2% Decrease 3.2%
2018[42] 2.9% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0%

The average age of the viewers is 43.5 years (as of 2016).[43]

References

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