RTL, formerly RTL plus and RTL Television, is a German-language free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland, headquartered in Cologne. Founded as an offshoot of the German-language radio programme Radio Luxemburg, RTL is considered a full-service broadcaster under the Medienstaatsvertrag and is the largest private television network in Germany. As of August 2010, RTL employs some 500 permanent staff, having outsourced its news and technical departments.
Tele 5 is a German free-to-air television channel that primarily broadcasts classic American films, science fiction series and anime. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery International.
Fox was a German pay television channel dedicated to television drama series. It relied heavily on American and British drama series.
Animal Planet is a German television channel broadcasting programmes about animals, nature, and wildlife to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
National Geographic is a German pay television channel dedicated to documentaries and factual programmes.
WarnerTV Serie is a German pay television channel dedicated to broadcast television series. The channel changed its name to WarnerTV Serie on 25 September 2021, after the ad made on 14 June that year.
RTL Living is a German pay television channel operated by the RTL Group, launched on 27 November 2006. Its programming consists of television shows about trends, lifestyle, life and travel. On October 1, 2015, RTL Group announced that it was relaunching and redesigning its three pay TV channels RTL Living, RTL Crime and Passion as of November 12, 2015. At the same time, new channel logos will also be introduced for these channels.
Nitro is a German free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland. It was launched on the first day of April 2012, during the April Fools Day, as RTL Nitro. On the last day of July 2017, it became Nitro.
ProSieben Maxx is a German free-to-air channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1. The channel started broadcasting on 3 September 2013 with the movie Captain America: The First Avenger at 8:15 p.m. On 30 July 2013 ProSieben Maxx received a DVB-T broadcasting licence for the region of Munich. On 13 August 2013 the channel started a test program on these frequencies and broadcast some program trailers. It is ProSiebenSat.1's sixth channel.
kabel eins classics is a German pay-tv channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. A sister channel of kabel eins it first went on air on 1 June 2006. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, mainly films and series from the 1940s to the late 1990s. On Saturdays, films from the 2000s are shown.
Kinowelt TV is a German-language pay-TV station which broadcasts films. It shows classic films from Hollywood as well as European films from various genres such as drama, romance, comedy, action, thriller, horror or western. Since 2009, the company has produced three cinema films.
Sat.1 emotions is a ProSiebenSat.1 Media pay-TV channel. It started broadcasting on May 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm. It replaced Sat.1 Comedy. ProSiebenSat.1 Media also operates the two pay-TV channels kabel eins classics and ProSieben Fun.
TLC is a German-language television channel from Warner Bros. Discovery Germany. It went on air on 10 April 2014 via satellite, cable and IPTV.
eo TV was a German TV station based in Munich. It showed a mixture of European television series, feature films, classics and first releases on free TV. Since 22 December 2015 the program window of eo TV was broadcast daily from 20:15 h to 01:00 h on the TV channel RiC, a branch channel of Your Family Entertainment.
RTL Crime is a German pay television channel owned by the RTL Group. The channel was launched on 27 November 2006. Its programming is centred towards action and crime series.
Puls 8 is a privately owned TV channel in German-speaking Switzerland, owned by the German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media. The channel is based on the concept of Puls 4 in Austria, and it had started its broadcast on 8 October 2015 at 8pm. Its first program were the movie Star Trek.
RTL Deutschland is a German media company based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded in 2007 as a holding company for the German television, broadcasting and content production businesses of the RTL Group, which is majority-owned by Bertelsmann.
I Can See Your Voice is a German television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean programme of the same name. Since its premiere on 18 August 2020, it has aired three seasons on RTL.
AXN White is a German pay cable and satellite channel owned by High View Group, based in Munich. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
AXN Black is a German language pay-TV channel from High View Group that mainly offers feature films and series, as well as reality formats and lifestyle broadcasts. The German version of the international AXN was launched on 1 November 2004 and was known simply as "AXN" until October 2019 and later rebranded as Sony AXN until August 2023. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
