RTL aktuell

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RTL aktuell
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Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
Production location Cologne
Running time20 minutes
Production companyRTL News GmbH
Original release
Network RTL
Release5 April 1988 (1988-04-05) 
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.

Contents

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

PresenterTimeNotes
News
Peter Kloeppel since 1992Chief anchor
Annett Möller since 2008Stand-in anchor
Maik Meuser since 2015Stand-in anchor
Lothar Keller 2006–2016Stand-in anchor
Kay-Sölve Richter 2004–2005Stand-in anchor
Ilka Eßmüller 2001–2007Stand-in anchor
Susanne Kronzucker 1995–2003Stand-in anchor
Petra Schwarzenberg 1994–2005Stand-in anchor
Christoph Teuner 1992–1997Stand-in anchor
Claus Hommer 1987–1991weekend editions
Angelika Bade
Susanne Kronzucker
Michael Karr
Ann-Katrin Schröder
Hans Meiser 1984–1992Chief anchor
Sport
Ulrike von der Groeben since 1989Main anchor
Birgit von Bentzel since 2003Stand-in anchor
Andreas von Thien since 1996Stand-in anchor
Weather
Christian Häckl since 1994Main anchor
Maxi Biewer since 1992Stand-in anchor
Bernd Fuchs since 1997Stand-in anchor
Eva Imhof since 2010Stand-in anchor

Correspondent

Awards

In 2007, RTL aktuell won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV award) in the category of Beste Informationssendung (Best News Broadcast).

Market share

Market shares of RTL aktuell in the target audience of 14 to 49-years-old:[ citation needed ]

Year200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Market share (%)23,122,420,222,220,719,718,219,319,419,919,919,8

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