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RTL aktuell

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RTL aktuell
GenreNews program
Theme music composer
  • Frank Gari (1994-1997)
  • Non-Stop Music (1998-present)
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
Production locationCologne
Running time20 minutes
Production companyRTL News GmbH
Original release
NetworkRTL
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.

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

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Presenter Time Notes
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

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Awards

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

Market share

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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
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