n-tv

n-tv is a German free-to-air television news channel owned by the Bertelsmann Media's RTL Group. n-tv broadcasts news and weather every hour and half-hour in the morning. It also broadcasts magazine shows and documentaries.

n-tv
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaGermany
Austria
Switzerland
NetworkMediengruppe RTL Deutschland
SloganWir bleiben dran
HeadquartersCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Programming
Language(s)German
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerRTL Group
History
Launched30 November 1992 (1992-11-30)
Links
Websiten-tv.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Germany)Channel slots vary on each State
Cable
Kabel DeutschlandChannel 551 (SD) / Channel 576 (HD)
UnitymediaChannel 311 (SD) / Channel 94 (HD)
NetCologneChannel 51 (SD) / Channel 151 (HD)
UPC AustriaChannel 501 (SD)
UPC SwitzerlandChannel 76 (HD)
Telemach (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Channel 273
Satellite
Astra 1L (Europe, North Africa)12188 H / 27500 / 3/4 (SD / FTA)
Astra 1KR (Europe, North Africa)10832 H / 22000 / 2/3 (HD / encrypted)
Total TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Channel 404
IPTV
Telekom EntertainChannel 14 (SD/HD)
A1 TV (Austria)Channel 38 (SD) / Channel 338 (HD)
EON TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Channel 273
Streaming media
n-tv.deWatch live

History

n-tv began as a business development project at Time-Warner International which, under the leadership of then chairman Steve Ross, was looking for ways to grow its businesses internationally. Time-Warner at the time was a major shareholder in Turner Broadcasting, parent company of CNN (both now subsidiaries of Time-Warner) and began looking for ways to get into the news channel business internationally. In 1991, under the direction of Tom McGrath, the then-president of Time-Warner International Broadcasting, the company developed a strategy for Austria, Germany and the German-speaking territories of Switzerland.

One of McGrath's pet projects was a German language 24-hour news channel. McGrath secured the last available transponder on the Kopernikus satellite and secured several terrestrial television licenses for transmission of what would become n-tv. McGrath then recruited several German companies as partners including the Otto Group, APAX Partners and recruited Karl Kuhlo, an experienced German broadcaster as the CEO.

The station started broadcasting in November 1992, headquartered in Berlin. In doing so, it became the first German-language news channel. In 1994 CNN bought 27,5% of the company, and later increased its share to 50%.

In 2004 the station's headquarters were moved to Cologne, where other RTL stations are based.

RTL took full control of n-tv in 2006, having acquired half the company in 2002.

In September 2010, n-tv moved to the Rheinhallen media center in Cologne-Deutz, where all of RTL's TV operations in Germany are based.

Logos
  • 1992 - July 2003
  • 2003 - November 2008
  • 2003 - 2008
  • - 31 December 2010 („Off-Air“-Logo)
  • - 31 August 2017
  • 20 September 2013 - 31 August 2017
  • 1 September 2017 – present
  • 1 September 2017 – present

Programming

n-tv broadcasts news, business and talk shows. The channel broadcasts news from Monday to Friday on the hour. In the morning every half-hour (between 7 and 9 o'clock every 15 minutes). At weekends, the channel broadcasts news every hour. After 8 pm, n-tv broadcasts 15 minute news bulletins, focused on business news.

The channel also broadcasts documentaries and magazine shows focused on sport and lifestyle. A ticker at the bottom of the screen shows news, business and sports headlines as well as weather and stock market information.

Wall Street coverage

Several correspondents report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ and the New York Mercantile Exchange, including Jens Korte, Lars Halter and Markus Koch.

Former staff
  • Christoph Keese

Audience share

Germany
January February March April May June July August September October November December Annual average
1994[1]------------0.3%
1995[2]------------0.3%
1996[3]0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.4%0.3%
1997[4]0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.5% 0.5%
1998[5]0.4%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.6%0.6% 0.6%
1999[6]0.6%0.6%0.9%1.1%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.7% 0.7%
2000[7]0.7%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.7%
2001[8]0.6%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.5%1.2%1.0%0.8%0.6%0.7%
2002[9]0.5%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.7%0.9%0.7%0.7%0.5%0.5% 0.6%
2003[10]0.5%0.6%1.1%1.0%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.6%
2004[11]0.6%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.5%0.7% 0.5%
2005[12]0.7%0.5%0.5%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.5% 0.6%
2006[13]0.6%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.7%0.7%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.6%
2007[14]0.7%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.7%
2008[15]0.8%0.7%0.8%0.8%0.9%0.8%0.9%0.8%0.9%1.0%0.8%0.8% 0.8%
2009[16]0.9%0.8%0.9%1.0%0.9%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.9% 0.9%
2010[17]0.9%0.8%0.8%1.0%0.9%0.8%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.9%0.9%
2011[18]0.9%1.0%1.6%1.1%1.0%1.0%1.1%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9% 1.0%
2012[19]1.0%0.9%0.9%1.0%1.0%0.9%1.0%0.9%0.9%1.1%0.9%1.0% 0.9%
2013[20]0.9%0.9%0.9%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%1.0%0.9%
2014[21]1.0%0.9%1.1%1.0%1.0%0.8%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9% 1.0%
2015[22]1.0%0.9%1.1%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.2%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.2%1.0%1.0%
2016[23]1.1%1.0%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.4%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.2% 1.1%
2017[24]1.2%1.1%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.3%1.3%1.2%1.1%1.1%1.0%1.0%1.1%
2018[25]1.0%

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