RTL aktuell
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 (Guten Morgen Deutschland, formerly Punkt 6 and Punkt 9), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News) and a late night bulletin (RTL Nachtjournal). Weekend bulletins are branded as RTL aktuell Weekend.
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| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Production location | Cologne |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production companies | infonetwork RTL n-tv |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL |
| Picture format | 4:3 (1988-2008) 16:9 (since 18 November 2008) |
| Original release | 5 April 1988 – present |
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| Website | |
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
| 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
- Antonia Rados (Chief international 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:
| 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 |