RTL9
| RTL9 | |
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| Launched | 23 January 1955 |
| Owned by |
RTL Group AB Groupe |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Language | French |
| Broadcast area | Luxembourg, France Monaco and Switzerland |
| Headquarters | 2850 Luxembourg (Luxembourg) |
| Formerly called | Télé-Luxembourg (1955–1972) RTL Télé Luxembourg (1972–1982) RTL Télévision (1982–1991) RTL TV (1991–1995) |
| Website | www.rtl9.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Canalsat | Channel 57 |
| MyHD (MENA) | Channel ??? |
| Cable | |
| Numericable | Channel 26 |
| IPTV | |
| Canalsat | Channel 57 |
RTL9 is a Luxembourgish television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.
On 1 July 1954, CLR (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion) changed their name to CLT (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion), to state their new ambition: television. On 20 May 1953, the administrative council of la CLR authorised their president, Robert Tabouis, to sign a contract with the Luxembourg government to run a television channel. They obtained the authority of the Grand Duke to permit a state-run monopoly of the channel.
The achievement of the great works of the Villa Louvigny coincided with the start of the construction of a television antenna at Ginsterberg close to Dudelange, a site which assured good reception, due to its altitude of 430 metres, and its location only 200m from the French border. The project showed the intention to broadcast eastwards towards France.
On 23 January 1955, the date of her 59th birthday, the Grand Duchess Charlotte I launched Télé-Luxembourg with her husband, Prince Félix, marking the official birth of television in Luxembourg. On screen, a young announcer stated that "Télé-Luxembourg will become a part of your family". The first show consisted of introductions to the channel. At the time no studio had been installed at Villa Louvigny. The shows were directed from the building situated at the foot of the Dudelange Radio Tower. This omni-directional transmitter allowed Télé Luxembourg to be well received at first, with a range of around 150 km around Luxembourg, Ardennes, Lorraine and as far as Reims and Mulhouse. Using a VHF channel of E-07 initially showing programmes at 625 lines, and renamed "canal Luxembourg" in France, the standard was kept at the "Belgium" 819 lines or "819 narrowband" used in Francophone Belgium. It used a narrower bandwidth than Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (with the result that images appear a little less clear), but have the advantage of being able to cram a greater number of transmitters in the same zone) allowing the channel to be seen by French and Wallonian viewers as well as foreign viewers in (Germany, Netherlands, and Dutch-speaking Belgium. They were the first private television channel in Europe. Their mission was to show inter-regional information in French in Luxembourg, Belgium and Lorraine.
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