RTL 7 (Netherlands)
| RTL 7 | |
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RTL 7 logo
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| Launched | 1 September 1995 |
| Network | RTL Nederland |
| Owned by | RTL Group |
| Picture format |
576i 16:9 SDTV (PAL) 1080i HDTV |
| Audience share | 4.3% (2014, ) |
| Slogan | "Meer voor mannen" (More for men) |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Broadcast area |
Netherlands Luxembourg |
| Headquarters |
Hilversum, Netherlands Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Formerly called | Veronica (1995-2001) Yorin (2001-2005) |
| Sister channel(s) |
RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 8 RTL Z RTL Lounge RTL Crime RTL Telekids |
| Website | www.rtl7.nl |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digitenne | Channel 7 (SD) |
| DVB-T (FTA) (Luxembourg) | 498 MHz (SD) |
| Satellite | |
| CanalDigitaal | Channel 7 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Ziggo | Channel 7 (SD/HD) |
| CAIW | Channel 7 |
| Kabel Noord | Channel 7 |
| IPTV | |
| KPN | Channel 7 |
| Tele2 | Channel 7 |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only) |
RTL 7 is the third channel of the RTL Group in the Netherlands and officially began as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is a so-called men's channel with action films, reality television about crime and professions, soccer, motorsport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 till RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.
Officially RTL 7 -along with RTL 4, RTL 5 and RTL 8- is headquartered in Luxembourg, broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Yorin used to be based in the Netherlands, but moved to Luxembourg after the RTL 7 rebrand.
The channel began as Veronica on 1 September 1995, and was a joint venture between RTL 4, RTL 5 and Veronica Association (in Dutch: Vereniging Veronica), and with the radio station Hitradio Veronica in the Holland Media Groep.
The Veronica Organisation had been a public broadcasting association since 1 January 1976 but left the Dutch Public Broadcasting system in 1995 and started a commercial channel.
In the first year it broadcasts a lot of American TV series, such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Baywatch, films, Dutch programmes ranging from game shows to talk shows and Dutch TV series, such as Flodder and Onderweg naar Morgen. By the end of its first year Veronica dropped the news-related programmes and established its place in the Dutch television market as a young adult channel with programmes of a provocative nature. In the next years Veronica proved to be a pioneer in television making by introducing a wide range of reality shows with a real breakthrough when it launched the reality game show Big Brother in 1999.
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