RTL | |
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Launched | 30 April 2004 |
Owned by | RTL Group (100%) |
Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
Slogan | RTL – Your television |
Country | Croatia |
Headquarters | Zagreb |
Sister channel(s) |
RTL 2 RTL Kockica RTL Living RTL Crime RTL Passion |
Website | www.rtl.hr |
RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since 30 April 2004.
RTL Televizija is 99.9% owned by the RTL Group.
It was launched as the second commercial television network with national concession in Croatia, the first being Nova TV.
On 15 May 2014, RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, announced the appointment of Henning Tewes, Managing Director of the news provider Enex, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RTL Hrvatska with effect from 1 July 2014. Tewes succeed Johannes Züll who left RTL Group to become CEO at the German production company Studio Hamburg. Following a proposal from Henning Tewes, Ivan Lovreček, than Editor-in-chief of RTL Hrvatska and a member of the company's Executive Board, was promoted to Deputy CEO of RTL Hrvatska, also effective 1 July 2014.
Since going on air, RTL Televizija has been broadcasting its own daily news program. On working days, there are three news broadcasts, Monday to Thursday RTL Vijesti at 16:30 and RTL Danas at 18:30 CET and late news and current affairs RTL Direkt around 22:15 CET. On Fridays and weekends, there are two news programme, RTL Vijesti at 16:30 and RTL Danas at 18:30 CET.
Since the very beginning, the station has been producing its own content, such as daily talk show Sanja, dating game show Srcolovka, quiz show Veto, entertainment show Salto, talk music show Retromanija, daily soap opera Zabranjena ljubav (Forbidden Love), magazine shows Exploziv and Exkluziv, later Exkluziv Tabloid. RTL Televizija also produced the Croatian version of Big Brother, which was the most popular television program in Croatia when it aired. In 2006, the station also started to produce their own sitcom, Bibin svijet (Biba's World). Talk show Studio 45, drama series Ne daj se, Nina!, Krv nije voda, K.T.2, Policijska patrola, shows Život nogometaša and Moja 3 zida, fashion show Top Model by Tatjana Jurić, culinary shows Večera za 5 and Punom parom were also RTL produced programme. More recent productions include game show Pobijedi Šolu, sitcom Kriza, co-production with FIST production, quiz show Pet na pet, qame shows Tko će ga znati! and Tog se nitko nije sjetio!, docu-soap Ljubav je na selu, drama series Ruža vjetrova, Tajne, Vatre ivanjske, music show Hrvatski broj jedan, culinary shows Kuhar i pol, Tri, dva, jedan - peci!, Tri, dva, jedan - kuhaj!, magazine show Sve u šest and music show X Factor Adria, co-production of with Prva Srpska Televizija.