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21-603: Officially RTL 7 along with RTL 4 , RTL 5 and RTL 8 is headquartered in Hilversum , 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 licensed in the Netherlands, but moved to Luxembourg after the RTL 7 rebrand. There is a 40 kW DVB-T transmitter on

42-587: A family entertainment channel with programmes such as Idols , X Factor , Dancing with the Stars and Dancing on Ice . That year RTL 4 also launched Ik hou van Holland , a quiz show around and about the Netherlands with Linda de Mol . From 2009, talent shows have played a major role in the programming of RTL 4, the X Factor has been rescheduled successfully to Friday night with higher ratings in Season 2 (2009) and Season 3 (2010) on Fridays. In 2010, RTL 4 bought

63-529: Is a Dutch free-to-cable business and financial news television channel . It displays economic changes and the stock exchange news in a banner at the bottom of the screen in the daytime. In the evenings the programming consists of documentaries. RTL Z started on 6 June 2001 as a joint venture between Holland Media Groep and Belgian Business Television. Belgian Business Television broadcasts Kanaal Z (Canal Z) in Belgium . In 2002, Holland Media Groep took over

84-412: Is a general entertainment channel with infotainment , television drama , talk shows , game shows , news and talent shows . It is owned by RTL Nederland , a subsidiary of RTL Group . The station has three sister TV channels: RTL 5 , RTL 7 and RTL 8 , and four thematic TV channels: RTL Z , RTL Lounge , RTL Crime and RTL Telekids . Officially RTL 4 - along with RTL 5 , RTL 7 and RTL 8 -

105-484: Is broadcast on NPO since 2010: Woozle and Pip From May 1991 until September 2006, the station has had several accompanying radio stations, such as RTL 4 Radio, RTL Radio, RTL Rock Radio, Happy RTL, and RTL FM. Between June 2007 and 1 January 2012 RTL Nederland owned Radio 538 , one of the largest radio stations of the Netherlands. RTL 4 offered a teletext service which stopped on 1 April 2017. The pages 888/889 are still available for subtitles. RTL Z RTL Z

126-623: Is headquartered in Hilversum , broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more strict control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Despite being intended for Dutch audiences, RTL 4 is encrypted on the Dutch DVB-T Digitenne platform but free-to-air in Luxembourg. It originally launched on the Astra 1A satellite as RTL Véronique on 2 October 1989, before re-branding as RTL 4

147-570: The Dudelange Radio Tower in Luxembourg that broadcasts the channel free-to-air , but the main audience in the Netherlands needs a subscription to a cable, satellite, IPTV, or DVB-T provider to get access. All providers include the channel in their base package. 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

168-513: The Indianapolis 500 are broadcast live on RTL 7 . Movies, series and entertainment programmings also broadcast on this channel. RTL 7 offered a teletext service which stopped on 1 April 2017. The pages 888/889 are still available for subtitles. RTL 4 RTL 4 ( Radio Télévision Luxembourg 4 ) is a Dutch free TV channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4

189-487: The RTL Group felt the need to reorganize its channels. Apart from a physical renewal, the setup of its channels RTL 4 , RTL 5 and Yorin were changed. To emphasize the three channels' connection, the name Yorin was replaced by RTL 7 on 12 August 2005. Practically all former Yorin shows were moved to RTL 5 , whereas that RTL 5's programmes continued on RTL 7 . RTL Z also moved from RTL 5 to RTL 7 . The origin of

210-452: 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. In 2000 Veronica announced it would leave

231-426: The game!" when they came on down to Contestant's Row. All programmes previously on Veronica and also the television presenters moved to Yorin . RTL didn't want to add RTL into the name so the channel would keep its own identity. In the auctioning off of FM radio frequencies called ZeroBase , Holland Media Group acquired a lot allowing them to broadcast a popular music station virtually nationwide; this station

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252-647: The joint venture and wanted to start a channel of its own. Eventually, Veronica Association closed a deal with SBS in 2003. RTL had to change the name of the station. At first RTL came up with ME but a fashion label in the Netherlands WE complained about the similarity with its name. Finally RTL rebranded Veronica to Yorin on 2 April 2001. Yorin referred to the English phrase "You're in". The Dutch version of The Price Is Right , Cash en Carlo , referenced this fact when announcer Eddy Keur told contestants "Yorin

273-406: The kids block that is since 2023 on RTL 4 to Videoland Kids, and then it shows programs such as Thomas and Friends, Efteling trilogy: the cgi late 2000s series Sprookjesboom, the 5 minute preschool program jokie, and Sprookjes van Klaas Vaak, and Ernst, Bobbie en de Rest, a late 90s adventure tv series based on the modern Ernst en Bobbie plays. The Fien en Teun universe, and the reboot of the show that

294-470: The next year. 1, 2 and 3 were already used by the Netherlands' public broadcasters. It was one of the first private commercial broadcaster in the Netherlands. Officially, it still broadcasts from Luxembourg . Private broadcasters were not allowed in the Netherlands until 1992. The encryption system employed by both RTL 4 and 5 analogue services while on the Astra 1A and 1C satellites was Luxcrypt . This standard

315-413: The number 7, instead of a more logical 6, goes back to 1995 when the original channel Veronica was founded. Around the same time, the commercial channels SBS 6 and TMF appeared and also claimed channel 6 on the remote control. Veronica and TMF lost the battle for remote control button 6. Also, SBS 6 was originally managed by Fons van Westerloo , who later became head of RTL Nederland before

336-647: 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

357-534: The rebranding operation. On 15 October 2009 RTL Nederland started simulcasting their RTL 7 and RTL 8 channels in 1080i high-definition. RTL 7 broadcasts a large number of sports programmes such as football, darts and motorsports, but in which motorsports is their main broadcast item. This include live coverage of Formula One and the MotoGP as the most notable. But also the A1 Grand Prix , Dakar Rally and

378-502: The rights for broadcasting Holland's Got Talent from SBS 6 and created together with pioneer John de Mol their own talent show The Voice of Holland in the Autumn of that same year. The Voice of Holland became a huge hit on Dutch television with ratings around 3   million viewers every Friday Night. In 2012, yet another new talent show started, Beat the Best . RTL 4 also owns

399-716: The rights for the soaps As the World Turns and The Bold and the Beautiful . In January 2007, RTL sold the rights for B&B to SBS6 , but repurchased the rights in December 2010. With more money and space to buy other TV shows, RTL 4 bought the rights for the first season of the successful drama show Brothers & Sisters and took over CSI: Miami from sister channel RTL 5. Television host Peter van der Vorst has been appointed Content and Marketing Director of RTL Nederland. He started on 1 March 2019. In late 2024, RTL renamed

420-511: Was called Yorin FM with its most notable DJs being Rob Stenders , Robert Jensen and Henk Westbroek . In 2006, due to disappointing results, Holland Media Group sold the station to SBS Broadcasting, who rebranded it Caz! and changed the programming to a fully middle-of-the-road all-music formula. When Dutch media tycoon and Big Brother-inventor John de Mol announced the launch of a TV channel named Talpa , and contracted many popular Dutch TV hosts,

441-478: Was employed to protect the distribution rights sold by foreign studios to RTL. RTL 4 broadcasts the first and the longest running soap of the Netherlands, Goede tijden, slechte tijden (since 1 October 1990). RTL 4's latest radical change of programming was on 18 August 2007 when RTL obtained the football rights (Eredivisie), but lost the rights to the NOS the following year. In 2008, RTL 4 went back to its roots as

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