RTL aktuell

RTL aktuell
Country of origin	Germany
Original language(s)	German
Production
Running time	20 minutes
Production company(s)	infonetwork RTL n-tv
Release
Original network	RTL
Picture format	16:9 (since 18 November 2008)
Original release	5 April 1988 – present
External links
Website

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.

Since 11 September 2010 RTL aktuell is broadcast in HD.

Presenters

• Peter Kloeppel (Chief anchor, also managing editor)
• Annett Moeller (Stand-in anchor)
• Lothar Keller (Stand-in anchor)
• Ulrike von der Groeben (Sports presenter)
• Birgit von Bentzel (Stand-in sports presenter)
• Andreas von Thien (Stand-in sports presenter)
• Christian Haeckl (Weather presenter)
• Maxi Biewer (Weather presenter)
• Bernd Fuchs (Weather presenter)
• Eva Imhof (Weather presenter)

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

External links

• Official website