Plug RTL

Plug RTL
Country	Luxembourg; Belgium
Headquarters	43, boulevard Pierre Frieden Kirchberg, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	16:9
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Belgium
History
Launched	13 February 2004
Links
Website	www.plugrtl.be
Availability
Terrestrial
Television Terrestrial	Channel 10 (France), Channel 16 (Central France), Channel 96 (France of Subtitles Russian ), Channel 8 (Card)
Terrestrial Five	Channel 2 (Only Subtitles Russian) ; Channel 7 (Only France) ; Channel 9 (Only Central France

Plug RTL is a general Luxembourgish^[2] French speaking commercial television chain with international presence and targeting adolescents and young people (15-34 age bracket). The station is particularly popular in francophone parts of Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels), but also somewhat in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium as well.

It rebroadcasts programming mainly from popular French stations, particularly from M6, reality TV shows and musical competitions like Nouvelle Star, La France a un incroyable talent, Rising Star, music videos and some internally produced programming like Lifestyle with Agathe Lecaron, Le Mag People and a weekly music programme. Other notable local programming includes Un dîner presque parfait, Criss Angel le magicien gothique etc.

The channel used the slogan "Complètement Plug" in 2005, "Plug RTL, une rentrée Lifestyle" in 2007, "Exprimes ton coté Plug!" in 2010 and presently "La chaîne Lifestyle".

History and ownership[]

The station was launched as Plug TV on 13 February 2004 and rename Plug RTL on 7 September 2007. 30 August 2010 marked moving to HD broadcasting as Plug RTL HD.

Plug RTL is run by Société luxembourgeoise RTL Belux S.A. & cie SECS, and is held by:

65.6% -- CLT-UFA S.A, affiliate at 99.7% of RTL Group
33.8% -- Belgian company
0.6% -- S.A.

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RTL Belgium is located at RTL House, on [fr], Schaerbeek (Brussels), Belgium.

RTL Belux S.A. & cie SECS has agreements with RTL Belgium S.A. to produce programmes for Plug RTL and two other stations, RTL-TVI (generalist station) and Club RTL specialising in films, sports, children programming. RTL Belgium S.A. is held by CLT-UFA S.A. (66%) and Audiopresse S.A. (34%).

The head offices of Plug RTL are situated in KB2 building built by CLT-UFA in at 45, boulevard Pierre-Frieden, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, that allows the chain a Luxembourg location allowing it to continue as a licensed Luxembourg company to broadcast within Luxembourg. RTL Belgium on the other hand is located at RTL House, on avenue Jacques Georgin, Schaerbeek (Brussels), Belgium.

References[]

^ "Qui contrôle les chaînes de RTL Belgique?". radio 100,7. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "Qui contrôle les chaînes de RTL Belgique?". 20 June 2018.

External links[]

Official page on RTL.be

[1] "Qui contrôle les chaînes de RTL Belgique?". radio 100,7. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

[2] "Qui contrôle les chaînes de RTL Belgique?". 20 June 2018.

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[ref2-4] Until March 2021 a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.

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[ref4-6] t venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.

[ref9-7] t venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

[ref10-8] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-9] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

[ref12a-10] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

[ref12b-11] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref13-12] t venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.

[ref5-13] t venture with TF1 Group.

[ref6-14] t venture with AB Groupe.

[ref7-15] t venture with L'Équipe.

[ref8-16] Until December 2020 a joint venture with Mediahuis, IPM Group and Rossel (through Audiopresse S.A.).

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RTL Luxembourg Luxembourg	TV RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg RTL Zwee RTL9 Club RTL Plug RTL RTL-TVI Radio RTL Radio
RTL Hrvatska Croatia	RTL RTL 2 RTL Kockica RTL Croatia World
RTL Magyarország Hungary	TV RTL Klub RTL II Cool Film+ RTL+ Video on Demand (RTL Most+)
Atresmedia Spain	TV Antena 3 (HD) laSexta (HD) Neox Nova Mega Atreseries (only HD) Radio Onda Cero Europa FM Catchup Atresplayer
Latin America & Brazil	Gulli Brasil
Russia	Gulli Girl Tiji
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Programming

Country	Luxembourg Belgium
Headquarters	43, boulevard Pierre Frieden Kirchberg, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg^[1]
Language(s)	French
Picture format	16:9
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Belgium
History
Launched	13 February 2004
Links
Website	www.plugrtl.be
Availability

Terrestrial
Television Terrestrial	Channel 10 (France), Channel 16 (Central France), Channel 96 (France of Subtitles Russian ), Channel 8 (Card)
Terrestrial Five	Channel 2 (Only Subtitles Russian) Channel 7 (Only France) Channel 9 (Only Central France