RTL Crime (German TV channel)

RTL Crime
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany; Austria; Switzerland
Network	RTL Deutschland
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German, English
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Deutschland
History
Launched	27 November 2006; 15 years ago
Links
Website	www.rtl-crime.de
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland	Channel 336 (HD)
Unitymedia	Channel 526 (SD) ; Channel 226 (HD)
UPC Austria (Switzerland)	Channel 258 (HD)
UPC Switzerland (Switzerland)	Channel 130 (HD)
Satellite
Sky Deutschland	Channel 137 (SD) ; Channel 117 (HD)
IPTV
Telekom Entertain	Channel 208 (HD)

RTL Crime (stylized as RTL CRIME since 15 September 2021) is a German pay television channel owned by the RTL Group. The channel was launched on 27 November 2006. Its programming is centred towards action and crime series.

Distribution[]

Since 1 October 2007, RTL Crime was launched on Sky Deutschland.^[1] In 1 September 2011, a localised feed of the channel was launched in the Netherlands.

In 15 May 2012, the channel launched its own high-definition simulcast feed, which started to be carried on Unitymedia. In 25 September 2014, RTL Crime HD was launched on Sky Deutschland.

Since 1 August 2017, the channel is also available in HD at Kabel Deutschland in the "HD Premium" package.^[2]

Programming^[3][]

Abschnitt 40 (2011-2014)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) (2014–present)
Altes Geld (2016-2018)
American Gods (2018–present)
Arrow (2014–present)
Ash vs Evil Dead (2016–present)
Autopsy (Autopsie - Mysteriöse Todesfälle) (2009–present)
Balko (2006-2011, 2015-2016)
Black Mirror (2013–present)
Born to Kill? (Born to Kill - Als Mörder geboren?) (2008–present)
Born to Kill?: Class of Evil (Born to Kill - A Class of Evil) (2017)
Breakout Kings (2012–present)
Cagney & Lacey (2016–2018)
Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (2017)
(Ridley Scott: Crimes of the Century) (2014–present)
Crossbones (Crossbones - Im Reich der Piraten) (2015–present)
CSI: Cyber (2015–present)
(Death Row Stories: Geschichten aus dem Todestrakt) (2016–present)
CSI: Cyber (2015–present)
Deutschland 83 (2018–present)
Dirk Gently (2012-2015)
Forensic Files (Medical Detectives – Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin) (2006-2010, 2012–present)
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (From Dusk Till Dawn - Die Serie) (2016–present)
F/X: The Series (F/X - Die Serie) (2009-2011, 2013)
(Gier - Rausch des Goldes/Ouro) (2017–present)
Hit & Miss (2013-2016)
Hostages (Die Geiseln/Bnei Aruba) (2017–present)
Humans (2016–present)
(Mythos Serienkiller) (2015–present)
King (2013–2018)
Kojak (2005) (2007–2009)
Liar (2018–present)
Meadowlands (Meadowlands - Stadt der Angst) (2009-2012)
(2015–present)
Mr. Robot (2017–present)
Profiler (2016–present)
Ransom (2017–present)
Rillington Place (Rillington Place - Der Böse) (2017–present)
Ripper Street (2013–present)
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (Matrioshki - Mädchenhändler) (2009-2015)
SK-Babies (2007-2008)
SS-GB (2017–present)
Stieg Larsson: Millennium (2016–present)
The Bureau (Büro der Legenden/Le Bureau des Légendes) (2017)
The Grid (The Grid - Netz des Terrors) (2007-2008, 2010)
Utopia (2014–present)
Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall (2008-2012, 2014–present)
White Collar (2012-2017)

Audience share[]

Germany[]

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2016^[4]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2017^[5]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2018^[6]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

References[]

^ "Telekom Big TV inklusive HD-Fernsehen - Telekom". www.telekom.de. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland - Kommunikation". kommunikation.mediengruppe-rtl.de. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

External links[]

Official website (in German)

[1] "Telekom Big TV inklusive HD-Fernsehen - Telekom". www.telekom.de. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[2] "Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland - Kommunikation". kommunikation.mediengruppe-rtl.de. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[3] "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[4] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

[5] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[6] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

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[ref2-8] Until March 2021 a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.

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[ref10-12] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-13] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

[ref12a-14] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

[ref12b-15] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref13-16] t venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.

[ref5-17] t venture with TF1 Group.

[ref6-18] t venture with AB Groupe.

[ref7-19] t venture with L'Équipe.

[ref8-20] Until December 2020 a joint venture with Mediahuis, IPM Group and Rossel (through Audiopresse S.A.).

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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+)
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