RTL Z is a Dutch 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 the programme in its entirety. It was initially broadcast as a programming block on RTL 5 during daytime, and later on RTL 7 from 12 August 2005 until 6 September 2015.[1] RTL Z relaunched as a dedicated 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.[2]
^Kriek, Jarco (7 September 2015). "Nederland is met RTL Z TV zender rijker" [The Netherlands is richer with RTL Z TV channel]. Totaal TV (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^joint venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda.
^ abUntil March 2021 a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.
^ abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
^joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
^joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.