Super RTL

Super RTL
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Luxembourg; Liechtenstein; Europe;
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service	Toggo Plus
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group;
Parent	Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
Sister channels	RTL Zwei
History
Launched	28 April 1995; 26 years ago
Links
Website	superrtl.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel slots vary on each region
Cable
Cablecom	Channel slots vary on each region
Kabel Deutschland	Channel slots vary on each region
Kabel BW	Channel slots vary on each region
Unity Media	Channel slots vary on each region
NOS (Portugal)	Channel 49
Telemach (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Channel 141
Satellite
Sky Deutschland	Channel 560 (SD); Channel 551 (HD)
Total TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Channel 818
IPTV
Telekom Entertain (Germany)	Channel 9 (SD/HD)
A1 TV (Austria)	Channel 28 (SD)
Vodafone TV (Portugal)	Channel 61 (SD)
EON TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	Channel 141

Super RTL is a German free-to-air television network owned by the RTL Group. The channel originally launched in 1995 as a joint venture between RTL Group predecessor company CLT-UFA and Disney's Buena Vista International Television Investments (later Disney International Operations) division.^[2]

History[]

On 24 August 1994, with Jeffrey Katzenberg's resignation, a reorganization of Disney Company took place in which Richard Frank became head of newly formed Disney Television and Telecommunications (DTT), which included Walt Disney Television International,^[3] which held Disney's Super RTL stake. RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG was formed in 1995.^[4]

Super RTL[]

Super RTL was finally launched on 28 April 1995, with The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as its first ever program.^[5] The Disney-CC/ABC merger led to DTT being split up in April 1996, Walt Disney Television International was transferred to Capital Cities/ABC in that same month.^[6] CC/ABC combined the international units, Walt Disney Television International and ACIBG, into Disney–ABC International Television (DAIT) in July.^[7]

The Fun & Action Tour, a Germany-wide roadshow event for children, was started in 1997 featuring TV program characters. The tour was later renamed the Toggo Tour. The following year, the channel became the top view channel by the 3-to-13-year-old target age group.^[8]

In 1999, the joint venture saw its channel make a net profit of DM 4.5 million, launched its website and started the Super RTL Licensing Agency to make more revenues from TV licensing. A new managing director, Claude Schmit, took charge of the venture in 2000.^[8]

Also in 2000, the preschool programming is labeled "Toggolino". Toggolino Club is started in 2002 and offers paid pre-school children education content.^[8]

The Toggo umbrella brand was introduced in 2001 for all activities for 6- to 13-year-old children. In 2002, Sony BMG label, Berlin Records, released the first Toggo Music CD. SuperRTL began using the 'Family Cartoon' rating label in 2006 for family viewing suitable animated films shown on Friday and Saturday night.^[8]

In 2005, Super RTL was granted a broadcast license for the preschool pay-TV channel Toggolino TV by the government media regulators. However, Toggolino TV was never launched.^[9] Bertelsmann turned over the learning platform Scoyo to Super RTL in 2009.^[8] In mid-2013, Super RTL, RTL II and four other RTL channels were available over Zattoo live streaming service under the first deal between a German broadcaster and an over the top platform company.^[10]

Program contents' changes, and post-Disney era[]

With the announcement of the launch of a free-to-air German version of Disney Channel causing a loss of Disney programming, Super RTL signed volume deals in October 2013 with Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution and Sony Pictures Television for a slate of animated features and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) for 1,200 hours of programming until 2020.^[11] The DWA deal included shows from the Classic Media library.^[12] The channel also acquired programming to expand its views in the evenings with more adult TV shows to debut in its fall 2014 schedule: ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars, ABC's Once Upon a Time and Scandal and Syfy's Lost Girl supernatural series. As of 1 January 2014, Disney programming left the channel, because the broadcast version of Disney Channel launched on 17 January. However, Disney continued to hold its stake in the station.^[11]

RTL Disney TV LP launched its Kividoo subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services on 28 April 2015.^[5] In February 2016, RTL Disney Television LP received approval for a second channel from the anti-media concentration commission KEK.^[2] granted the 10-year license to the company. On 15 March, RTL Disney TV announced that the second channel's name as "Toggo plus" after receiving the broadcast license from media authorities' licensing and supervision commission ZAK. Toggo Plus was planned to launch on 4 June 2016.^[9] Super RTL continued to expand its Toggo brand with plans to launch Toggo Radio channel, the first German children and family friendly channel, at the end of May 2020.^[13]

On March 3, 2021, the RTL Group announced they had fully acquired Disney's stake in the station and the limited partnership, putting Super RTL under its full control for the first time.^[14] A rename to Toggo is on the cards.^[15]

Programming[]

Programming blocks[]

Throughout the day, Super RTL is split into 3 different blocks:

Toggo (2001–present) is the network's children programming block and umbrella brand for 6- to 13-year-olds.^[8]^[9] In 2016, its brand and programming was added to a new network, Toggo Plus, while adding another hour in the morning. Toggo with this change, the block will be on 15 hours a day.^[9]
Toggolino airs shows aimed towards a pre-school audience. The brand was first used in 2000.^[8]

Related services[]

Kividoo: is a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services launched on 28 April 2015 with children's shows from Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation, Studio Hamburg, ZDF Enterprises, HIT Entertainment, BBC Studios and German publishing house Tessloff Verlag.^[5]
Toggo Plus: The Toggo Plus network would time shift Super RTL's Toggo programming block by an hour delay with the Toggo block added another hour in the morning. This network would add another hour after the block's schedule is completed. Infomercials would fill out the remaining time.^[9]
Toggo Radio: is an online only radio channel launched at the end of May 2020. The channel is on Super RTL platforms, online radio aggregators and smart devices, but not FM or Digital audio broadcasting initially. Content consists of chart music, children's songs and radio plays.^[13]

References[]

^ Observatory, European Audiovisual. "TV Channel: Super RTL". MAVISE. European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Krieger, Jörn (10 February 2016). "Super RTL plans new TV channel". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 12 April 2016. RTL Disney Fernsehen is owned 50% each by CLT-UFA which is part of RTL Group and Buena Vista International Television Investments, a subsidiary of Walt Disney.
^ Weinraub, Bernard (25 August 1994). "Chairman of Disney Studios Resigns". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ "Company Overview of RTL DISNEY Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG". BloombergBusiness. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Krieger, Jörn (27 April 2015). "Super RTL to launch SVOD service for kids". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ "Roth, Iger Assume Expanded Responsibilities at the Walt Disney Company". PRNewswire. 16 April 1996. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
^ Johnson, Debra (1 July 1996). "Granath takes top slot at Disney–ABC International". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "SUPER RTL: 20 YEARS – 20 FACTS" (PDF). Backstage. No. Week 18. RTL Group. 30 April 2015. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Krieger, Jörn (15 March 2016). "Super RTL to launch second channel". Broadband TV News.
^ "Zattoo adds RTL channels to linear OTT". Broadbandtvnews.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Roxborough, Scott (8 October 2013). "MIPCOM: With 'Scandal' and 'Scooby-Doo' Germany's Super RTL Takes on Disney Channel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^ Verrier, Richard (18 June 2013). "DreamWorks Animation signs TV deal with Germany's Super RTL". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lückerath, Thomas (22 April 2020). "Toggo Radio: Super RTL startet neuen Radiosender für Kids". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ Whyte, Alexandra (3 March 2021). "Disney sells its stake in Super RTL". Kidscreen. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Thomas, Lückerath (31 May 2021). "Aus Super RTL soll Toggo werden (New name: RTL will become Toggo)". DWDL.de. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

External links[]

superrtl.de (in German)
Official Site of TOGGO TV (in German)

[1] Observatory, European Audiovisual. "TV Channel: Super RTL". MAVISE. European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[bbtn-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Krieger, Jörn (10 February 2016). "Super RTL plans new TV channel". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 12 April 2016. RTL Disney Fernsehen is owned 50% each by CLT-UFA which is part of RTL Group and Buena Vista International Television Investments, a subsidiary of Walt Disney.

[3] Weinraub, Bernard (25 August 1994). "Chairman of Disney Studios Resigns". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

[4] "Company Overview of RTL DISNEY Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG". BloombergBusiness. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[bbtn1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Krieger, Jörn (27 April 2015). "Super RTL to launch SVOD service for kids". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[6] "Roth, Iger Assume Expanded Responsibilities at the Walt Disney Company". PRNewswire. 16 April 1996. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

[7] Johnson, Debra (1 July 1996). "Granath takes top slot at Disney–ABC International". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[bksg-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "SUPER RTL: 20 YEARS – 20 FACTS" (PDF). Backstage. No. Week 18. RTL Group. 30 April 2015. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[bbtn0-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Krieger, Jörn (15 March 2016). "Super RTL to launch second channel". Broadband TV News.

[10] "Zattoo adds RTL channels to linear OTT". Broadbandtvnews.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[thr-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Roxborough, Scott (8 October 2013). "MIPCOM: With 'Scandal' and 'Scooby-Doo' Germany's Super RTL Takes on Disney Channel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[12] Verrier, Richard (18 June 2013). "DreamWorks Animation signs TV deal with Germany's Super RTL". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[dwdl-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lückerath, Thomas (22 April 2020). "Toggo Radio: Super RTL startet neuen Radiosender für Kids". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[14] Whyte, Alexandra (3 March 2021). "Disney sells its stake in Super RTL". Kidscreen. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[15] Thomas, Lückerath (31 May 2021). "Aus Super RTL soll Toggo werden (New name: RTL will become Toggo)". DWDL.de. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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[ref10-21] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

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[ref12a-23] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

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Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Germany, Austria and Switzerland	TV RTL VOX RTL Zwei^{[gl 1]} Nitro RTLplus Super RTL^{[gl 2]} Toggo Plus^{[gl 2]} n-tv RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion GEO Television Radio RTL Radio 104.6 RTL ^{[gl 3]} Radio Hamburg^{[gl 4]} ^{[gl 5]} ^{[gl 6]} ^{[gl 7]} Big FM^{[gl 8]} ^{[gl 9]} ^{[gl 10]} (50%) 89.0 RTL (15%) (2%) ^{[gl 3]} (31/9%) Radio Dresden Radio Leipzig Radio Chemnitz Radio Lausitz Radio Zwickau Radio Erzgebirge Vogtland Radio (4.78%) (15%)
RTL Nederland Netherlands	TV RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Crime RTL Lounge RTL Telekids RTL Z Catchup and Video on Demand RTL XL Videoland
Groupe M6 (48.6%) France	M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva Série Club^{[gl 11]} TF6^{[gl 11]} M6 Boutique & Co M6 Music M6 Music Black Best of Shopping Girondins TV Gulli Tiji Canal J MCM La Chaîne du Père Noël RFM TV Catchup and Video on Demand 6play Salto (JV with France Télévisions and Groupe TF1)
France	TV RTL9^{[gl 12]} Radio RTL RTL 2 Fun Radio ^{[gl 13]}
RTL Belgium^{[gl 14]}	TV RTL-TVI Club RTL Plug RTL Radio Contact Vision Bel RTL TV Radio Bel RTL Radio Contact Catchup RTL Play
RTL 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
Magyar RTL Televízió Hungary	TV RTL Klub RTL II Cool Film+ Video on Demand
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
Fremantle (Production company)	Fremantle Australia Talkback Thames Hare and Tortoise Boundless Euston Films UFA
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