RTL Aktuell is the daily newscast of RTL in Germany that airs every evening at 18:45. RTL has three other newscasts with the same graphics and music sequence: RTL Nachtjournal, RTL Direkt and Punkt 12.
In addition, the RTL Deutschland group has two other daily newscasts: VOX Nachrichten on VOX, and the youth-oriented RTL Zwei News on RTL Zwei. There is also the dedicated 24-hour news channel n-tv.
Overview
RTL Aktuell (first era)
1984
7 vor 7
1984-1988
RTL Aktuell (second era)
1988–1992
1992–1994
1994–1997
1997–2000
2000–2004
2004–2010
Introduced on 30 August 2004.
2010-present
2010–2021
First introduced 11 September 2010. The basic set design and graphics have been unchanged since that date, unlike some of the RTL Group’s other daily newscasts, such as RTL Nieuws in the Netherlands and RTL Híradó in Hungary, which rebranded in 2014 and 2016, respectively. However, the studio slightly changed on 10 June 2014.
2021-present
Introduced on 15 September 2021.
2022 (tentative)
First shown on the RTL Aktuell Spezial intro on 25 February 2022.
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