- RTL II
Infobox Network
network_name = RTL II
network_
country =Germany
network_type = Broadcasttelevision network
available = National; also distributed inAustria andSwitzerland
owner =RTL Group ,Tele München Gruppe
key_people = Jochen Starke,CEO ; Axel Kühn, senior vice president, programming
launch_date =March 6 ,1993
founder =
past_names = RTL2 (1993 -1999 )
brand =
website = [http://www.rtl2.de/ www.rtl2.de]RTL II (RTL 2) is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German
television channel .It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in
1993 . It quickly became infamous for its perceived "trash programming", comprising lots ofsoft porn as well as shows such as "Peep" and many pseudo-documentaries being mainly vehicles fornudity . Despite dropping all erotic programming in late2001 , its bad reputation follows RTL II to this day. Today, programming pillars are daily episodes of the local "Big Brother" in access primetime, and a primetime lineup consisting mostly of docu-soaps, movies and licensed series such as "24" and "Stargate SG-1 ". Recent efforts to move further towards quality programming with science magazines and documentaries have met with an indifferent audience response.The channel's
prime-time newscast "RTL II News" is frequently criticized for its selection of news stories: Catering to a young audience, it has been known to put a CD release or the launch of a new gaming console in the second headline slot directly after the day's top event. This unconventional approach has supposedly brought RTL II's broadcasting licence into jeopardy at least once, as a German commercial broadcaster has to feature minimum amounts of serious informational and cultural programming to be allowed a full channel licence. Though widely criticized, the newscast is well-produced and quite popular with its target audience.On weekdays, RTL II also airs an
anime afternoon under their kids/youth banner "Pokito". Following tensions with media authorities, RTL II'sStandards and Practices department is believed to be especially sensitive about children's programming. As a consequence, many anime fans criticize the channel for cutting scenes inanime series like Detective Conan [ [http://www.animedigital.de/conan-cuts.html Animedigital-Conan Cuts] ] ,InuYasha [ [http://www.animedigital.de/Projekte/Inuyasha/ Animedigital-Inuyasha Cuts] ] ,One Piece [ [http://op-cuts.animedigital.de Animedigital-One Piece Cuts] ] andNaruto [ [http://www.animedigital.de/naruto-cuts.html Animedigital-Naruto Cuts] ] [ [http://www.schnittberichte.com/search.php?String=Naruto&Kat=Serie Schnittberichte.com-Naruto] ] until 2009 the new Channel "Pokito" digitally Television not Satelite. Sometimes an episode is even edited down if its original version had previously been given a FSK 6 rating, meaning that it is suitable for children ages 6 up and may legally be aired at all hours of the day.RTL II's corporate identity used to change more often and more drastically than that of any other competing channel in the same time, sporting three totally different
logo s and at least fouron-air design strategies in less than ten years. This is believed by some to reflect the difficulties to establish the channel as dynamic and provoking yet not as the "trash" that defined its early years. The pace of design change has slowed in recent years, with the Roman-numeral rendition of the channel's name (the "pause button ") being in use since1999 .RTL II is partly owned by
RTL Group , but also by publishersHeinrich Bauer Verlag ,Burda , and, jointly, by Disney/ABC andTele München .Programmes
eries
From Australia
*"Water Rats (Water Rats - Die Hafencops)"
From Canada
*"Blood Ties"
*"Whistler (starting2009 )"From the United Kingdom
* "
Torchwood " (starting2009 ) [cite web | url = http://www.quotenmeter.de/index.php?newsid=28512 | title = RTL II kauft britische Serie «Torchwood» | publisher = quotenmeter.de | accessdate = 2008-07-14]From the United States
*"24 (season 1-5)"
*"According to Jim (Immer wieder Jim)"
*"Andromeda"
*"Angela's Eyes (Angela Henson - Das Auge des FBI)"
*"Battlestar Galactica"
*"Californication"
*"Dead Like Me (Dead Like Me - So gut wie tot)"
*"Dexter"
*"Dog the Bounty Hunter (Dog - Der Kopfgeldjäger)"
*" (Hercules)"
*"Heroes"
*"Home Improvement (Hör mal, wer da hämmert!)"
*" (Law & Order: New York)"
*"Rodney"
*"Sleeper Cell"
*"Smallville"
*"Stargate SG-1 (Stargate - Kommando SG-1)"
*"Stargate Atlantis "
*"The A-Team (Das A-Team)"
*"The Dead Zone (Dead Zone)"
*"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Der Prinz von Bel-Air)"
*" (Xena)"Audience share(March 2008): 4.0%, from 14-49 years 6.2%.
Reality Shows
*Big Brother
*Wife Swap ("Frauentausch ")Anime
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Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari ("Eine fröhliche Familie")
*Attack No. 1 ("Mila Superstar")
*Beyblade
*Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon("SAILORMOON DAS MÄDCHEN MIT DEN ZAUBERKRÄFTEN")
*Captain Tsubasa ("Die tollen Fußballstars")
*Case Closed ("Detektiv Conan")
*Cat's Eye ("Ein Supertrio")
*Chibi Maruko-chan
*Crayon Shin-chan ("Shin Chan")
*Digimon
**Digimon Adventure
**Digimon Adventure 02
**Digimon Tamers
**Digimon Frontier
**Digimon Data Squad
*DoReMi
*Dr. Slump (2nd series)
*Dragon Ball
*Dragon Ball Z
*Dragon Ball GT
*Flint the Time Detective ("Flint Hammerhead")
*Ganbare, Kikka-zu! ("Kickers")
*Hikari no Densetsu ("Die kleinen Superstars")
*Hamtaro
*InuYasha
*Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne ("Jeanne, die Kamikaze Diebin")
*Lady Oscar
*MegaMan NT Warrior
*Monster Rancher
* ("Die Macht des Zaubersteins")
*Naruto
*One Piece
*Oz no Mahōtsukai
*Pokémon
*Power Stone
*Princess Sarah ("Die kleine Prinzessin Sara")
*Futari wa Pretty Cure ("Pretty Cure")
*Ranma ½
*Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
*Shaman King
*Taro the Space Alien ("Taro Alien")
*The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
* ("Missis Jo und ihre fröhliche Familie")
*Wedding Peach
*Yu-Gi-Oh!
*Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
*Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Other Animated Series
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Action Man
*Calimero
*Care Bears
*Casper the Friendly Ghost ("Casper")
*The Chipmunks ("Alvin und die Chipmunks")
*Duck Dodgers
*Duckman
*Gargantua
*Get Ed
*He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
*Isnogud
*Jackie Chan Adventures
*The Mézga Family ("Die Abenteuer der Familie Metzger")
*Mucha Lucha
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
*Winx Club
*Xiaolin Showdown ee also
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RTL Group
*Bertelsmann AG External links
* [http://www.rtl2.de/ Official Site] de icon
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