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Private Channel or Free TV – In these case the Private Channels are financed with the money from the advertising. Germans don´t need to pay to watch these channels. RTL Television – “Private full program” I guess that the best words to describe the RTL channels are “light TV”. If you want light and general entertainment then watching RTL may be for you. RTL Television have a number of different channel versions. The free TV channel RTL II, Super RTL, RTL Nitro, VOX and n-tv and digital niche channels RTL Crime, RTL Living and Passion. RTL has been “on air” since 1984 and have their base in the German city of Cologne (a beautiful and amazing city by the way) and is part of the German private channels category. The programs of RTL – General Entertainment and Information The private channel that is directed to the target audience of 14- to 59-year-olds, offers a full program of news, series, reality shows, comedy and entertainment programs. These include the casting shows “Das Supertalent” and ” “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (both with Dieter Bohlen on the jury), the game show “Wer wird Millionär?”, “Ich bin ein Star” (holt mich hier raus), “Die ultimative Chartshow” and “5 gegen Jauch”. On RTL you can watch international films like for example, the films of the “Twilight Saga”, “Red Dawn” and “The Hobbit”. The comedy series “Die Bülent Ceylan Show” is also seen in RTL. If you love soap operas, RTL is for you. You can watch for example, “Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten”, “Unter uns” and “Alles was zählt”. RTL transmitted 1 of the series that we recommended in an article before, “Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei” and if you love the crime series, you can watch some of the US productions like “CSI: Vegas”, “Psych”, “Bones – Die Knochenjägerin” and “Dr. House”. Some of the informative series includes, the matutine program “Guten Morgen Deutschland”, and for lunch time, the magazine program “Punkt 12”. Docusoaps at RTL Among the productions of the TV station includes numerous docu-soaps. One of the most successful is “Bauer sucht Frau”, the topic is looking a couple or life companions for farmers (yes, you read correctly). In “Raus aus den Schulden” is debt counselor Peter Zwegat, helping people with financial problems find possibilities of debt reduction. “Undercover Boss” is a German offshoot of the British docu-soap with the same name. In this program some executives start an undercover adventure as a worker in his own company. Other Transmission are “Rach, der Restauranttester”, “Einsatz in 4 Wänden”, “Schwiegertochter gesucht” and “Unsere erste gemeinsame Wohnung”. Moderators of the TV station RTL One of the faces of the TV station is Peter Kloeppel, chief presenter of the main news “RTL aktuell”. Inseparable part of the program of RTL is Günther Jauch. The presenter and journalist since 1990 gained great popularity due to the moderation of the game show “Wer wird Millionär?”. For sports on RTL Florian König is the “King”. How do I receive RTL? As you can see RTL channel offers excellent entertainment options for everyone. Watch RTL channels with GermanTV24.com!