RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial station RTL. The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45 CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin (Deutschland am Morgen, formerly Punkt 6, Punkt 7, and Punkt 8 and Guten Morgen Deutschland), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News), and a late night bulletin (RTL Nachtjournal). Weekend bulletins are branded as RTL aktuell Weekend.
RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for 7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast in HD.
Presenters Presenter Time Notes News Roberta Bieling since 2023 Anchor Christopher Wittich since 2021 Anchor Peter Kloeppel 1992-2024 former Anchor Annett Möller since 2008 Stand-in anchor Maik Meuser since 2015 Stand-in anchor Lothar Keller 2006–2016 Stand-in anchor Kay-Sölve Richter 2004–2005 Stand-in anchor Ilka Eßmüller 2001–2007 Stand-in anchor Susanne Kronzucker 1995–2003 Stand-in anchor Petra Schwarzenberg 1994–2005 Stand-in anchor Christoph Teuner 1992–1997 Stand-in anchor Claus Hommer 1987–1991 weekend editions Angelika Bade Michael Karr Ann-Katrin Schröder Hans Meiser 1984–1992 former Chief anchor Sport Andreas von Thien 2024- Main anchor, since 1996 Stand-in anchor Ulrike von der Groeben 1989-2023 former Main anchor Birgit von Bentzel since 2003 Stand-in anchor Anna Fleischhauer since 2021 Stand-in anchor Weather Christian Häckl since 1994 Main anchor Maxi Biewer since 1992 Stand-in anchor Bernd Fuchs since 1997 Stand-in anchor Eva Imhof since 2010 Stand-in anchor
Correspondent Antonia Rados (Chief international correspondent)
Awards In 2007, RTL aktuell won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV award) in the category of Beste Informationssendung (Best News Broadcast).
Market share Market shares of RTL aktuell in the target audience of 14 to 49-years-old: Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Market share (%) 23,1 22,4 20,2 22,2 20,7 19,7 18,2 19,3 19,4 19,9 19,9 19,8
External links
Official website