RTL 5 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched on 2 October 1993, during the 4th anniversary of its sister channel. It mainly broadcasts American films and hit series but also

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, international shows and local productions including '' Expeditie Robinson'', '' Holland's Next Top Model'' & '' Benelux' Next Top Model'', Dutch versions of ''

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'', the '' Dutch version of ''Project Catwalk'''', '' So You Think You Can Dance'' and a Dutch version of ITV's ''

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''. Officially RTL 5 - along with

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and RTL 8 - is headquartered in

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, broadcasting with a

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TV license. This allows them to avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict.

History

Early years

RTL 4 planned the creation of an RTL 5 as early as March 1992. The group conducted a feasibility study to create a second channel for targets that were not properly served by the main channel. In a board meeting at the end of June 1993, CLT publicly announced a 2 October launch date, aiming to complement the broader RTL 4. Executives believed that RTL 5 was set to start at the right time, and that the new channel would help develop the Dutch commercial television market. The channel planned to receive US$2,60 per subscriber for its cable fees during its first year of operation. RTL 5 started as ''RTL V'' via the Astra 1C satellite on 2 October 1993. The programming mainly consists of shows about cars and programmes for men. Opening night started at 6pm with a preview programme that was partly simulcast with RTL 4, presented by Jan Lenferink, in which its guests searched for "the other side of television". It was followed by the film '' Dead Poets Society'' at 8pm, and at 10:05pm, ''Saturdaynight Five'', featuring "a quiz that is not a quiz and a survey" into the preferences of the progressive Netherlands, with various styles of "top level" music. After an episode of ''

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'' (at 11:30pm), the evening finished at midnight with an eight-hour reading of

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's book ''Neerlands Bloed'' (''Dutch Blood'') over an eight-hour period, recorded at the

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in May 1991. Frank de Jonge had previously appeared in the launch of RTL Veronique four years earlier and "reappeared" in the form of a video recording. In 1994 it changed the Roman number ''V'' into ''5''.

RTL 5 under the early days of HMG

In February 1995, Veronica joined RTL 4 S.A., starting a joint venture called HMG (Holland Media Groep). Two of the channels already had defined targets (RTL 4 continued being a family channel and Veronica was set to be a youth channel), but RTL 5 "clashed" with RTL 4, causing the channel to find a new formula. In March, its founding director Fans von Westerloo left the channel and was appointed for the same position on the upstart network SBS6. Program coordinator Bart in't Houd also left the channel to join the same post on the new service. With three major channels RTL could disrupt the

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in the

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. A recommendation from the

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suggested the sale of RTL 5 to another company, with SBS Broadcasting being interested. The Competition Commission suggested by mid-September to formally create HMG only if RTL 5 was sold and if

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's share was reduced to a symbolic level.

Attempted reconversion to a news and weather format

In the summer of 1996, the channel was aimed at reconverting itself into a news channel, but HMG executives were still pending a final decision. Under pressure of the

the channel was rebranded as ''RTL 5 Nieuws & Weer'' (in English: RTL 5 News & Weather) between 1997 and 1998. RTL 5 became a thematic

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, with an 8pm news bulletin competing against the main edition of ''

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''. It also provided a ten-minute ''Weer & Verkeer'' (weather and traffic) bulletin after the main news. Weeks after the launch of the new format, SBS Broadcasting tried suing RTL 5 in front of the European Commission, under the grounds that HMG was not following EC recommendations in becoming a theme channel. Part of its line-up still consisted of feature films, going against the news channel concept, and one of the new local programmes, ''5 in het land'', was similar to SBS6's '' Hart van Nederland''. The EC suggested a gradual removal of the general entertainment fare in order to finish the conversion.

Repositioning

With the launch of NET5 in 1999, the channel changed its format again. The channel withdrew its news and weather format and increased its target demographic. In September 2000, the European Commission reversed the restrictions on RTL 5 because competitive channels had been launched in the Netherlands. On 5 June 2001, a Business and Financial News block called RTL Z started on RTL 5 during daytime. Regular RTL 5 programming started at 6pm. RTL Z moved from RTL 5 to RTL 7 on 12 August 2005.

Since 2005

Since then, in conjunction with the RTL rebrand, RTL 5 has become a 24-hours channel. It also absorbed the programmes of the former Yorin channel, while RTL 7, the former Yorin, took RTL5's former output. On 15 January 2024, a new season of ''Big Brother'' premiered on the channel and on Videoland.

Series and shows currently on air

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* Ambulance Australia * Big Brother * Big Brother Australia (from series 12) * Bondi Vet * De Augurkenkoning * Dr. Phil * Expeditie Robinson * Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back * Holland's Next Top Model *RTL De Journaal

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* Australia's Next Top Model *

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* Bad Girls Club * Balls of Steel * Beauty and the Geek * Benelux' Next Top Model * Biker Mice from Mars * Bionic Woman * Bodyshockers * Bones *

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* Breakout Kings * Britain's Missing Top Model * Britain's Next Top Model * Burn Notice * Cashmere Mafia * Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew *

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* Helicopter Heroes * Heroes *

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* Hotter Than My Daughter *

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* Huge * Human Target * Idols *

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*Kees van der Spek: Oplichters Aangepakt * Kitchen Nightmares *

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* In Plain Sight *

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*Mijn Tent is Top ( My Restaurant Rules) (moved to

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* New Girl *

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* Oz * Paradise Hotel * Passion Cove * Past Life * Point Pleasant *

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* Project Catwalk * Project Runway *

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* The Fashion Show * The Glades * The Golden Cage * The Inside * The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency *

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* The Millionaire Matchmaker *

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* The Phone * The Rachel Zoe Project * The Secret Life of the American Teenager * The Simple Life *

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* The Tribe * The Tyra Banks Show * The Ultimate Dance Battle * The Unit * The Unusuals *

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*Van etter tot engel ( Brat Camp) * Vijf tegen Vijf (Family Feud) * White Collar * Wipeout

Teletext

RTL 5 offered a teletext service which stopped on 1 April 2017. The pages 888/889 are still available for subtitles.

Logos

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rtl 5 Television channels in the Netherlands RTL Nederland Television channels and stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in the Netherlands