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RTL Plug is a general Belgian French speaking commercial television channel for Belgium and Luxembourg and targeting adolescents and young people (15-34 age bracket). The station is particularly popular in francophone parts of Belgium (
RTL Belux S.A. & cie SECS has agreements with RTL Belgium S.A. to produce programmes for Plug RTL and two other stations, RTL-TVI (generalist station) and RTL Club specialising in films, sports, children programming. RTL Belgium S.A. was held till 31 march 2022 by CLT-UFA S.A. (66%) and Audiopresse S.A. (34%).
The head offices of RTL Plug were situated in KB2 building built by CLT-UFA in at 45, boulevard Pierre-Frieden, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, that allowed the chain a Luxembourg location allowing it to continue as a licensed Luxembourg company to broadcast within Luxembourg. RTL Belgium on the other hand is located at RTL House, on avenue Jacques Georgin,
Wallonia
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and Brussels
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), but also somewhat in Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...
, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium as well.
The channel used the slogan "Complètement Plug" in 2005, "Plug RTL, une rentrée Lifestyle" in 2007, "Exprimes ton coté Plug!" in 2010 and presently "La chaîne Lifestyle".
On 28 March 2023, the channel rebranded as RTL Plug.
History and ownership
The station was launched as ''Plug TV'' on 13 February 2004 and rename Plug RTL on 7 September 2007. 30 August 2010 marked moving to HD broadcasting as ''Plug RTL HD''. Plug RTL was run by Société luxembourgeoise RTL Belux S.A. & cie SECS, and was held till march 2022 by: *65.6% -- CLT-UFA S.A, affiliate at 99.7% ofRTL Group
RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France an ...
*33.8% -- Belgian company Audiopresse S.A.
*0.6% -- RTL Belux S.A.
was CEO and Eusebio Larrea, head of production.
RTL Belux S.A. & cie SECS has agreements with RTL Belgium S.A. to produce programmes for Plug RTL and two other stations, RTL-TVI (generalist station) and RTL Club specialising in films, sports, children programming. RTL Belgium S.A. was held till 31 march 2022 by CLT-UFA S.A. (66%) and Audiopresse S.A. (34%).
The head offices of RTL Plug were situated in KB2 building built by CLT-UFA in at 45, boulevard Pierre-Frieden, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, that allowed the chain a Luxembourg location allowing it to continue as a licensed Luxembourg company to broadcast within Luxembourg. RTL Belgium on the other hand is located at RTL House, on avenue Jacques Georgin, Schaerbeek
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(Brussels), Belgium.
RTL Belgium was acquired by DPG Media
DPG Media Group is a Belgian Media conglomerate, media group. It is active in Belgium and the Netherlands. The exact ownership structure is not clear; it is believed that the group is mainly owned by the Belgian Van Thillo family.Groupe Rossel on 31 March 2022, ended almost 31 years ownership by
Official page on RTL.be
{{Television in Belgium Mass media in Luxembourg Television channels in Belgium Television in Luxembourg Television channels and stations established in 2004 RTL Group Bertelsmann subsidiaries French-language television stations in Belgium
RTL Group
RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France an ...
. RTL Belgium ended the Luxembourg-status in March 2023 to become fully Belgian. The Belgian RTL channels thus lost their terrestrial licence in Luxembourg and ceased their broadcast from the Dudelange Tower on 29 February 2024.
The Belgian RTL channels were also transmitted in the Flemish pay DTT through TV Vlaanderen
TV Vlaanderen is a Digital data, digital satellite television and terrestrial television service provider for the Flanders region and community in Belgium.
TV Vlaanderen's customers are mostly people living in Flanders. However, as TV Vlaandere ...
’s Antenne TV offer, from December 2017 until 1 September 2024.
Programming
It rebroadcasts programming mainly from popular French stations, particularly from M6 and W9, reality TV shows and musical competitions like ''Nouvelle Star
''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...
'', '' La France a un incroyable talent'', ''Rising Star'', music videos and some internally produced programming like ''Lifestyle'' with Agathe Lecaron, ''Le Mag People'' and a weekly music programme. Other notable local programming includes ''Un dîner presque parfait'', ''Criss Angel le magicien gothique'' etc.
References
External links
Official page on RTL.be
{{Television in Belgium Mass media in Luxembourg Television channels in Belgium Television in Luxembourg Television channels and stations established in 2004 RTL Group Bertelsmann subsidiaries French-language television stations in Belgium