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{{Short description|Television channel in Luxembourg}}
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'''RTL Lëtzebuerg''' is the main [[television]] channel in [[Luxembourg]], broadcasting in [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]. It is part of [[RTL Group]].

==History==
[[File:RTL-Tele-Letzeburg-Logo.svg|200px|thumb|right|Logo used from 1998 to 2009]]
[[File:Logo RTL Luxembourg.png|200px|thumb|right|Logo used from 2009 to 2023]]
The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in [[Europe]]: Luxembourg was the only country in the world in which television stations were operated in both the [[PAL]] and [[SECAM]] formats. Originally, both channels carried the same signal, Tele Luxembourg. Later, the signals were split in the two independent stations [[RTL-TVI]] (PAL, system G, on channel 27, the "i" stand for independent), targeting the French-speaking part of [[Belgium]], and [[RTL9#RTL_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision|RTL Télévision]] (SECAM, system L, on channel 21), targeting [[France]]. Both stations initially continued to carry a lot of the same programming, with regards to foreign series and movies, but produced news and game shows for their target audience.

As restrictions on operating commercial television stations in Europe were relaxed in the mid-1980s, RTL-TVI moved entirely to [[Brussels]], while the popularity of RTL Télévision was somewhat diminished by the success of [[Métropole 6|M6]]. RTL Télévision was renamed [[RTL9]] and, even though its original terrestrial frequency in Luxembourg remains, it is now primarily a cable station for France.

In 1984, [[German language]] RTL Plus (now [[RTL Television]]) was added on channel E7 (PAL-B).

All these stations carried a program in Luxembourgish, called {{ill|Hei elei, kuck elei|lb|lt=''Hei elei, kuck elei''}}. The main purpose was to show these stations were essentially broadcasters from Luxembourg and not aiming to be commercial stations in [[Belgium]], [[France]] and [[Germany]]. When the stations were licensed in their intended broadcasting regions, this program was dropped.

Today, RTL Lëtzebuerg carries entertainment, magazine and news in Luxembourgish. Outside broadcasting hours, a live camera from the radio studio is broadcast, along with text news and traffic cameras. Programs from [[RTL Shop]] in French and sometimes German are broadcast a few hours a day, mostly in the morning.

For a few years the station's only competitor was [[Tango TV (Luxembourg)|Tango TV]], operated by [[Tele2]] from 2002 to 2007. Its main competitors in 2012 are [[Eldo TV]] and [[.dok|Den Oppener Kanal (.dok)]]. All other TV stations in Luxembourg only broadcast on a local level ([[Nordliicht TV]] in the north or [[Uelzecht Kanal]] in the south of the country). RTL also has a second channel, RTL Zwee, with mostly reruns and live sports programmes.

==Broadcast==
Viewers in Luxembourg can also tune into [[RTL 4]] (channel 41), [[RTL 5]], [[RTL 7]] and [[RTL 8]], which are intended for the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] market. Since all these stations have their television licences in Luxembourg, they are available as terrestrial channels. Like television channels in the Netherlands, they show all foreign programming in the original language with [[subtitles]], rather than [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]].

Since the switch to [[digital terrestrial television]] which was implemented overnight on 1 September 2006, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg and [[RTL Zwee]] share channel 27, [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]] is on channel 7, and [[RTL-TVI]], [[Club RTL]], [[Plug RTL]], & RTL 4, 5, 7, & 8 are on channel 24.

==Timeline==
{{Timeline television Luxembourg}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.rtl.lu/ RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg] {{in lang|lb|en|fr}}

{{Free-to-air television channels in Luxembourg}}
{{RTL Group}}
{{Bertelsmann}}
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