Germany’s Mediengruppe RTL has announced the launch of a new free-to-air TV channel called RTL Nitro. Scheduled to launch on April 1, it will rely heavily on US series, with German free TV ...

European broadcast giant RTL Group is launching a new free-to-air channel in Germany dedicated to crime series, sitcoms and movies.

German commercial free-to-air TV channel RTL Nitro will become available in analogue on the cable networks of German cities Bremen and Bremerhaven from the end of May 2014.

This year alone, RTL launched the male-targetted free-TV channel RTL Nitro in Germany; announced plans for a new DTT network called 6ter in France, which will bow in December; and is set to launch ...

RTL Group’s German division, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, continues to perform solidly with the right mixture of hit scripted fare, both homegrown and imported, and hugely popular entertainment ...

BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with RTL that sees the German commercial broadcaster become a co-production partner on the BBC Natural History Unit’s forthcoming series Hidden Kingdom.