RTL Z | |
Launch Date: | 6 June 2001 (programming block) 7 September 2015 (own channel) |
Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
Owner: | DPG Media |
Parent: | RTL Nederland (2001-present) Belgian Business Television (2001-2002) |
Headquarters: | Hilversum, Netherlands |
Country: | Netherlands |
Language: | Dutch |
Area: | Netherlands |
Network: | RTL 5 (2001-2005) RTL 7 (2005-2015) |
Sister Channels: | RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Lounge RTL Crime RTL Telekids |
Terr Serv 1: | Digitenne |
Terr Chan 1: | Channel 28 (HD) |
Online Serv 1: | Ziggo GO |
Online Chan 1: | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Online Serv 2: | KPN iTV Online |
Online Chan 2: | Watch live (Europe only) |
RTL Z is a Dutch free-to-cable business and financial news television channel. It displays economic changes and the stock exchange news in a banner at the bottom of the screen in the daytime. In the evenings the programming consists of documentaries.
RTL Z started on 6 June 2001 as a joint venture between Holland Media Groep and Belgian Business Television. Belgian Business Television broadcasts Kanaal Z (Canal Z) in Belgium. In 2002, Holland Media Groep took over the programme in its entirety. It was initially broadcast as a programming block on RTL 5 during daytime, and later on RTL 7 from 12 August 2005 until 6 September 2015.[1] It became a 24-hour channel on September 7, 2015, so that the block on RTL 7 ended.[2]