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| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Germany Austria Switzerland Europe (pay TV) |
| Affiliates | VOX Austria VOX CH (Switzerland) |
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany |
| Programming | |
| Language | German |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Parent | RTL Deutschland |
| Key people | Frank Hoffmann (CEO) |
| Sister channels | RTL n-tv Super RTL RTL Zwei Nitro RTLup VOXup RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion GEO Television |
| History | |
| Launched | 25 January 1993; 32 years ago (1993-01-25) |
| Replaced | Lifestyle |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel numbers vary in each region |
Vox is a Germanfree-to-airtelevision channel launched on 25 January 1993 and owned byRTL Group.[1] The channel mainly broadcastsdocumentaries and American TV shows and movies.
An integral part of the night program is the seriesMedical Detectives /Forensic Files, which regularly gets very high ratings, sometimes up to 20%, which is rather unusual for the broadcaster.[2]
VOX started transmitting on 25 January 1993. It competed with public television by broadcasting many live and informational programmes. The channel was originally owned by an assortment of German media companies:
The director of programming at launch was Ruprecht Eser. One year after the channel's launch it seemed clear that the original programme concept would not work. Market share among the target group relevant for advertisers was at 1.5%, too low to attract much advertising. VOX took significant losses. By February 1994, all the original partners except UFA and DCTP had sold their stakes. As a result of the losses, the quality of programmes began to decline. VOX had to repeat its movies every few weeks to fill the schedule. On 1 April 1994, VOX went into liquidation. More than 250 employees were laid off.
VOX's logo consists of the letters V and X, with a red circle "eye" using negative space to create the O.
By November 1994 VOX had new owners:[3]
Gradually, VOX gained a foothold in the German television landscape. In 1998, VOX signed an output deal with20th Century Fox, leading to more series and movies being broadcast alongside magazine-style shows. In December 1999,RTL Television bought outNews Corporation. A short time later,Canal+ sold its share toUFA (Bertelsmann AG). 99.7% of the channel now belonged toRTL Group, with the remaining 0.3% held by DCTP.
Now, VOX is the most successful private television station of the so-called "second generation". The channel had so much success with series such asCSI andCSI: Miami that they were transferred to the more widely watched sister channelRTL Television.CSI: NY gets a market share of up to 21% on VOX.
Audience share in March 2008 was 5.4%, with share amongst 14- to 49-year-olds at 7.4%. In the 2011/12 television season, VOX had a 5.6% share of all viewers, making it the sixth-most watched channel, and 7.4% among viewers aged 14–49, making it the fourth-most watched channel by that demographic.[4]
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| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Annual average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.3% |
| 1994[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |  2.0% |
| 1995[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6% |
| 1996[8] | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.0% |
| 1997[9] | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| 1998[10] | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% |  2.8% |
| 1999[11] | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| 2000[12] | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
| 2001[13] | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 2002[14] | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| 2003[15] | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 2004[16] | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| 2005[17] | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.2% |
| 2006[18] | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| 2007[19] | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| 2008[20] | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| 2009[21] | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| 2010[22] | 5.6% | 5.4% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| 2011[23] | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
| 2012[24] | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| 2013[25] | 5.8% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.6% |
| 2014[26] | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| 2015[27] | 5.0% | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| 2016[28] | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| 2017[29] | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 5.1% |
| 2018[30] | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.8% |
The average age of the viewers is 48.6 years (as of 2016).[31]
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