RTL Z started on 6 June 2001 as a joint venture betweenHolland Media Groep and Belgian Business Television. Belgian Business Television broadcastsKanaal Z (Canal Z) inBelgium. In 2002, Holland Media Groep took over the programme in its entirety. It was initially broadcast as aprogramming block onRTL 5 during daytime,[1] and later onRTL 7 from 12 August 2005 until 6 September 2015.[2]
It became a 24-hour channel on September 7, 2015, so that the block on RTL 7 ended. At launch, the new standalone version was available to six million households, but was not available on all basic cable subscriptions, as agreements were only signed with KPN, Ziggo and Vodafone.[3]
On 7 January 2019, RTL Z introduced a new daytime schedule re-emphasizing news and weather.[4]
^Kriek, Jarco (7 September 2015)."Nederland is met RTL Z TV zender rijker" [The Netherlands is richer with RTL Z TV channel].Totaal TV (in Dutch). Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved7 September 2015.
^abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
^abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
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