RTL aktuell
Genre	News program
Theme music composer	Frank Gari (1994-1997) Non-Stop Music (1998-present)
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
Production
Production location	Cologne
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	RTL News GmbH
Original release
Network	RTL
Release	5 April 1988 (1988-04-05) – present

RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial stationRTL. The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin (Punkt 6,Punkt 7, andPunkt 8 formerlyGuten Morgen Deutschland), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News), a news magazines (RTL Direkt) and a late night bulletin (RTL Nachtjournal). Weekend bulletins are branded asRTL aktuell Weekend.

RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast inHD.

• Antonia Rados (Chief international correspondent)

In 2007,RTL aktuell won theDeutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV award) in the category ofBeste Informationssendung (Best News Broadcast).

Market shares of RTL aktuell in thetarget audience of 14 to 49-years-old:^{[citation needed]}

• RTL aktuell atIMDb
• Official website

• German television news shows
• Television shows set in Cologne
• 1988 German television series debuts
• 1990s German television series
• 2000s German television series
• 2010s German television series
• German-language television shows
• RTL (German TV channel) original programming

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