RTL II

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RTL II (RTL 2) is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television channel.
It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. Today, programming pillars are daily episodes of the local Big Brother in access primetime, and a primetime lineup consisting mostly of docu-soaps, movies and licensed series such as 24 and Stargate SG-1. Recent efforts to move further towards quality programming with science magazines and documentaries have met with an indifferent audience response.

On weekdays, RTL II also airs an anime afternoon under their kids/youth banner "Pokito". Following tensions with media authorities, RTL II's Standards and Practices department is believed to be especially sensitive about children's programming. As a consequence, many anime fans criticize the channel for cutting scenes in anime series like Detective Conan [1] , InuYasha [2], One Piece [3] and Naruto [4] [5] until 2009 the new Channel "Pokito" digitally Television not Satelite. Sometimes an episode is even edited down if its original version had previously been given a FSK 6 rating, meaning that it is suitable for children ages 6 up and may legally be aired at all hours of the day.

RTL II is partly owned by RTL Group, but also by publishers Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Burda, and, jointly, by Disney/ABC and Tele München.

RTL II
LaunchedMarch 6, 1993
Owned byRTL Group, Tele München Gruppe
Audience share3.9% (2007, [1])
Country Germany
Broadcast areaNational
also distributed in:
 Austria
 Switzerland
Flag of Europe Eastern Europe
used to be distributed in:
 Romania
Formerly calledRTL 2 (1993-1999)
Websitehttp://www.rtl2.de/

Contents

Programs

Series

From  Australia
From  Canada
From  Japan
From the  United Kingdom
From the  United States

Audience share (March 2008): 4.0%, from 14-49 years 6.2%.

Reality Shows

Other Animated Series

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Animedigital-Conan Cuts
  2. ^ Animedigital-Inuyasha Cuts
  3. ^ Animedigital-One Piece Cuts
  4. ^ Animedigital-Naruto Cuts
  5. ^ Schnittberichte.com-Naruto
  6. ^ "RTL II kauft britische Serie «Torchwood»". quotenmeter.de. http://www.quotenmeter.de/index.php?newsid=28512. Retrieved on 2008-07-14. 
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