RTL Nederland is completing its actual TV channel offer with the launch of RTL8. This channel meets the audience demand with content aiming women target aged 18 to 49, whereas RTL7 is focusing on male auditors with contents in sports, finances etc... . RTL4 is a general TV channel and has grown to be the largest commercial TV channel in the Netherlands today and RTL5 targets a young audience, mainly aged 20 to 34.
RTL8 will run programs such as talk shows like “The Oprah Winfrey Show” or “Dr Phil”, Movies, true stories and tele-shopping programs.
Starting on the 18th August 2007 at 17h15 with “Het roer om” (How to start a new life, a new job, in a new place, a new situation, with your whole family). The new channel will be available, like the other dutch RTL channels, on the Canal Digitaal bouquet and through cable operators in the Netherlands and through DVB-T in Luxembourg.
BCE proves again its capacity to answer all customers queries, managing the delivery of a fully operational channel in within a few weeks.
To achieve this time twisted launch, BCE installed a provisory control room that will answer to the channel’s requirements until the new platform is ready. This platform will be able to manage the four channels of RTL Nederland with dedicated control rooms, each having the capacity to manage live events and standard playout broadcasting.
