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RTL Television (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial, in larger population centres). It belongs to the RTL Group and is, in terms of market share, Germany's largest private free-to-air broadcaster. It started broadcasting on 2 January 1984 at 17:27 from VHF channel E7 (system B, color PAL) in Luxembourg and at first only had a theoretical audience of approx. 200,000. Until 1988, when it moved its headquarters to Cologne, Germany, it was considered a Luxembourg-based station. A spin-off of the German version of Radio Luxembourg, RTL started with a low budget and many of the early hosts simply presented versions of their radio formats adapted for television. One early success was the quiz show "Ein Tag wie kein anderer" (A Day Like No Other), in which candidates were competing for a holiday. RTL plus was famous in its early years for showing low-budget films and American programmes. It was the number 2 commercial broadcaster, which at the time didn't mean much: Only a limited audience with cable could see the new channels, an effect which led to many Germans going to their neighbours to watch that strange new channel from Luxembourg. All that changed when RTL moved to Cologne and, in return, received the right to broadcast on terrestrial frequencies. That same year, RTL acquired the first-run right to the prestigious Fußball-Bundesliga. Deals with Cannon, which at the time was successful with films like Highlander and, one year later, with Universal Studios, finally provided more high profile films for the channel. More and more people started to watch the channel, which soon also became famous for its edgy own productions. RTL was notorious for showing 70s softcore pornography every Saturday night at 11.00[citation needed]. It became the market leader in the early 90s.[citation needed] The current slogan is “Mein RTL” which means My RTL. It is now the primary channel of the RTL Group's German television stations, which also include RTL II, Super RTL, VOX and n-tv.
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