RTL 7

RTL 7 is the third channel of the RTL Group in the Netherlands and officially began as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is a so-called men's channel with action films, reality television about crime and professions, soccer, auto racing / motorcycle sport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 till RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.

Officially RTL 7 - along with RTL 4, RTL 5 and RTL 8 - is headquartered in Luxembourg, broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Yorin used to be based in the Netherlands, but moved to Luxembourg after the RTL 7 rebrand.

History

Veronica (1995-2001)

The channel began as Veronica on 1 September 1995, and was a joint venture between RTL 4, RTL 5 and Veronica Association (in Dutch: Vereniging Veronica), and with the radio station Hitradio Veronica in the Holland Media Groep.

TVN 7

TVN 7 is a Polish television channel specialising in action, drama and comedy shows and movies. The channel was launched in March 2002, replacing RTL 7. It is part of the TVN network which is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive.

It features popular foreign series such as Gossip Girl, Friends, One Tree Hill, Monk, The Following, Prison Break, Violetta or NCIS as well local Polish productions. It is available via cable and satellite service and it is one of the most popular channels in Poland, according to AGB Nielsen Media Research.

History

In December 1996, RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, which is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, launched RTL 7, a private television channel in Poland. The channel was specialised in foreign television series, movies, children's and anime programming.

In autumn 2001, RTL 7 was taken over by TVN, the second biggest Polish television network.

In March 2002, RTL 7 was replaced by TVN Siedem. The new channel presented an attractive programming line-up, a brand new identification and logo.