RTL Club

{{Short description|Luxembourg television station}}

{{Distinguish|RTL Klub}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = RTL Club

| logo = RTL Club Logo 2023.svg

| logo_size =

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1995|02|15|df=y}}

| picture_format = 16:9

| owner = DPG Media (50%)
Groupe Rossel (50%)

| parent = RTL Belgium

| sister_channels= RTL-TVI, RTL Plug, RTL District

| country = Belgium

| language = French

| headquarters = Brussels, Belgium

| website = [http://www.rtlplay.be/club RTL Club]

}}

RTL Club is a French-language Belgian television channel based in Brussels and owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by RTL Group until 31 March 2022. The channel is transmitted in Belgium and Luxembourg.

The channel is targeted to young audiences in the morning and to adults in primetime. Its programming consists of cartoons and children’s series and cartoons in the morning and sports and American series in the evening.{{Cite web |title=Club RTL – The International Media House |url=https://theinternationalmediahouse.com/en/media/clubrtl/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |language=en-US}}

Until 28 March 2023, the channel was known as Club RTL.{{Cite web|title=On est là.|date=27 March 2023|url=https://www.rtlpresse.be/Extranet_doc/documents/2023/doc_20230327133258.pdf|access-date=24 October 2024}}

On 1 February 2016, the channel ceased airing its main animated series The Simpsons due to low ratings (2% share), whose French dub has been airing on the series for twenty years. The show moved to RTL Plug. At the time, RTL Belgium renegotiated with the production company every year to broadcast at least 150 old episodes.{{Cite news |author=Maxime Biermé |title=Voici pourquoi Les Simpsons ne seront plus diffusés sur Club RTL |newspaper=Le Soir |date=1 February 2016 |url=http://www.lesoir.be/1109131/article/culture/medias-tele/2016-02-01/voici-pourquoi-simpsons-ne-seront-plus-diffuses-sur-club-rtl |access-date=24 October 2024}}

RTL Belgium was acquired by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel on 31 March 2022, ending the 30 years ownership by RTL Group.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-31 |title=DPG Media et le Groupe Rossel finalisent l'acquisition de RTL Belgium |url=https://www.rossel.be/2022/03/31/dpg-media-et-le-groupe-rossel-finalisent-l-acquisition-de-rtl-belgium/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Rossel |language=fr-BE}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=L'autorisation de l'acquisition de RTL Belgium par DPG Media et Rossel confirmée |url=https://www.lesoir.be/513725/article/2023-05-16/lautorisation-de-lacquisition-de-rtl-belgium-par-dpg-media-et-rossel-confirmee |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Le Soir |language=fr}} RTL Belgium channels ended their Luxembourgish status in March 2023 to become fully Belgian, and thus lost their terrestrial licence in Luxembourg and ceased their transmission from the Dudelange transmitter on 29 February 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-02 |title=Du changement dans la diffusion des chaînes de RTL Belgium via la TNT Luxembourgeoise à partir du 29 février 2024 - RTL Belgium |url=https://www.rtlbelgium.be/rtl-belgium/tnt/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302221745/https://www.rtlbelgium.be/rtl-belgium/tnt/ |archive-date=2 March 2024 }} The Belgian RTL channels were also transmitted in the Flemish pay DTT through the Antenne TV service from TV Vlaanderen, from December 2017 until 1 September 2024.{{Cite web |last=Bertinchamps |first=Pierre |date=2017-12-12 |title=RTL est maintenant disponible sur la TNT… en Flandre ! |url=https://www.telepro.be/actu/tv/rtl-est-maintenant-disponible-sur-la-tnt-en-flandre/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Télépro |language=fr-BE}}{{Cite web |title=Antenne TV verdwijnt: de voordeligste alternatieven |url=https://www.test-aankoop.be/hightech/telecom/nieuws/antenne-tv-zwakke-ontvangst-zwak-aanbod |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Testaankoop |language=nl-BE}}{{Cite web |title=ANTENNE TV VAN TV VLAANDEREN STOPT IN SEPTEMBER {{!}} TV VLAANDEREN |url=https://www.tv-vlaanderen.be/pers/05-02-2024-antenne-tv-van-tv-vlaanderen-stopt-in-september/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.tv-vlaanderen.be |language=nl}}

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