RTL Crime (German TV channel)

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = RTL Crime

| logo = RTL CRIME Logo 2021 united orange rot blau.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2006|12|1|df=y}}

| picture_format = 1080i HDTV
{{small|(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)}}

| network = RTL Deutschland

| owner = RTL Group

| parent = RTL Deutschland

| sister_channels = RTL
VOX
n-tv
Super RTL
RTL Zwei
Nitro
RTLup
VOXup
RTL Living
RTL Passion
GEO Television RTL9

| country = Germany

| language = German, English

| area = Germany
Austria
Switzerland

| headquarters = Cologne, Germany

| website = {{URL|www.rtl-crime.de}}

}}

RTL Crime (stylized as RTL CRIME since 15 September 2021) is a German pay television channel owned by the RTL Group. The channel was launched on 1 December 2006. Its programming is centred towards action and crime series.

Distribution

Since 1 October 2007, RTL Crime was launched on Sky Deutschland.{{cite web|url=http://www.telekom.de/privatkunden/zuhause/zubuchoptionen/fernseh-optionen/tv-sender/big-tv|title=Telekom Big TV inklusive HD-Fernsehen - Telekom|website=www.telekom.de|access-date=2 September 2017}} On 1 September 2011, a localised feed of the channel was launched in the Netherlands.

On 15 May 2012, the channel launched its own high-definition simulcast feed, which started to be carried on Unitymedia. On 25 September 2014, RTL Crime HD was launched on Sky Deutschland.

Since 1 August 2017, the channel is also available in HD at Kabel Deutschland in the "HD Premium" package.{{cite web|url=https://kommunikation.mediengruppe-rtl.de/pressemitteilung/RTL-Crime-HD-ab-heute-auch-im-Netz-von-Vodafone-zu-empfangen/|title=Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland - Kommunikation|website=kommunikation.mediengruppe-rtl.de|access-date=2 September 2017}}

Programming<ref>{{cite web|title=Wunschliste|url=https://www.wunschliste.de/serien|website=wunschliste.de|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>

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Audience share

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|2017{{cite web|title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017|url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2017.pdf|website=kek-online.de|access-date=10 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174603/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2017.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2017}}

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|2018{{Cite web |title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018 |url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140905/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2018.pdf |archive-date=2018-06-12 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=kek-online.de}}

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|2019{{Cite web |title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2019 |url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2019.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130115523/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2019.pdf |archive-date=2020-01-30 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=kek-online.de}}

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|2020{{Cite web |title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2020 |url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2020.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609114142/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2020.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-09 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=kek-online.de}}

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|2021{{Cite web |title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2021 |url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123001131/https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2021.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-23 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=kek-online.de}}

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|2022{{Cite web |title=KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2022 |url=https://www.kek-online.de/fileadmin/user_upload/KEK/Medienkonzentration/Zuschaueranteil/Zuschaueranteile_2021.pdf |website=kek-online.de}}

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Logos

File:RTL Crime Logo 2019.svg|November 12, 2015 – September 14, 2021

File:RTL CRIME Logo 2021 united orange rot blau.svg|September 14, 2021 – present

File:RTL Crime Logo 2021 stacked.svg|September 14, 2021 – present (alternative logo)

References

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