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On 23 January 1955 the privately owned Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) launched
Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
's first television channel, the French-language ''Télé Luxembourg''. CLT had on 1 July 1954 changed its name from the earlier Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion (CLR), founded in 1931. In 1997, CLT merged with the
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subsidiary UFA Film- und Fernseh GmbH, based in
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, Germany, to create CLT-UFA. In 2000, CLT-UFA merged with
Pearson Television Pearson Television was the British-based television production and distribution arm of a British company Pearson PLC. History In 1994 after a bidding war, Pearson PLC bought the former British ITV (TV network), ITV franchisee Thames Televisio ...
and became part of the
RTL Group RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...
, with its headquarters at
Kirchberg, Luxembourg Kirchberg ( lb, Kierchbierg, meaning "church hill") is a quarter in north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It consists of a plateau overlooking the north-east of the historical city center, Ville Haute, connected to the rest of th ...
.


History

''Télé Luxembourg'' was inaugurated by
Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg Charlotte (Charlotte Adelgonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine; 23 January 1896 – 9 July 1985) reigned as Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 14 January 1919 until her abdication on 12 November 1964. She acceded to the throne on 14 January 1919 foll ...
on her 59th birthday together with her husband
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma (later Prince Félix of Luxembourg; 28 September 1893 – 8 April 1970) was the husband of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and the father of her six children, including her successor Jean, Grand Duke of ...
. The transmitter used was that at Dudelange, adapted for television broadcasting. In 1980 the station added the prefix ''RTL'' to its name to become ''RTL Télé Luxembourg''. It continued with this name until 1982 when it became ''RTL Télévision''. The station was receivable in
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until 11 September 1987 when the transmitting frequency used was given up to
RTL-TVI RTL-TVI is a private French-language Luxembourg based television station in Belgium owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by the RTL Group until 31 March 2022. Within the French-speaking area of Belgium, it is the most ...
and continued for
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and French viewers until March 1991 when it then became RTL TV which had one variant in
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known as ''RTL Lorraine'', which lasted only until September 1991. Because of internal conflicts between the older and younger generations, who could not agree on the re-organisation of the station, RTL TV passed on its public service in Luxembourg on 21 October 1991 to ''RTL Hei Elei'', it kept this name until the autumn of 2001 when it was renamed ''RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg'', and it was joined by a second national station in 2004, ''Den 2. RTL''


Programming in Luxembourgish

Programming in the
Luxembourgish language Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...
was inaugurated on 21 September 1969 with the launch of the weekly 45-minute "Hei Elei, Kuck Elei" (roughly translatable as: "Hey there, look at this"), which was broadcast every Sunday until 1991.


Technologies


Cable

95% of households are connected to a cable provider. The major cable companies in Luxembourg are:
Eltrona
(in French) Tel: 49 94 66 888 * SFR Luxembourg (in French)
PostTV Luxembourg
* Orange Luxembourg (100% owned by
Orange Belgium Orange Belgium (known as Orange) is a Belgian telecommunications company. It competes with Proximus and Base. It was incorporated by France Télécom in 1996 under the name of Mobistar. The company re-branded as Orange on 9 May 2016 (following ...
) *
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(Owned by Belgian Telecom company
Proximus Group The Proximus Group is a provider of digital services and communication in Belgium and the international markets. In Belgium, its main products and services are offered under the Proximus, Scarlet, and Mobile Vikings brands. The Group is also ac ...
)


Satellite

The ''Société Européenne des Satellites'' (SES) was formed on the initiative and with the support of the Luxembourg government in 1985. The company is based in the historic
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, which it acquired in 1986. In 1988 SES became the first European satellite provider when it launched the
Astra 1A Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), launched in December 1988. During its early days, it was often referred to as the Astra Satellite, as SES only operated one satellite original ...
satellite. RTLplus, a station which had started in Luxembourg but moved its headquarters to Cologne in January 1988, was present for the launch on 8 December 1989.


Terrestrial


DVB-T (Digital Terrestrial) reception

The following stations are broadcast using the DVB-T system from the transmitter at Dudelange (Ginsterberg): *
RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg, broadcasting in Luxembourgish. It is part of RTL Group. History The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in Europe: Luxembourg was the only country in t ...
(Channel 27) *
RTL Zwee RTL Zwee (formerly ''Den 2. RTL'') is a Luxembourg national general-interest television channel intended for young adults. History RTL Zwee is the second specifically Luxembourgish television channel created by RTL Group on March 15, 2004, t ...
(Channel 27) *
RTL-TVI RTL-TVI is a private French-language Luxembourg based television station in Belgium owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by the RTL Group until 31 March 2022. Within the French-speaking area of Belgium, it is the most ...
(Belgium) (Channel 24) *
Club RTL Club RTL is a Luxembourgish channel of French language based in Kirchberg, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg and it was owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by RTL Group until 31 March 2022. The two principals countries of tr ...
(Luxembourg/Belgium) (Channel 24) *
Plug RTL Plug RTL is a general Luxembourgish French speaking commercial television chain with international presence and targeting adolescents and young people (15-34 age bracket). The station is particularly popular in francophone parts of Belgium (Wallon ...
(Belgium) (Channel 24) *
RTL 4 RTL 4 (Radio Télévision Luxembourg 4) is a Dutch free-to-air, free-to-cable television channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4 is a general entertainment chan ...
(Netherlands) (Channel 24) *
RTL 5 RTL 5 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched on 2 October 1993. It mainly broadcasts American films and hit series but also reality shows, comedy, travel, international shows and local productions including ''Expeditie Robi ...
(Netherlands) (Channel 24) *
RTL 7 RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched as ''Veronica'' on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is RTL Nederland's "men's channel" with action films, reality television about crime and professions, soccer, motorsport and talk sho ...
(Netherlands) (Channel 24) *
RTL 8 RTL 8 is a Dutch free-to-air, free-to-cable television channel that was launched on 18 August 2007 replacing Tien (TV channel), Tien, previously known as Talpa. RTL 8's main target audience consists of women. It broadcasts soap operas, talk shows ...
(Netherlands) (Channel 21)


DVB-T Hotline

Telephone number : 42142 7373


DVB-T Frequency allocation

Channel 21 (474 MHz) from Dudelange at 100 kW Channel 24 (498 MHz) from Dudelange at 40 kW Channel 27 (522 MHz) from Dudelange at 180 kW DVB-T Network coverage in Luxembourg


References

{{Television in Europe , state=collapsed 1955 establishments in Luxembourg