RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg

RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg, broadcasting in Luxembourgish. The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in Europe: Luxembourg remains the only country in the world to run television stations in both the PAL and SECAM formats. Originally, both channels carried the same signal- Tele Luxembourg. Later, the signals were split in the two independent stations RTL-TVI (PAL, system G, on channel 2... more

RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg is the main television channel in Luxembourg, broadcasting in Luxembourgish. The small television market in Luxembourg led to a unique system in Europe: Luxembourg remains the only country in the world to run television stations in both the PAL and SECAM formats. Originally, both channels carried the same signal- Tele Luxembourg. Later, the signals were split in the two independent stations RTL-TVI (PAL, system G, on channel 27, the "i" stand for independent), targeting the French-speaking part of Belgium and RTL Télévision (SECAM, system L, on channel 21), targeting France. Both stations initially continued to carry a lot of the same programming, with regards to foreign series and movies, but produced news and game shows for their target audience. As restrictions on operating commercial television stations in Europe were relaxed in the mid-80s, RTL-TVI moved entirely to Brussels, while the popularity of RTL Télévision was somewhat diminished by the success of M6.... less