RTL Nederland is a Dutch media network, a subsidiary of DPG Media. The media company is located in Hilversum, although the licences of its TV stations are issued in Luxembourg.
History
Early years
The history of the network dates back to 1989 when Dutch-minded RTL-Véronique started airing from Luxembourg. At the time commercial television was prohibited in The Netherlands, but by airing from Luxembourg the law could be bypassed. In the beginning, the channel only focused on youth, this changed in 1990 when an agreement was made with Joop van den Ende whose own commercial channel TV10 failed due to the same law and the name of the channel was changed into RTL 4. In 1993 a second channel was created named RTL 5.[1]
Creation of HMG and regulatory problems
In 1995, the two channels were merged in a new joint venture with Veronica Association, until then part of the Dutch public broadcasting system.