Television in Luxembourg

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Television was introduced in Luxembourg on the 23rd of January 1955 with the launch of French language channel Télé Luxembourg.
It was first established when on the 1st of July 1954, the CLR (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion) changed its name to CLT (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion).

In 1997 CLT merged with a UFA Film- und Fernseh-GmbH based in Hamburg, Germany; a subsidiary of Bertelsmann, to create CLT-UFA.

In 2000 CLT-UFA merged with Pearson Television and became part of the RTL Group.

History

Télé Luxembourg was inaugurated by Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg on her 59th birthday with her husband Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, and the transmitter used was the Dudelange Radio Tower converted for television.

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 for Belgians until the 11th of September 1987 when the transmitting frequency used was given up to RTL-TVi and continued for Luxembourg and French viewers until March 1991 when it then became RTL TV which had one variant in Lorraine known as RTL Lorraine, which only lasted until September 1991. Due to internal conflicts between the old and the young generation who could not agree on the re-organisation of the station RTL TV passed on its public service in Luxembourg on the 21st of 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

On the 21st of September 1969 programming started in the Luxembourgish language, with a 45 minute television programme called "Hei Elei, Kuck Elei" (roughly translated into English : "Hey there, watch a bit", which was broadcast every Sunday from 1969 to 1991.[1]

Technologies

Cable

95% of households are connected to a cable provider.

The major cable companies in Luxembourg are:

Satellite

Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) was formed on the initiative and support of the Luxembourg Government in 1985. It is based in Luxembourg in historical Betzdorf Castle which it bought in 1986. In 1998 it became the first European satellite provider when it launched the Astra 1A satellite. Once again a station started in Luxembourg RTLplus which had moved its headquarters to Cologne in January 1988 was present for the launch on the 8th of December 1989.

Terrestrial

DVB-T (Digital Terrestrial) reception

With the Digital Switch Over (DSO) to DVB-T the following stations are available via DVB-T:

  • - RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (Channel 27)
  • - den 2ten RTL (Channel 27)
  • - M6 (France) (Channel 27)
  • - RTL TVi (Belgium) (Channel 24)
  • - CLUB RTL (Belgium) (Channel 24)
  • - PLUG TV (Belgium) (Channel 24)
  • - RTL4 (The Netherlands) (Channel 24)
  • - RTL5 (The Netherlands) (Channel 24)
  • - RTL7 (The Netherlands) (Channel 24)
  • - RTL8 (The Netherlands) (Channel 7)

DVB-T Hotline

Telephone number : 42142 7373

DVB-T Frequency allocation

Channel 7: 191.5 MHz

Channel 24: 498 MHz

Channel 27: 522 MHz

DVB-T Network coverage in Luxembourg

References

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