RTL Nieuws
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RTL Nieuws is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 television news service produced by RTL Nederland
RTL Nederland
RTL Nederland is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum. Although the licences of it tv-stations RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8 are officially Luxembourgish, the company targets the Dutch market...

. The national and international news service produces 17 bulletins each weekday and six weekend bulletins for RTL4 and RTL7, reaching a total audience of about 1.5 million people. With the evening broadcast sometimes reaching over 2 million viewers.

RTL Nieuws' main competitor is NOS Journaal, broadcast by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , English: Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation, is one of the broadcasters in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system...

 (Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) for public service television and radio. RTL co-operates primarily with the Flemish
Flemish Region
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 commercial television channel VTM
Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij
vtm or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium.It went live in 1989 and quickly became the Flemish market leader...

 and RTL Germany for international news coverage.

Bulletins

On weekdays, at 6:45am and on the hour and half hour between 7am & 9am, RTL Onbijtnieuws (RTL Breakfast News) bulletins are broadcast on RTL4. An hourly daytime service of 15-minute bulletins airs on RTL7 between 9am and 5:30pm, featuring business news round-ups from RTL-Z. The 4pm bulletin is also broadcast on RTL4.

Seven days a week, three evening bulletins air on RTL4 in the form of a short 6pm bulletin, a main evening 20-minute programme at 7:30pm and a 10-minute late night bulletin at varying times. The Sunday edition of the 7:30pm news also features a short review of the past week's events.

In addition, RTL Nieuws produces an hourly daytime service called RTLZ on RTL7 combining news bulletins and business & financial updates on weekdays. A topical magazine programme, Editie NL, is also broadcast each weekday evening on RTL4.

Current presenters

Presenter Working since Presenting since Broadcasts
Margreet Beetsma 2007 2007 Editie NL
Reinier van den Berg 1989 1989 RTL Weather
Wilson Boldewijn 2007 2007 relief Editie NL
Suzanne Bosman 1999 1999 Eveningnews
Sanne Boswinkel 2005 2005 Daytimenews
Roelof Hemmen 1993 2001 Eveningnews (since 2003)
Jan de Hoop 1989 1989 Breakfastnews
Hella Hueck 2003 2008 RTL Z
Marc de Jong 1992 2010 relief RTL Z
Roland Koopman 1990 1999 RTL Z (since 2001)
Daphne Lammers 1995 2004 Editie NL, Sundaynews & relief Eveningnews (since 2011)
Jeroen Latijnhouwers 1997 1997 Editie NL (since 2003)
Helga van Leur 1997 1997 RTL Weather
Diana Matroos 1999 2004 Daytimenews
Rick Nieman 1991-1992, 1996 1996 Eveningnews (since 1998)
Antoin Peeters 2001 2002 Sundaynews & relief Eveningnews
Margot Ribberink 1993 1993 RTL Weather
Margreet Spijker 1998 1999 Eveningnews (since 2010)
Sanne Steusel 2011 2011 relief Breakfastnews & relief Editie NL
Peter Timofeeff 1996 1996 RTL Weather
Roderick Veelo 2005 2005 RTL Z
Dennis Wilt 2008 2008 RTL Weather
Femke Wolthuis 2002 2003-2011 Breakfastnews
Peter van Zadelhoff 2008 2008 RTL Z

Correspondents

Politics


  • Jos Heijmans

  • Frits Wester

National


  • Reinoud Broekhuijsen
  • Jaap van Deurzen
  • Betty Glas
  • Hella Hueck
  • Rick Konijnenbelt

  • Daphne Lammers
  • Marcel Maijer (Sports)
  • Antoin Peeters
  • Sandra Schuurhof (Royalty)

International


  • Jeroen Akkermans (Germany & Eastern Europe)
  • Silvia Brens (Turkey, Greece & Balkan)
  • Tim Dekkers (Australia & New Zealand)
  • Ruud Elmendorp (Africa)
  • Roel Geeraedts (Israel & the Middle-East)
  • Nina Jurna (Surinam & Latin America)
  • Vanessa Lamsvelt (United Kingdom & Ireland)

  • Arthur de Leeuw (Africa)
  • Erik Mouthaan (North America)
  • Pauline Valkenet (Italy, Malta & Vatican City)
  • Stefan de Vries (France)
  • Marije Vlaskamp (South-East Asia)

Former international correspondents


  • Reinoud Broekhuijsen (Russia)
  • Conny Mus
    Conny Mus
    Coenraad Willem Mus was a Dutch journalist, best known as a correspondent for RTL Nieuws in Israel and the Middle East.-Biography:...

     (Israel & The Middle East)

  • Max Westerman (Germany & Eastern Europe (1989–91), USA & Canada (1991–2006))
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