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Country | Belgium |
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Broadcast area | Belgium Luxembourg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 720p HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | DPG Media (50%) Groupe Rossel (50%) |
Parent | RTL Belgium |
Sister channels | RTL Club, RTL Plug, RTL District |
History | |
Launched | 12 September 1987 |
Former names | RTL Television (1982–1987) |
Links | |
Website | RTL TVI |
RTL-TVI is a private French-language, Belgian-based television station owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by the RTL Group until 31 March 2022. Until 2022, it was broadcast with a Luxembourgish licence, but the new owners preferred a Belgian licence. Within the French-speaking area of Belgium, it is the most popular channel with a 20 percent viewing share. It was the first commercial television station in Belgium.
RTL-TVI offers a schedule of family-oriented information, entertainment and fiction genres. In French-speaking Belgium, almost all of the foreign programs are dubbed in French, instead of retaining the original soundtrack.
In Belgium, RTL Belgium also operates the French-language channels RTL Club, RTL Plug and RTL District.