RTL Passion

RTL Passion
Country	Germany
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group; GrundyUFA TV Produktions GmbH
Parent	RTL Deutschland
Sister channels	RTL; VOX; n-tv; Super RTL; RTL Zwei; Nitro; RTLup; VOXup; RTL Crime; RTL Living; GEO Television
History
Launched	27 November 2006
Former names	Passion (2006–2015)
Links
Website	rtl-passion.de

RTL Passion (stylized as RTL PASSION) is a German pay television channel launched on 27 November 2006 and owned by RTL Group and Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH. Its programming is focused on female audiences with soap operas, telenovelas and television dramas.

The channel gained a new logo and graphics package on 11 November 2015. The new logo is square-less, and different from the Croatian version.

The logo was changed again on 15 September 2021, along with the other sister channels, RTL Living and the main parent channel RTL.

Programming

Current programming

A.D. The Bible Continues (A.D.: Rebellen und Märtyrer) (2016-2017)
Alles was zählt (All That Counts) (2008–present)
Arctic Air (2015)
Atlantis (2014–present)
Arvingerne (Die Erbschaft) (2017–present)
Azul (Azul - Paradies in Gefahr) (2007-2010)
Christine. Perfekt war gestern! (Christine. Perfect Was Yesterday!) (2017–present)
Club der roten Bänder (Club Of The Red Belts) (2016–present)
D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires (2005) (Die drei Musketiere) (2011–2012)
Dawson's Creek (2016–present)
Der Lehrer (The Teacher) (2017–present)
Doc meets Dorf (Doc Meets Village)(2017–present)
Downton Abbey (2018–present)
Dynasty (Der Denver-Clan) (2012-2014)
Falcon Crest (2008-2009, 2013-2014)
Glee (2012–present)
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Good Times, Bad Times) (2006–present)
Heartless (2018–present)
Hotel (2011-2013)
Jamaica Inn (Riff-Piraten) (2015–present)
Matchball (2008)
Mercy (2013-2015)
Mistresses (2016–present)
Party of Five (2016–present)
Providence (2016–present)
Once Upon a Time (Once Upon a Time - Es war einmal...) (2012–present)
Outlander (Outlander - Die Highland-Saga) (2015–present)
Rosa salvaje (Die wilde Rose) (2008, 2010-2011)
Royal Pains (2014-2017)
Salomé (2008-2011)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Geständnisse einer Edelhure) (2009-2013)
Sekretärinnen - Überleben von 9 bis 5 (Secretaries - Survive From 9 To 5) (2017–present)
Small Island (2014–present)
Sous le soleil (St. Tropez) (2006-2009)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Tess) (2011-2013)
The Collection (2017–present)
The Hollow Crown (2017–present)
The Paradise (2013–present)
The Smoke (2014-2017)
The Starter Wife (The Starter Wife - Alles auf Anfang) (2014–present)
Thirtysomething (Die besten Jahre) (2016–present)
Titans (Titans - Dynastie der Intrigen) (2008-2011)
Unter uns (2006–present)
Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) (2006–present)
Vicious (2014-2017)
War & Peace (Krieg und Frieden) (2017–present)
Westerdeich (2008-2009)
Wildfire (2010-2012)
Your Family or Mine (2018–present)

Logo

16 January 2013 – 11 November 2015
12 November 2015 - 14 September 2021
12 November 2015 - 14 September 2021
since 15 September 2021

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2016^[1]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017^[2]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2018^[3]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

References

^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

External links

Official website (in German)

[1] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[2] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[3] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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[ref10-9] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-10] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

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[ref12b-12] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref5-13] t venture with TF1 Group.

[ref1-14] t venture with Leonine Holding, The Walt Disney Company, Bauer Media Group and Hubert Burda Media.

[ref3-15] t venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.

[ref13-16] t venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.

[ref4-17] t venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.

[ref9-18] t venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

[ref10-19] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-20] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

[ref12a-21] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

[ref12b-22] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref5-23] t venture with TF1 Group.

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