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| country = [[Hungary]]
| area = [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Austria]], [[Croatia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Ukraine]]
| sister_channels = [[RTL Kettő]]<br />RTL Három<br />RTL Gold<br /> RTL Otthon<br />[[Cool TV]]<br />Muzsika TV<br />[[Film+]]<br />Sorozat+<br /> Sorozatklub<br/>Filmklub<br />Kölyökklub
| owner = [[RTL Group]]
| parent = RTL Magyarország
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1997|10|7|df=y}} (as RTL Klub)
| closed_date = <!--Please, only fill this if the channel actually closes down-->
| former_names = RTL Klub
| website = {{url|rtl.hu/}}
| language = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
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| terr_serv_3 = STAR TV (Serbia)
}}
'''RTL''' (formerly: '''RTL Klub''' and abbreviated as '''RTL HU''') is a Hungarian [[free-to-air]] television channel owned by [[RTL Group]].
== History ==
Since its start, RTL Klub has focused to gain viewers from the urban population.
RTL Klub rebranded again in early September 1999. The idents consists of two elements (fire and water), with the eye
On 17 December 2001, RTL Klub adapted another new identity,
RTL Klub and TV2 aired two similar major reality series simultaneously. While TV2 purchased the rights of ''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]]'', RTL Klub produced its own series called ''Való Világ'' (Real World). ''Való Világ'' had three seasons between 2002 and 2004. Since its second season the show has been much more successful than the rival ''Big Brother''.
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From the fall-winter season of 2005–2006, RTL Klub has started to broadcast popular American TV shows like ''Lost''. The first episode of ''Lost'' had almost 2 million viewers, and a 50% share. This was a record. The next year Prison Break started with almost 1.6 million. Nowadays a TV show at prime time (21:00) can reach 1-1.5 million viewers. In season 2006–2007 ''Prison Break'' was the most watched American series in Hungary.
From the fall season of 2007, RTL Klub has launched two new formats with great success. Poker Face ran like a
RTL Klub was the only licensed broadcaster of [[Formula One]] in Hungary from 2002 until 2011. After 10 years RTL decided not to renew the license for Formula 1. The reason was that they wanted to concentrate mainly for the prime time programs because of the shrinking advertising market.<ref>[http://tv24.blog.hu/2011/10/24/a_forma_1_rol_is_lemond_az_rtl "A Forma-1-ről is lemond az RTL" (RTL gives up Formula 1 rights)] October 24, 2011.</ref>
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RTL Klub introduced a new graphics package on 1 June 2008 at 16:30 CET, just before a commercial break during a simulcast of a horse race. The package features the FF DIN Condensed typeface. (Its main competitor [[TV2 (Hungarian TV channel)|TV2]] used the non-condensed version of FF DIN from 2008 to 2020). The idents were designed by the team of the Argentinian television channel Punga TV. They were consisted of concrete blocks flying across the screen, against a backdrop of Hungarian landmarks or the Hungarian countryside, until they eventually formed the letters RTL (with KLUB in a much smaller font below). On its first day, the 2005–2008 on-screen bug was retained, but it was changed to a lighter but the next day, with the new appearing and disappearing "animations".
From 2010, RTL Klub started with 2 winning formats. First of all the channel after 6 years absence successfully relaunched the [[Való Világ]] franchise. VV4 ran with a 40% SHR among 18-49 demographic.<ref>Est.hu [http://est.hu/cikk/86765 "Való Világ 4: Töretlen siker" (VV4: Great success)] January 15, 2011.</ref> Secondly they purchased the rights of television talent show [[
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, RTL Klub rebranded for the first time in nine years, on 2 October 2017 at 04:00 CET. This was a major overhaul for the channel as its old graphics package, which was dominated by grey and fluorescent colours, was replaced by a vibrant multicoloured graphics package. This was considered the last image under the name RTL Klub.
It confirmed on 2 September 2022 that all RTL channels will change their names, while RTL Klub will be renamed simply to RTL on 22 October 2022 on the occasion of the channel's 25th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Attila |first=Kardos |title=Viszlát RTL Klub, hello RTL! - sat-tv-radio |url=https://www.sat-tv-radio.hu/friss-hirek/viszlat-rtl-klub-hello-rtl.html?Itemid=1 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=sat-tv-radio.hu}}</ref> The channel changed its name and identity on 22 October 2022 at 20:40 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] during the TV show [[X-Faktor (Hungarian TV series)|X-Faktor]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
== Programming ==
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* '''[[Barátok közt]]''' (Among Friends): the most watched domestically produced television soap of Hungary. The show started in the fall of 1998, one year after the foundation of RTL Klub. The show remarkably resembles BBC soap-drama, [[EastEnders]]. Initially, it didn't have the expected ratings, however, bound by the contract, RTL Klub had to keep the show running. Since 2000, the third season, the show has been rarely beaten in ratings in its own timeslot. Today, the average rating of the show is about 2 million viewers, and it's a solid foundation of viewers the channel occasionally builds on. Each episode of the series is 15 minutes long, and every weekday two episodes are aired. In between the two episodes, there is a news session as well as the highest value commercial block in Hungarian television. The show will end, after 23 seasons, on July 17, 2021, with an extended special episode.
* '''[[X-Faktor]]''': the licensed version of the talent show [[
* '''[[Való Világ]]''' (Real World): the show is similar to the reality show ''Big Brother'' although there are some major differences between the two formats. VV first started on RTL Klub in 2002. At the same time the rival TV channel (TV2) purchased the rights of the successful Big Brother format. The 1st seasons of the 2 shows had similar ratings but BB was slightly ahead. Since the 2nd season VV crashed the rival format so BB moved to the late night time slot and died quietly. The 2nd season of VV was followed with a 3rd one which had great ratings again. (There was no BB3.) After the 3rd season of VV ended RTL Klub had the format rested for 6 years. In 2010 they relaunched the format with some changes. VV4 was followed by VV5 in 2011. VV6 started in Winter 2014 on RTL II and the channel continues it with a 7th season in Autumn. RTL Klub sold the format of VV to Czech Republic and Slovakia where the show was called Vyvolení. The Czech VV had 3 seasons while the Slovak had 2. In both countries VyVolení (the chosen one) won the time slot against ''Big Brother''.
* '''Csillag Születik''' (A Star Borns): the Hungarian licensed version of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''. Four seasons have been aired in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 respectively.
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The channel is available in HD since New Year's Day 2015.
Film+ rename Mozi Klub 15 december 2023.
=== RTL Gold ===
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It closed down on 3 July 2017 to make way for RTL Gold. This channel broadcasts 24/7 and airs mostly the formerly successful gameshows of the parent channel – such as Hungarian adaptations of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]] ([[Legyen Ön is milliomos!]],'' aired only parts being hosted by [[Sándor Friderikusz]]), ''[[The Exit List]] (A Kód) and [[Minute to Win It]]'' ''(Egy perc és nyersz)'' –, talkshows like [[Mónika Show]] (with 12+ rating, despite multiple times penalised on RTL Klub due to the guests' extremely violent manner to each other), [[Balázs show]] and [[Anikó show]] (flagship programme specifically made for the channel, hosted by former ''[[Való Világ]]'' competitor [[Anikó Nádai]]) and, since September 2018, it also airs Latin American and [[Turkish soap opera|Turkish]] series. It also airs four parts of ''[[Barátok közt]] (Among Friends)'' daily, dating back to the 1998 beginning of the legendary series counting 10 455 episodes.
On December 10, 2022, at 5:00 CET, the channel got a new look.<ref>{{Cite
=== Sportklub ===
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