Surprise: The Luxembourg state pays RTL for a radio channel without really specifying what the radio channel should actually do.

Today is „Trans Day of Visibility“. What do they want now, even worse representation?

In the concession agreement with CLT-UFA, the state specifies which programs RTL must produce in return for millions in subsidies.

Who actually checks whether the concession agreement is being complied with? A look at the agreement shows that real control by CLT-UFA can be undermined.

An overview of the people involved and a look at a history full of contradictions.

Has advertising for traditional media reached its peak? Or has RTL once again come up with a sophisticated story to get state money?

Without visibility, you can’t get far as a cultural creator - this is something that cultural journalist Christiane Kremer, who was able to gain visibility for her second job as an author through her work at RTL, should know.

Luxembourg has an extremely diverse population: many different languages, realities of life and views come together. In order for our society to understand and get to know each other, for our democracy to function, for everyone to have access to reliable and relevant information, for everyone to be seen, for wrongdoings to be exposed, we have a public service with a strong mission. Or do we?

Jacques Santer has always taken good care of the CLT-UFA throughout his career, and from an astonishingly wide range of positions.

In the series on the current concession agreement between RTL (CLT-UFA) and the state, we are today dedicating ourselves to the first chapter. This concerns the quality and control of the content.

Since 2016, a lot has changed at RTL, as the example of the „begging ban“ shows. It no longer produces racism itself, but offers racism a platform in the name of pluralism of opinion.

RTL does not want to publish information about RTL Radio Luxembourg’s advertising revenue. The suspicion is growing that millions in revenue are being hidden so that the state pays more. RTL One has done the math for you.

The second part of the series is about a lot of hot air and half-hearted promises in the first chapter.

The first part of this series presents the contract and its preface. Who signs the deal and what story did those involved come up with to sell the multi-million dollar contract to the public?

„We don’t have any money, can you drive us?“: A phrase that probably doesn’t go down well in Luxembourg, especially if you have the wrong skin color. But luckily we are white Europeans and can handle ourselves in other countries.

An overview of the people involved.

RTL had the monopoly on radio in Luxembourg for decades, and that is exactly what they want to get back. Driven by commercial interests, RTL is also going through (transmitter) corpses.

How the government and CLT-UFA fooled the parliament.

A lucrative deal between the state and Bertelsmann, a secret agreement and the comment function under RTL articles, what does it mean? A service for the public.

An overview of the people involved.

How should the media report on right-wing extremist ideologies and right-wing parties? Are the media themselves at risk from strong right-wing extremist parties?

Your partner, our partner – same, same? RTL mixes advertising and journalistic content. That’s illegal.

Alain Berwick, a man who had a great career at RTL and liked to philosophize about the values ​​of RTL. In 2016, he fell out of the nest he had built for himself so beautifully. Now he could make a big comeback at RTL. Or rather, buy the whole bird.

Why make it easy when you can make it really easy? That’s the question that is asked every day in the online editorial team at RTL.

This artist does not only mixes advertising with journalism, but also business with pleasure.

How obvious and simple everything is when you work for the media that most loves to talk about and with itself.

Have you been waiting for the biggest media outlet in the country to finally call and profile your company or business? But it just doesn’t happen? No problem, there’s a solution. You too can finally come out on top.

The Chamber has given the ADR a big gift. And the ADR is obviously ready to accept it too.

Shh! Of course, no one is allowed to know that. At least not in Luxembourg.

Beating up other people and being celebrated by RTL staff. That’s only possible if you’ve chosen a very specific profession.

Viviane Reding’s proposals read like a wish list from private media groups to Santa Claus

One company is famous, the other is a profit-maker: that’s how simple the tricks of our public service are.

Trigger warning: RTL does not use trigger warnings. Even when it comes to the topic of suicide, RTL considers clicks more important than responsible reporting.

From a small building, RTL has evolved to a large real estate business on Kirchberg.

He did a lot for Luxembourg… sorry, for the CLT. Isn’t it pretty much the same thing?

RTL no longer wanted to use the word “relationship drama” after it was analyzed by them as a trivialization of violence against women. It is already mid-January, the perfect time to throw good intentions out the window.

He never sits between the chairs, but on all the chairs at the same time. How RTL host Jean-Louis Schiltz manages your money.

A comparison of yesterday and today. What about the direct line between DP and RTL?

The crime series was a success in Luxembourg and even beyond its borders. But behind the scenes, it was about more than entertainment.

Thomas Rabe is the CEO of Bertelsmann. RTL Luxembourg has also submitted to him – and that has consequences. An exciting life from punk rocker to bloodthirsty leech.

If RTL produces plagiarism, they think carefully about who they do it to. Find out who is really to blame for climate change.

It would not be the first public service that Bertelsmann has let disappear.

They are strategic partners in crime: the largest media group and the largest search engine for cars and houses in the country work quite well together

The parent company behind RTL has a dark German past.

Dishonesty disguised as reviews and prize games. RTL reaches the next level of Native Advertising.

Not only the police are blind on the right eye – their victims, as well.

During his term, there was a major change of direction in the EU – which also had major implications for Luxembourg.

How many public service radio stations are there in the country? Be careful, one channel can hide another.

What Xavier Bettel is doing with this German billionaire – and what her fortune has to do with RTL Luxembourg.

RTL is in direct competition with other media that also rely on advertising sales. As a news director, you can also come up with creative ideas.

It all started on January 2, 1984, shortly before 6 p.m., when „RTL Plus“ began broadcasting, a German-language commercial channel operated from Luxembourg in a cooperation between Bertelsmann and CLT.

With whom was the contract, through which millions in aid money from the Luxembourg state are flowing, actually concluded?

There are many secrets behind RTL’s work – some of them are even surprising to RTL itself.

On January 1, 2021, the new contract between the Luxembourg state and the multi-billion-dollar corporation CLT-UfA/RTL Group came into effect.

An explanation from the online redaction

An explanation from the online editorial team

An explanation from the online editorial team

No one has noticed yet, but IP is decorating itself with strange plums for its corporate identity.

One of the most famous faces at RTL Luxembourg is Joëlle Kirsch.

Sneaky advertising, favorable reporters and native advertising: RTL knows all the tricks of the advertising business