RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial station RTL. The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45 CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin, a lunchtime magazine programme, a daily short news programme in the afternoon and a late night bulletin. Weekend bulletins are branded as RTL aktuell Weekend. RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for 7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast in HD.
