RTL Nieuws is a Dutch television news service produced by RTL Nederland. The national and international news service produces 17 bulletins each weekday and six weekend bulletins for RTL4 and RTL7, reaching a total audience of about 1.5 million people. With the evening broadcast sometimes reaching over 2 million viewers.
RTL Nieuws' main competitor is NOS Journaal, broadcast by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) for public service television and radio. RTL co-operates primarily with the Flemish commercial television channel VTM and RTL Germany for international news coverage.
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On weekdays, at 6:45am and on the hour and half hour between 7am & 9am, RTL Onbijtnieuws (RTL Breakfast News) bulletins are broadcast on RTL4. An hourly daytime service of 15-minute bulletins airs on RTL7 between 9am and 5:30pm, featuring business news round-ups from RTL-Z. The 4pm bulletin is also broadcast on RTL4.
Seven days a week, three evening bulletins air on RTL4 in the form of a short 6pm bulletin, a main evening 20-minute programme at 7:30pm and a 10-minute late night bulletin at varying times. The Sunday edition of the 7:30pm news also features a short review of the past week's events.
In addition, RTL Nieuws produces an hourly daytime service called RTLZ on RTL7 combining news bulletins and business & financial updates on weekdays. A topical magazine programme, Editie NL, is also broadcast each weekday evening on RTL4.
| Presenter | Working since | Presenting since | Broadcasts |
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| Margreet Beetsma | 2007 | 2007 | Editie NL |
| Reinier van den Berg | 1989 | 1989 | RTL Weather |
| Wilson Boldewijn | 2007 | 2007 | relief Editie NL |
| Suzanne Bosman | 1999 | 1999 | Eveningnews |
| Sanne Boswinkel | 2005 | 2005 | Daytimenews |
| Roelof Hemmen | 1993 | 2001 | Eveningnews (since 2003) |
| Jan de Hoop | 1989 | 1989 | Breakfastnews |
| Hella Hueck | 2003 | 2008 | RTL Z |
| Marc de Jong | 1992 | 2010 | relief RTL Z |
| Roland Koopman | 1990 | 1999 | RTL Z (since 2001) |
| Daphne Lammers | 1995 | 2004 | Editie NL, Sundaynews & relief Eveningnews (since 2011) |
| Jeroen Latijnhouwers | 1997 | 1997 | Editie NL (since 2003) |
| Helga van Leur | 1997 | 1997 | RTL Weather |
| Diana Matroos | 1999 | 2004 | Daytimenews |
| Rick Nieman | 1991-1992, 1996 | 1996 | Eveningnews (since 1998) |
| Antoin Peeters | 2001 | 2002 | Sundaynews & relief Eveningnews |
| Margot Ribberink | 1993 | 1993 | RTL Weather |
| Margreet Spijker | 1998 | 1999 | Eveningnews (since 2010) |
| Sanne Steusel | 2011 | 2011 | relief Breakfastnews & relief Editie NL |
| Peter Timofeeff | 1996 | 1996 | RTL Weather |
| Roderick Veelo | 2005 | 2005 | RTL Z |
| Dennis Wilt | 2008 | 2008 | RTL Weather |
| Femke Wolthuis | 2002 | 2003-2011 | Breakfastnews |
| Peter van Zadelhoff | 2008 | 2008 | RTL Z |
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