Nitro (German TV channel)

Nitro

Country	Germany
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Deutschland
Sister channels	RTL VOX n-tv Super RTL RTL Zwei RTL Up VOX Up RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion GEO Television
History
Launched	1 April 2012 (2012-04-01)
Former names	RTL Nitro (2012–2017)
Links
Website	www.nitro-tv.de
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel numbers vary on each region

Nitro is a German free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Deutschland. It was launched on 1 April 2012 as RTL Nitro. It was renamed Nitro on 30 July 2017.

Nitro's slogan is „Fernsehen für Helden“ (television for heroes). It describes itself as a "premium entertainment channel" ("Premium-Unterhaltungssender") for a broad audience.^[1] It mainly targets males aged between 20 and 59.^[2]

The channel contains many of old German and American series and films, but also first runs of some American series such as Modern Family, Nurse Jackie or Chase.

On 2 April 2012, the video on demand site RTL Nitro Now launched, where several shows can be viewed seven days after airing.

Nitro HD, a high-definition simulcast of Nitro, was launched on 28 August 2012 on cable provider Kabel Deutschland, and became available via NetCologne on 1 September 2012.^[3] Broadcast of RTL Nitro HD via Satellite started on 8 April 2014, available with a HD+ subscription.

• Auto Mobil, car magazine show (2012—present)

• Ab ins Beet – Die Garten-Soap, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Anwälte der Toten, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Die Autohändler, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Die Küchenchefs, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Die lustigsten Schlamassel der Welt, clip show (2012—present)
• Das perfekte Promi-Dinner, cooking (2012—present)
• Das Strafgericht, court show (2012—present)
• Die Trovatos – Detektive decken auf, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Höllische Nachbarn, comedy (2012—present)
• Schneller als die Polizei erlaubt, docu-soap (2012—present)
• Unter Volldampf!, documentary (2012—present)
• Recht & Ordnung (2012—present)

• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, action series (2012—present)
• Balko, comedy drama (2012—present)
• Im Namen des Gesetzes, drama (2012—present)

• Ice Road Truckers (2012—2014)
• Mayday (2012)
• Takeshi's Castle (2017-2021)

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2012[4]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%
2013[5]	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	1.0%	0.7%
2014[6]	1.0%	1.0%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%
2015[7]	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%
2016[8]	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.4%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%
2017[9]	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	1.7%	1.5%	1.6%
2018

• Official website (in German)