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RTL 7
RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is RTL Nederland's "men's channel" with action films, reality television about crime and professions, football, motorsport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 until RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.
Officially RTL 7 along with RTL 4, RTL 5 and RTL 8 is headquartered in Hilversum, broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Yorin used to be licensed in the Netherlands, but moved to Luxembourg after the RTL 7 rebrand. There is a 40 kW DVB-T transmitter on the Dudelange Radio Tower in Luxembourg that broadcasts the channel free-to-air, but the main audience in the Netherlands needs a subscription to a cable, satellite, IPTV, or DVB-T provider to get access. All providers include the channel in their base package.
The channel began as Veronica on 1 September 1995, and was a joint venture between RTL 4, RTL 5 and Veronica Association (in Dutch: Vereniging Veronica), and with the radio station HitRadio Veronica in the Holland Media Groep.
The Veronica Organisation had been a public broadcasting association since 1 January 1976 but left the Dutch public broadcasting system in 1995 and started a commercial channel.
In the first year, it broadcasts a lot of American TV series, such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Baywatch, films, Dutch programmes ranging from game shows to talk shows and Dutch TV series, such as Flodder and Onderweg naar Morgen. By the end of its first year, Veronica dropped the news-related programmes and established its place in the Dutch television market as a young adult channel with programmes of a provocative nature. In the next years, Veronica proved to be a pioneer in television making by introducing a wide range of reality shows with a real breakthrough when it launched the reality game show Big Brother in 1999.
In 2000 Veronica announced it would leave the joint venture and wanted to start a channel of its own. Eventually, Veronica Association closed a deal with SBS in 2003. RTL had to withdraw the Veronica name from the channel by 1 September 2001.
RTL had to change the name of the station. At first, RTL came up with ME for both radio and television, with a campaign saying ME komt er aan (ME is coming), but a fashion label in the Netherlands (WE) complained about the similarity with its name. Moreover, the retailer had also claimed the usage of the names ME, SHE, HE and YOU for WE's sub-brands in the Benelux region. Had RTL not abandoned the ME brand, the media company wound be sent to court. Finally, after forbidding the usage of the name ME in March 2001, RTL rebranded Veronica to Yorin on 2 April 2001, announced to the public on 29 March. Yorin referred to the English phrase "You're in". The Dutch version of The Price Is Right, Cash en Carlo, referenced this fact when announcer Eddy Keur told contestants "Yorin the game!" when they came on down to Contestant's Row. All programmes previously on Veronica and also the television presenters moved to Yorin. RTL didn't want to add RTL into the name (instead of calling it RTL 6 or RTL 1) so the channel would keep its own identity. Some of the programmes that were popular on Veronica continued on Yorin, even though these were initially planned to air on ME.
The new name, Yorin, also had negative connotation due to being a close paronym of "urine". An NRC journalist said that the effect was the opposite of the intended "Yorin (You're in) the movement" tagline. Some staff abroad were even mocked for the similarities, as well as a case where British journalists laughed at the name in Cannes, as reported by De Volkskrant.
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RTL 7
RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is RTL Nederland's "men's channel" with action films, reality television about crime and professions, football, motorsport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 until RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.
Officially RTL 7 along with RTL 4, RTL 5 and RTL 8 is headquartered in Hilversum, broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Yorin used to be licensed in the Netherlands, but moved to Luxembourg after the RTL 7 rebrand. There is a 40 kW DVB-T transmitter on the Dudelange Radio Tower in Luxembourg that broadcasts the channel free-to-air, but the main audience in the Netherlands needs a subscription to a cable, satellite, IPTV, or DVB-T provider to get access. All providers include the channel in their base package.
The channel began as Veronica on 1 September 1995, and was a joint venture between RTL 4, RTL 5 and Veronica Association (in Dutch: Vereniging Veronica), and with the radio station HitRadio Veronica in the Holland Media Groep.
The Veronica Organisation had been a public broadcasting association since 1 January 1976 but left the Dutch public broadcasting system in 1995 and started a commercial channel.
In the first year, it broadcasts a lot of American TV series, such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place and Baywatch, films, Dutch programmes ranging from game shows to talk shows and Dutch TV series, such as Flodder and Onderweg naar Morgen. By the end of its first year, Veronica dropped the news-related programmes and established its place in the Dutch television market as a young adult channel with programmes of a provocative nature. In the next years, Veronica proved to be a pioneer in television making by introducing a wide range of reality shows with a real breakthrough when it launched the reality game show Big Brother in 1999.
In 2000 Veronica announced it would leave the joint venture and wanted to start a channel of its own. Eventually, Veronica Association closed a deal with SBS in 2003. RTL had to withdraw the Veronica name from the channel by 1 September 2001.
RTL had to change the name of the station. At first, RTL came up with ME for both radio and television, with a campaign saying ME komt er aan (ME is coming), but a fashion label in the Netherlands (WE) complained about the similarity with its name. Moreover, the retailer had also claimed the usage of the names ME, SHE, HE and YOU for WE's sub-brands in the Benelux region. Had RTL not abandoned the ME brand, the media company wound be sent to court. Finally, after forbidding the usage of the name ME in March 2001, RTL rebranded Veronica to Yorin on 2 April 2001, announced to the public on 29 March. Yorin referred to the English phrase "You're in". The Dutch version of The Price Is Right, Cash en Carlo, referenced this fact when announcer Eddy Keur told contestants "Yorin the game!" when they came on down to Contestant's Row. All programmes previously on Veronica and also the television presenters moved to Yorin. RTL didn't want to add RTL into the name (instead of calling it RTL 6 or RTL 1) so the channel would keep its own identity. Some of the programmes that were popular on Veronica continued on Yorin, even though these were initially planned to air on ME.
The new name, Yorin, also had negative connotation due to being a close paronym of "urine". An NRC journalist said that the effect was the opposite of the intended "Yorin (You're in) the movement" tagline. Some staff abroad were even mocked for the similarities, as well as a case where British journalists laughed at the name in Cannes, as reported by De Volkskrant.