RTL II (Germany)

A Break Bumper used on RTL II, recorded during a daytime Animé programming block on the channel, likely explaining the use of Japanese symbols onscreen.

Almost identical to above, only this time it's returning from the break, hence the 'break end' voiceover.

An animated, and musical, endcap for RTL 2. 'Im Auftrag von', roughly means 'in association with'. (Well, its the nearest I can translate it to).

This time the endcap says 'Eine Sendung von', translating to 'A Programme from'.

Possibly the least German sting you could ever imagine for RTL II from 2009. During this era, snippets of audio from Lady Gaga's Love Game plays are used whilst the graphics similarly use English wording styled around the song lyrics. Here an entirely graphical sting, using only text and the logo.

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A longer sting from RTL II. This time featuring motorcyclists 'having fun', complete with the notes of the same song.

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An example of the 2009 promo style for RTL II, here promoting an evening's programming on the channel.

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An RTL II break bumper from 2009, featuring the same use of Lady Gaga and dancing as a visual. Essentially this sequence is the same as the stings during this era, just with the extra addition of the word 'Werbung'.

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First launched in March 1993, RTL II is a second German entertainment channel from RTL Group, largely airing a mix of imported series and reality TV shows. Winter 2019 presentation on the channels features various personalities from shows on the channel filmed in a mountain chalet setting, making symbols to represent '2'. The break opening sting features the names of those appearing, and for this one the stars of Krass Schule, a scripted reality docu-soap, feature.

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End of break stings on RTL II feature the same stars of the channel, however this time with the slogan 'Zeig Mir Mehr' (show me more) overlaid, and an additional wipe to the channel logo at the very end. The stars from Krass Schule appear again here.

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Another start of break sting for RTL II, this time featuring 'Victor' from their version of Love Island.

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Another end of break sting for RTL II, featuring the channel slogan again.

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An example of the 2019 promo style for RTL II. Graphics at the start and end are designed to flow very quickly into the next presentational element on the channel.

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RTL II features short news bulletins on some hours, giving the latest headlines and a very brief runthrough of news events. The opening headlines and titles to a short bulletin here.

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Jule, Dolly and Marc feature in this RTL II break sting, stars of the channel's reality soap Köln 50667.

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The end of break sting featuring Jule, Dolly and Marc once more.

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For this break sting, Giovanni and Jana Ina appear, hosts on the German version of Love Island.

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Another RTL II break sting, this time featuring Milka Loff Fernandes. Presenter of the Naked Attraction series on the channel - yes the format made it to Germany too!

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The end of break sting featuring Milka Loff Fernandes for RTL II.

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Tobi and Marcellino appear in this break sting, more stars from the German version of Love Island.

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The RTL II end of break sting featuring Tobi and Marcellino from Love Island.

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Eva Brenner features in this RTL II break sting, away from the mountain lodge setting. Eva has presented the makeover show 'Zuhause Im Glück' for the channel, up until it's recently announced cancellation in early 2019.

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Another 2019 End Of Break sting for RTL II.

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Det Müller appears in an RTL II break sting once again away from the chalet setting. Det is the host of Mein neuer Alter and GRIP, both motoring shows on the channel.

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Motoring host Det Müller again, this time in the end of break sting for RTL II.

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October 2019 saw a graphical refresh for German station RTLII. Out went the name and logo that had served them in various forms for the past 20 years in favour of a new name 'RTL Zwei'. Despite a refreshed graphical style, break bumpers remained largely the same, complete with the same tagline as had appeared previously. Here Det Müller appears again in one of the refreshed break bumpers.

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A new break bumper, designed to show the changeover from old to new logo for RTL Zwei. Clearly not done on quite the same budget as the existing bumpers it appears alongside.

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The accompanying end of break bumper, only showing the new logo now with the 'Zeig Mir Mehr' tagline.

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An updated break opening bumper from post-October rebrand. This time featuring characters from reality soap 'Berlin Tag & Nacht'.

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Another refreshed break bumper for RTL Zwei, this time featuring characters from the channel's scripted reality show 'Die Wollnys'.

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German presenter Matthias Malmedie appears in this break bumper for RTL Zwei, from after the refresh.

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The accompanying end of break bumper featuring Matthias Malmedie, complete with the channel tagline once more.

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For the October 2019 rebrand, an extended trailer was produced to introduce the new graphics. Shorter edits of this were then used in various junctions in the days following the launch of the look.

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An example of the updated trailer style from October 2019 for RTL Zwei, here trailering multiple car shows on the channel.

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A short yellow sting for RTL Zwei, featuring the same graphical style, tagline, and similar background music to the regular break bumpers.

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More stars from the channel's reality soap Köln 50667 appear in this break bumper for RTL Zwei.

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Patrick, Bo and Chico appear again in the accompanying end of break bumper for RTL Zwei.

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