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This article is about the Dutch channel. For the Polish channel originally launched as RTL7, see TVN7.

1995–2001 2001–2005 2005–2010 2010–2017 2017–2023 2023–present
1995–2001 2001–2005 2005–2010 2010–2017 2017–2023 2023–present

With a core audience of men aged 25 to 54, RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Netherlands; the channel launched under the name Veronica on September 1, 1995.

RTL 7 is a 'men's channel' with action films, reality television about crime and professions, soccer, motorsport, and sports talk shows. Up until September 7, 2015, RTL Z, a business & financial news channel, broadcast as a daytime block on RTL 7 until it was revamped as a 24-hour channel.

Veronica

1995–2001

Veronica

RTL7 was launched as Veronica on September 1, 1995, and was owned by Holland Media Group, a joint venture between Veronica Association and RTL Group, known as CLT during its launch.

Yorin

2001–2005

Yorin logo

In 2000, Veronica Association announced that it would sell its stake in the channel and Holland Media Group to RTL Group (formerly CLT) as they wanted to start a channel of their own, which resulted in SBS Broadcasting acquiring Fox in 2001, to make way for the channel to be rebranded as Veronica under license from Veronica Association, but SBS and Veronica couldn't reach an agreement until 2003, resulting in Fox's two-year rebrand as V8. The RTL-owned Veronica was officially rebranded as Yorin on April 2, 2001.

RTL7

2005–2010

RTL7 logo

The 2005 RTL rebrand caused the channel to withdraw its Yorin name after four years. Names such as RTL 6 and RTL+ were initially considered, but after the result of a survey released in late June 2005, the channel's new name (RTL 7) was revealed, which suggested that most viewers had Yorin on channel 7 and that the average Dutch viewer who started on channel 1 (Nederland 1) stopped on one of RTL's secondary channels (5 or 7). Under the new setup, as of August 12, 2005, RTL 7 inherited RTL 5's programs, while RTL 5 inherited Yorin's.

2010–2017

RTL7 2010

On August 19, 2010, RTL7 presented a new look and a new logo, used from September 6 of the same year.

Designed by OOQ, the new logo departs from the common design that had been used by the Dutch RTL stations for a few years. [1][2][3][4]

2017–2023

RTL 7 2017

2023–present

RTL7 (2023)

Introduced on May 1, 2023, the new logo follows the RTL United branding framework.