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== History ==
== History ==
Its origins trace back to the launch of the 'RTLnow.de' portal in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techbook.de/streamen/anbieter/tvnow-wird-rtlplus|website=Techbook|title=Aus für TVNow! RTL setzt Streaming-Dienst neu auf|date=July 16, 2021|first=Rita|last=Deutschbein|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mebucom.de/distribution/RTL_baut_Streaming-Dienst_TV_NOW_aus.html|title=RTL baut Streaming-Dienst TV NOW aus|access-date=November 4, 2021|language=de|website=Mebucom}}</ref> In 2016, all the video portals corresponding to the different channels of the TV network merged into TVNOW.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AAvEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66|title=TV auf Abruf: Lösen Mediatheken das klassische Fernsehen ab?|first=Mario|last=Thieme|year=2021|isbn=978-3-8288-7682-8|publisher=Tectum Verlag|page=66}}</ref> From November 4, 2021, the new identity of RTL+ replaced that of TVNOW.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Aus-TVNOW-wird-RTL-article22906368.html|website=NTV|title=Aus TVNOW wird RTL+|date=November 4, 2021|language=de}}</ref> At the time, TVNOW was providing a three-layered service (Free, Premium and Premium Duo), having about 2 million paid subscription users, making around 3.4 million users together with Dutch RTL branch [[Videoland (Netherlands)|Videoland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/streaming/global/bertelsmann-expands-netflix-competitor-rtl-plus-as-fremantle-revenues-soar-to-1-5-billion-1235104639/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|title=Bertelsmann Expands Netflix Competitor RTL Plus as Fremantle Revenues Soar to $1.5 Billion|date=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imtest.de/tv-now-wird-rtl-plus/|website=Imtest|first=Markus|last=Fiedler|language=de|date=November 3, 2021|title=Mehr als nur ein neuer Name: Aus TV Now wird RTL+}}</ref>
Its origins trace back to the launch of the 'RTLnow.de' portal in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techbook.de/streamen/anbieter/tvnow-wird-rtlplus|website=Techbook|title=Aus für TVNow! RTL setzt Streaming-Dienst neu auf|date=July 16, 2021|first=Rita|last=Deutschbein|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mebucom.de/distribution/RTL_baut_Streaming-Dienst_TV_NOW_aus.html|title=RTL baut Streaming-Dienst TV NOW aus|access-date=November 4, 2021|language=de|website=Mebucom}}</ref> In 2016, all the video portals corresponding to the different channels of the TV network merged into TVNOW.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AAvEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66|title=TV auf Abruf: Lösen Mediatheken das klassische Fernsehen ab?|first=Mario|last=Thieme|year=2021|isbn=978-3-8288-7682-8|publisher=Tectum Verlag|page=66}}</ref> From November 4, 2021, the new identity of RTL+ replaced that of TVNOW.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Aus-TVNOW-wird-RTL-article22906368.html|website=NTV|title=Aus TVNOW wird RTL+|date=November 4, 2021|language=de}}</ref> At the time, TVNOW was providing a three-layered service (Free, Premium and Premium Duo), having about 2 million paid subscription users, making around 3.4 million users together with Dutch RTL branch [[Videoland (Netherlands)|Videoland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/streaming/global/bertelsmann-expands-netflix-competitor-rtl-plus-as-fremantle-revenues-soar-to-1-5-billion-1235104639/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|title=Bertelsmann Expands Netflix Competitor RTL Plus as Fremantle Revenues Soar to $1.5 Billion|date=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imtest.de/tv-now-wird-rtl-plus/|website=Imtest|first=Markus|last=Fiedler|language=de|date=November 3, 2021|title=Mehr als nur ein neuer Name: Aus TV Now wird RTL+}}</ref> On February 16, 2022, RTL Deutschland announced a cooperation with the U.S. media company Warner Bros. Discovery. In this context, series and movies from Warner as well as HBO Originals from the streaming provider HBO Max, which is not yet available in Germany, are to be successively integrated into the RTL+ portfolio, in some cases exclusively, starting in the first quarter of 2022.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:45, 18 February 2023

"TVNOW" redirects here. For the Irish magazine, see TV Now.
RTL+
Type of site
Streaming service
Predecessor(s)RTL Most (Hungary)
Area servedGermany
Austria
Switzerland
Hungary
OwnerRTL Group
ParentRTL Deutschland
RTL Magyarország
URLwww.rtlplus.de
www.rtlplusz.hu
Launched
  • 2007 (as RTLnow)
  • 2016 (as TVNOW)
  • 2021 (as RTL+)

RTL+ (formerly TVNOW in German-speaking countries and RTL Most in Hungary) is a European video on demand streaming service belonging to RTL Deutschland and RTL Magyarország, in turn part of the Bertelsmann-owned RTL Group.

History

Its origins trace back to the launch of the 'RTLnow.de' portal in 2007.[1][2] In 2016, all the video portals corresponding to the different channels of the TV network merged into TVNOW.[3] From November 4, 2021, the new identity of RTL+ replaced that of TVNOW.[4] At the time, TVNOW was providing a three-layered service (Free, Premium and Premium Duo), having about 2 million paid subscription users, making around 3.4 million users together with Dutch RTL branch Videoland.[5][6] On February 16, 2022, RTL Deutschland announced a cooperation with the U.S. media company Warner Bros. Discovery. In this context, series and movies from Warner as well as HBO Originals from the streaming provider HBO Max, which is not yet available in Germany, are to be successively integrated into the RTL+ portfolio, in some cases exclusively, starting in the first quarter of 2022.

References

  1. ^ Deutschbein, Rita (July 16, 2021). "Aus für TVNow! RTL setzt Streaming-Dienst neu auf". Techbook (in German).
  2. ^ "RTL baut Streaming-Dienst TV NOW aus". Mebucom (in German). Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Thieme, Mario (2021). TV auf Abruf: Lösen Mediatheken das klassische Fernsehen ab?. Tectum Verlag. p. 66. ISBN 978-3-8288-7682-8.
  4. ^ "Aus TVNOW wird RTL+". NTV (in German). November 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (November 4, 2021). "Bertelsmann Expands Netflix Competitor RTL Plus as Fremantle Revenues Soar to $1.5 Billion". Variety.
  6. ^ Fiedler, Markus (November 3, 2021). "Mehr als nur ein neuer Name: Aus TV Now wird RTL+". Imtest (in German).


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