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{{Short description|European video on demand streaming service serving Germany and Hungary}}
{{redirect|TVNOW|the Irish magazine|TV Now}}
{{redirect|TVNOW|the Irish magazine|TV Now}}
{{For-multi|the GermanTV channel originally known as RTL plus from 1984 to 1992|RTL (German TV channel)|the other German TV channel known as RTLplus from 2016 to 2021|RTLup}}
{{expand language|date=November 2021|langcode=de|otherarticle=RTL+}}
{{expand language|date=November 2021|langcode=de|otherarticle=RTL+}}
{{expand language|date=March 2023|langcode=hu|RTL+ (Magyarország, 2022)}}
{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| name = RTL+
| name = RTL+
| logo = RTL+ Logo 2021.svg
| logo = RTL+ Logo 2021.svg
| screenshot =
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| type = [[Streaming service]]
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| launch_date = {{Plain list|
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* 2007 (as RTLnow)
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* 2021 (as RTL+)
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| predecessor =
| predecessor = RTL Most (Hungary)
| area_served =
| area_served = [[Germany]]<br>[[Austria]]<br>[[Switzerland]]<br>[[Hungary]]
| key_people =
| key_people =
| parent = [[RTL Deutschland]]
| parent = [[RTL Deutschland]]<br>[[RTL (Hungary)|RTL Magyarország]]
| owner = [[RTL Group]]
| owner = [[RTL Group]]
| url = {{URL|www.tvnow.de|www.rtlplus.de}}
| url = {{URL|www.tvnow.de|www.rtlplus.de}}<br>{{URL|www.rtlplusz.hu}}
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'''RTL+''' (formerly '''TVNOW''') is a German video on demand streaming service belonging to [[RTL Deutschland]], in turn part of the [[Bertelsmann]]-dominated [[RTL Group]].
'''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 (Hungarian TV channel)|RTL Magyarország]], in turn part of the [[Bertelsmann]]-owned [[RTL Group]].


== 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=16 July 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=4 November 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.es/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 4 November 2021 on, 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=4 November 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=4 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imtest.de/tv-now-wird-rtl-plus/|website=Imtest|first=Markus|last=Fiedler|language=de|date=3 November 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>


On November 4, 2021, TVNOW became RTL+.<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>
== As a TV channel in Hungary ==


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 are 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.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=2022-02-16|date=2022-02-16|title=RTL Deutschland schließt umfangreichen exklusiven Film- und Seriendeal mit WarnerMedia|url=https://media.rtl.com/meldung/RTL-Deutschland-schliesst-umfangreichen-exklusiven-Film-und-Seriendeal-mit-WarnerMedia/|website=RTL Deutschland Media Hub|language=de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
[[File:RTL+ logo.svg|175px]]

On November 16, 2022, RTL+ was launched in Hungary by RTL Magyarország, replacing RTL Most, in order to expand more with Hungarian content online.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-17|date=2022-11-16|title=Megérkezett az RTL+, a legújabb magyar előfizetéses streamingszolgáltatás|url=https://rtl.hu/sorozatklub/2022/11/16/rtl-plusz-legujabb-magyar-elofizeteses-streaming-szolgaltatas|website=RTL Magyarország|language=hu}}</ref>
'''RTL+''' is a [[Hungarian]] [[general entertainment]] [[television channel]], owned by RTL Group. It launched on [[May 1]], [[2014]] as the successor of Prizma TV.

Following the redesign graphics of [[RTL Nederland|RTL in the Netherlands]], rumors has said that the merger between RTL XL and [[Videoland (Netherlands)|Videoland]] to form RTL+, to expand Dutch content on the Internet. It will be in the Q3 2023.
Its channel sound was József Kerekes as Poén!, then as Prizma, and from [[2014]] to [[2016]] was Anna Orosz. His current voice is Artúr Kálid. However, some recommendations are made with the voice of Sorozat+, Zsuzsa Ullmann.
The channel's advertising time is sold by R-Time.
=== History ===
On [[April 2]], [[2008]], it started broadcasting as Poén!. The channel was launched by IKO Kábeltévé Kft., and was legally under the supervision of the [[Romanian]] media authority. From [[December 20]], [[2010]], it continued to operate under the name Prizma with a new look and even more content. Mainly from [[RTL Klub]]'s archives, it featured mainly entertainment shows, and later appeared with new series. In [[July]] [[2011]], together with other 6 IKO channels, it became a property of RTL Group in Hungary. From [[January 2014]], content not seen on Prizma was also aired, and at the end of [[February]], it was announced that the channel would be renamed in the spring. It became clear in [[March]] that it would continue to operate under the name '''RTL+''' from [[1 May]]. Its headquarters became [[Luxembourg]] in 2015, and, at the same time, it uses [[Television content rating system|Hungarian rating system]] from NMHH.
On [[March 1]], [[2016]], the channel received a new, even more colorful image.
In [[2019]], it broadcasted [[E-sports]] events, starting everyday at 22:00, in its magazine E-mánia, co-produced with the online TV channel, Esport1.
From [[2020]], it broadcasts a programming block called ''Igazi Krimi'' on the channel, with purchased content and, among these shows, the reality series ''Bűnös lelkek'' originally made for [[RTL Klub]].
The channel launched a HD version in [[September]] [[2021]].
From the fall of [[2021]] until [[2024]], the channel will be the mediator of the [[UEFA Europa League]] and the brand new [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]. In the first year, after M4 Sport, which broadcasts the meetings of Ferencváros in the EL team group of 32 teams, RTL+ has the right to choose for the second time. (Between [[2015]] and [[2018]], the company acquired the more expensive number one package for [[RTL II (Hungary)|RTL II]], but the Hungarian club did not reach the 48-team field during this period.) It is an innovation in Hungary that some matches only on the paid streaming platform - RTL Most+ - are displayed.


== References ==
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Revision as of 23:42, 11 March 2024

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]

On November 4, 2021, TVNOW became RTL+.[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 are 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.[7]

On November 16, 2022, RTL+ was launched in Hungary by RTL Magyarország, replacing RTL Most, in order to expand more with Hungarian content online.[8]

Following the redesign graphics of RTL in the Netherlands, rumors has said that the merger between RTL XL and Videoland to form RTL+, to expand Dutch content on the Internet. It will be in the Q3 2023.

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).
  7. ^ "RTL Deutschland schließt umfangreichen exklusiven Film- und Seriendeal mit WarnerMedia". RTL Deutschland Media Hub (in German). 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  8. ^ "Megérkezett az RTL+, a legújabb magyar előfizetéses streamingszolgáltatás". RTL Magyarország (in Hungarian). 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.