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7plus
Type of site
Video on demand, OTT, Catch up, live streaming
Predecessor(s)PLUS7
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales,
Australia
Area servedAustralia
OwnerSeven West Media
Servicesstreaming service
URL7plus.com.au
RegistrationFree
Launched27 November 2017

7plus (stylised as 7+) is a video on demand, catch-up TV service run by the Seven Network. The service became available on 27 November 2017. 7plus also offers online live streaming of Channel 7, 7two, 7mate, 7flix, and Racing.com.

7plus is available across several platforms including Web, iOS and Android apps, FreeviewPlus certified TVs, Apple TV 4th Gen+, Fetch TV, Telstra TV, Chromecast, Android TV, Samsung TV, Sony Linux TV and PlayStation 4.[1]

History

2010–2017: PLUS7

PLUS7 was a catch up TV service run by the Seven Network through its Yahoo7 joint venture with Yahoo!.[2] The service became available on 18 January 2010.

Some titles are exclusively available in Australia on PLUS7, including Other Space and Sin City Saints, as well as the British version of My Kitchen Rules, which were not broadcast on the Seven Network.[3][4] In 2014, PLUS7 became the first commercial television catch-up service to provide optional closed captioning on most of its programming.[5]

PLUS7 is available across several platforms including iOS mobile operating systems (e.g. iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch),[6] Apple TV,[7] Xbox One,[8] PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4,[9][10] Windows 10, Sony internet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, LG internet-enabled TVs, Samsung internet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, Panasonic internet-enabled TVs, Hisense internet-enabled TVs, Humax set top boxes, Windows Mobile 7 & 8 and Samsung devices running Android OS 4.0+ and above.

2017–present: 7plus

Following the acquisition of Yahoo! by Verizon Communications in June 2017, Seven announced plans to launch a wholly owned standalone service to replace PLUS7 within the following six months.[11][12] In September 2017, Seven announced the new service would be known as 7plus and would launch in November 2017.[13] With the introduction of 7plus, PLUS7 was shut down, becoming unavailable on most platforms from 12 December 2017, and on remaining devices on 31 March 2018.[14]

In March 2019, the service added two American-based linear channels, Pac-12 Network and Outdoor Channel, as well as on-demand offerings from these providers.[15]

On 23 July 2020, 7plus introduced a new logo styled as 7+.

Logos

PLUS7

PLUS7 logo (2010–2017)

7plus

7plus logo (2017–2020)

See also

References

  1. ^ "7plus Customer Support". 7plus Customer Support. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Five-way shootout: catch-up TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ^ Barrett, Dan (29 October 2015). "Seven launches revamped PLUS7 app with live streaming of linear TV". Media Week. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ "My Kitchen Rules UK". Plus7. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Captions now available on Plus7". Media Access Australia. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  6. ^ Knox, David (22 December 2015). "PLUS7 joins Apple TV". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ "PLUS7 launches on Apple TV". Media Week. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Xbox One to play catch up with Plus7". TechRadar. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  9. ^ Nic Healey. ABC iview and Plus7 now available on PS4, CNET, 18 December 2014.
  10. ^ PLUS7 now available on PS3 & PS4, au.tv.yahoo.com, 18 December 2014.
  11. ^ Edwards, Christian (14 June 2017). "Seven West tweaks Yahoo7 joint venture". Yahoo7. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  12. ^ Bingemann, Mitchell (14 June 2017). "Seven to launch new catch-up TV service after Tahoo tweak". The Australian. Sydney. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  13. ^ Knox, David (20 September 2017). "7plus to replace PLUS7". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  14. ^ "New-look 7plus is online". TV Tonight. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  15. ^ Knox, David (7 March 2019). "7plus adds two new US live streaming channels". TV Tonight.
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