In June, RTL Deutschland announced extensive changes to the streaming offer.
Now the change has been made.
TVNow is history.
Cologne - TVNow users are likely to have wondered on November 3rd.
The app was gone.
Instead, there was a different logo - and a new name.
No wonder, because RTL Deutschland * has given its streaming service a completely new face.
TVNow is now called RTL +, while the TV broadcaster of the same name is now called RTLup.
RTL + is the new TVNow: digital subscription instead of pure streaming service
But not only the logo and name are new, the content has also been adapted.
While TVNow, which was launched in 2007 under the name RTLnow, contained series, shows, news, magazines and documentaries from RTL Germany's TV channels, RTL + 's offer is to be expanded.
As the former RTL Germany CEO Bernd Reichart
told
the media
magazine DWDL.de
, RTL + should not just be a pure streaming service, but rather be expanded into a digital subscription.
The merger with Gruner + Jahr, which will take place on January 1, 2022, should help.
From then on, new types of media will gradually be integrated.
TVNow becomes RTL +: No price increases planned
In addition to in-house productions and TV content, there will also be an extensive range of music, exclusive podcasts, an audio book library and access to digital magazines. In a press release, Mediengruppe RTL advertised the “first 'one app, all media' offer on the market.” Customers should “always be suggested suitable content with the help of intelligent text, audio and video analysis”.
There should be no price increases for the time being.
The previous TVNow packages should continue to apply.
In addition to free access to the RTL + Free media library, there is the RTL + Premium package.
It costs 4.99 euros a month and offers access to exclusive streaming content and the broadcasters' live streams.
Simultaneous streams on multiple devices are available for 7.99 euros a month.
There was already one innovation.
“Bachelor in Paradise” will no longer be shown on TV on RTL *, but only on RTL +.
* tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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