European video on demand streaming service serving Germany and Hungary
"TVNOW" redirects here. For the Irish magazine, seeTV Now.
For the GermanTV channel originally known as RTL plus from 1984 to 1992, seeRTL (German TV channel). For the other German TV channel known as RTLplus from 2016 to 2021, seeRTLup.
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RTL+ (formerlyTVNOW in German-speaking countries, andRTL Most in Hungary) is a European video on demand streaming service belonging toRTL Deutschland andRTL Magyarország, in turn part of theBertelsmann-ownedRTL Group.
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 branchVideoland.[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 ofRTL in the Netherlands, rumors has said that the merger between RTL XL andVideoland to form RTL+, to expand Dutch content on the Internet. It will be in the Q3 2023.
