The agreement builds on RTL Deutschland’s long-standing partnership with Vodafone, Germany’s largest cable network operator, to offer RTL Deutschland’s most popular content and brands to Vodafone’s 11 million customers in Germany.

Vodafone plans to integrate RTL Deutschland’s content and brands even more comprehensively into GigaTV, Vodafone’s TV and entertainment platform. Vodafone customers will also be able to access streaming service RTL+ – which will be home to RTL Deutschland’s free-to-air TV media library in the future – as part of the advantage programme ‘Vodafone Happy’. In addition, nine free-to-air channels (RTL, Vox, Nitro, NTV, Super RTL, RTL UP, RTL Zwei, Vox Up and Toggo Plus) and four pay-TV channels (RTL Crime, RTL Living, Geo Television & Geo Wild) are available to Vodafone customers through the cable network and via over-the-top offers when booking the corresponding programme package.

Andre Prahl, Chief Distribution Officer at RTL Deutschland, says: “We are pleased to further expand and extend our successful partnership with Vodafone. The comprehensive agreement ensures that Vodafone customers have access to RTL Deutschland’s wide range of content and popular brands. At the same time, the agreement is an important step in expanding the reach of our streaming service RTL+ while at the same time securing the linear distribution of our TV channels. Together with Vodafone, we will continue to develop new TV services and products that benefit our users.”

Marc Albers, Acting Head of Consumer Business at Vodafone, says: “We are pleased to continue our long-standing collaboration with RTL Deutschland. It's a win-win situation for both sides: our TV customers will continue to have access to RTL Deutschland's attractive entertainment offerings and will benefit from cloud-based recording options and other convenient features on GigaTV. At the same time, RTL Deutschland can leverage access to millions of cable households and develop new TV offerings with us.”