German commercial broadcast group Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has rolled out its international pay-TV service RTL International to further platforms.
The channel is now available worldwide as an HD livestream on the internet as well as through an app on tablets and smartphones (iOS/Android). Via Apple Airplay and Chromecast, the signal can be streamed to TV sets. The app not available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA.
RTL International which launched on January 18, 2016 will also soon become available through an app on the players in TV sets, set-top-boxes and sticks of streaming platform Roku in Canada, Mexico, the UK and France.
Through OTT platform iON of US partner e-media networks, further viewers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand can subscribe to the channel. In the USA, it will in future also be carried by cable operator Mediacom Communications.
RTL International will also be part of the line-up of new Dutch OTT platform M2M when it launches its worldwide service this summer.