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RTL+ Confirms Price Rises and New Package Lineup for Mid-January

The shake-up is meant to boost revenue as RTL targets about eight million paying customers and profitability by late 2026.

Overview

  • Basic stays at €5.99, Premium climbs to €9.99 with ads, and a renamed Premium ad-free tier is set at €12.99.
  • Deezer music access is removed from the ad-free plan; customers wanting music must take the separate RTL+ Musik subscription at €14.99.
  • RTL says the changes will roll out around mid-January 2026, with no exact date specified.
  • The company reports roughly 6.6 million RTL+ subscribers today and is aiming for about eight million paying users by the end of 2026.
  • The pricing revamp comes alongside an organizational restructure with about 600 planned job cuts, and the top tier’s rename from Max to Premium ad-free has been reported as a move to avoid confusion with HBO Max entering Germany.