RTLup

For the other TV channel originally known as RTL plus from 1984 to 1992, see RTL (German TV channel). For the streaming service by RTL Deutschland and RTL Magyarország, see RTL+.

RTLup (formerly RTLplus) is a German free-to-air television channel of the RTL Group, which is mainly aimed at female viewers aged 45 and over. Its schedule consists largely of documentary soaps and court shows.

RTLup

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	RTL Deutschland
Sister channels	RTL VOX n-tv Super RTL RTL Zwei Nitro VOXup RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion GEO Television RTL9
History
Launched	4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
Former names	RTLplus (2016-2021)
Links
Website	rtl-plus.de
Availability
Streaming media
Zattoo	-

The channel was renamed to RTLup on 15 September 2021 as part of a larger rebranding of all RTL channels.^[1]

Logo History

former station logo of RTLplus from 2019 to 2021

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2016[2]	-	-	-	-	-	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.4%
2017[3]	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%
2018	1.2%