News | RTL Group | Cologne/Munich, 06/06/2023

Expansion Of RTL+ Continues

Users of the entertainment platform RTL+ now have access to the comprehensive audiobook offer from Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. RTL+ Max and Family package subscribers can enjoy one audiobook per month from the libraries of the publishers Der Hörverlag, Random House Audio, and Der Audio Verlag.

Users of RTL Deutschland’s entertainment platform RTL+ now have access to an even more diversified offer. The existing audiobook package in the RTL+ Musik app has been expanded with the top-notch audiobooks from Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe and its audiobook publishers Der Hörverlag, Random House Audio, and Der Audio Verlag. Bestsellers from top authors, including Stefanie Stahl, Ferdinand von Schirach, Stephen King and Charlotte Link, are now available for users. Subscribers of the RTL+ Max and Family package can enjoy one Penguin Random House audiobook of their choice each month by redeeming a credit.

Andrea Zuska, Senior Vice President Content Strategy & Program Director RTL+ Non Video, said: “We’re very pleased to expand the content offer of RTL+ with the audiobook portfolio from Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. Subscribers of RTL+ Max and Family get a diversified selection of current bestsellers and audiobook classics – children’s titles, nonfiction books and biographies, as well as fiction. Additionally, as of June 15, the new and third season of the successful audiobook series ‘Sherlock & Watson – Neues aus der Baker Street’ will be exclusively available as an added value for our subscribers.”

Matthias Aichele, Senior Vice President Audio/Strategic & Digital Development at Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, added: “We are delighted about offering our complete digital audiobook program to users of the RTL+ Max and Family package. Each month, users receive one credit, which they can redeem for an audiobook of their choice from our catalog of titles.”  
The complete cross-media portfolio of RTL+ comprises videos, music, podcasts and audiobooks with just one subscription.