RTL is allowed to set up a new nationwide streaming service. The Lower Saxony State Media Authority (NLM), which is responsible for the Cologne private broadcaster, issued a corresponding approval. As the NLM announced on Tuesday, “RTL.de LIVE” will be broadcast via live stream on the Internet, including TV NOW, RTL.de, sport.de and the broadcaster’s social media channels. The private broadcaster wants to react to current major events. It is planned to report live. RTL had applied for admission in the fall.

An RTL spokeswoman announced that moving images were the core competence of the Channel, it makes sense to play it out as best as possible on all platforms. “We are interlinking streaming, linear TV and our digital journalistic platforms with our 700 journalists more and more,” explained the spokeswoman. At both ntv.de and RTL.de, the media group has been testing for some time “to provide our viewers and users with the best possible information and entertainment via specially produced live streams of news-relevant events (…).”

(mho)