RTVE Play (often stylized as rtve play) is the

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provided by the Spanish public broadcaster

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. It was launched in Spain on 22 June 2021, replacing the old catalogue 'RTVE a la carta', created in turn in 2008.

History

The original online platform offering

content was created in 2008 under the name ''RTVE a la carta'' or simply ''A la carta'' or ''alacarta''. In late 2020, RTVE announced its intention to merge its ''A la carta'' service together with the embedded

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streaming platform specifically dedicated to a young audience. The new service replacing alacarta in Spain was created on 22 June 2021 under the name 'RTVE Play'; the launch included the release of the beta app for

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and

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. Prior to the launch, RTVE did however offer its international streaming platform operating outside of Spain (launched in the

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on 8 June 2020) already under the same name 'RTVE Play'. The pay international service available in the Americas was thus ensuingly rebranded to 'RTVE Play+' (a domestic pay model for RTVE is illegal in Spain as the Spanish public service is already paid by

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). Initially available without

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, RTVE slated the deadline date of 15 July 2021 for compulsory (yet free) registration on the RTVE Play app, reportedly in order to offer the user "a more personalized experience" and to be able to make recommendations. Some of the earliest original programming set to release on RTVE Play include docuseries and/or

originals such as ''Edelweiss'', '' Grasa'' (season 2), ''Susana y el sexo'', ''

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'', ''Lucía en la telaraña'', ''

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'' or ''Raíces'', to which a number of licensed international shows such as ''

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'', '' Years and Years'', '' Three Girls'', '' Happy Valley'', ''

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'', '' The Split'' or ''

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'' add up.

Programming

References

External links

* {{authority control RTVE Internet television streaming services Internet properties established in 2021