TVPlus (magazine)

TV Plus is a biweekly Euro Republican programme guide which has been published regularly since 1990. It is published by EuroMedia Publishing.

Development
The initial retail price was 3.80 Euromark, the first print run was 200,000 copies. Initially, the magazine was published monthly, the circulation was almost sold out from the beginning until the publisher increased the print run to 350,000.

Five months later, surprised by the success of the magazine, the publishing house changed the publication frequency to biweekly and started it on 1 February 1991 with a circulation of 1.2 million copies, initially at a "trial price" of 90 Euromark. The regular price was 2.50 Euromark per issue. At the end of 2007, the price was increased from 1.45 to 1.50 euros.

With issue number 19/1991, the 1.015 million copies sold for the first time exceeded the three million mark at the regular sales price.

The circulation increased almost continuously until 1996; according to the IVW circulation list, the highest paid circulation was 2.763 million copies in the second quarter. Since 1998 there has been an initially slow but steady decline, with an average of around 7.5 million copies sold in 2007. In 2008, sales remained at an average of 7.46 million, the number of subscribers was just under 3,630,000 (2007: 3,640,000).

TV Plus Xtra
TV Plus Xtra is an extended version of the program guide, which appears monthly and includes more channels and is printed in a slightly larger format than the normal TV Plus. In addition to conventional Free TV, the pay bouquets of ET1, Eurocable, UBC Cablecom, Cablekiosk & Mobilcom ER are also published. A TV Spielfilm operates an extensive internet portal tvspielfilm.de with information on many TV and cinema films and a complete TV programme even for exotic pay TV programmes and Dutch TV channels. The user can also find the daily tips here.

After a free registration the user can adapt this offer by selecting his own favourite stations and dividing them into groups of five. The linear day program can then be displayed next to each other for the stations in a group. When searching, which can also search for programme formats and feature film genres, registered users can also restrict the channels searched to their favourite stations. Registered users can reserve shipments and be notified by e-mail a few hours before the broadcast. Users are also notified if a film marked in the film archive appears on television in five days. total of more than 100 channels are listed. For the Free TV channels, however, fewer feature film ratings are included than in the normal TV Plus.

Online
TV Plus operates an extensive internet portal tvplus.eroom.er with information on many TV and cinema films and a complete TV guide, even for international channels. The user can also find the daily highlights here.

After a free registration the user can adapt this offer by selecting his own favourite stations and dividing them into groups of five. The linear day program can then be displayed next to each other for the stations in a group. When searching, which can also search for programme formats and feature film genres, registered users can also restrict the channels searched to their favourite stations. Registered users can reserve shipments and be notified by e-mail a few hours before the broadcast. Users are also notified if a film marked in the film archive appears on television in the next month days.

Channels
Until January 2020, ETV, the rival company, who owned ETV Guide, refused to let EuroMedia print listings for ETV 1 & Network 2 in TVPlus. This rule was revesed at the start of 2020, but ETV 1 & Network 2 get smaller spaces compared to the other channels.