American subscription video streaming service
Acorn TV is a British–Americansubscription streaming service offering television programming from Australia, Canada, otherCommonwealth countries, Spain, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In other countries, it is available on a variety of devices includingAmazon Fire TV ,Apple TV ,Android TV ,Chromecast , andRoku . The service is owned byRLJ Entertainment , a joint venture betweenAMC Networks (which owns a controlling 83% stake) and theRLJ Companies (which owns the remaining 17%).
Acorn Media Group has distributed British television in the United States since 1994, originally sellingVHS tapes before moving intoDVD andBlu-ray media.[ 1] e-commerce website in 2011.[ 2] [ 3] Doc Martin [ 4] Emmy whenCurtain: Poirot's Last Case Outstanding Television Movie .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Acorn TV launched in the United Kingdom as a service in its own right on April 29, 2020.[ 8]
On 24 November 2022, Acorn TV announced without further elaboration that it would no longer be available in South Africa by the end of 2022, and requested that subscribers cancel their memberships.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
On August 29, 2023, it was announced that Acorn TV would end its services inPortugal as of September 29, 2023.[ 13]
On December 20, 2023, Acorn TV announced that it would not be available in Latin America after February 6, 2024.[ 14]
Acorn TV offers a combination of new and classic mysteries, dramas, comedies, and documentaries. The service licenses content from producers and distributors includingITV ,Channel 4 ,BBC Studios ,All3Media , DRG,ZDF , and Content Media.
Original programming [ edit ] Because its parent company, RLJ Entertainment, has a 64% stake inAgatha Christie Limited, the licensing arm of the Christie estate,[ 15] [ 16] Agatha Christie's Poirot [ 17] Partners in Crime [ 18] The Witness for the Prosecution [ 19]
RLJ Entertainment also owns all rights toFoyle's War [ 20] [ 21] Agatha Raisin [ 22] Close to the Enemy [ 23] The Level [ 24] Striking Out [ 25] Queens of Mystery [ 26] Dead Still [ 27] Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries [ 28] Dalgliesh [ 29]
Since its launch, Acorn TV has offered the American premieres of some or all seasons of British series includingDetectorists [ 30] Vera [ 31] Inspector George Gently [ 32] Midsomer Murders [ 33] United Kingdom , Acorn TV expanded its content offering to include programs from other territories, including Australia'sA Place to Call Home ,[ 34] Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries [ 35] Jack Irish [ 36] Janet King [ 37] The Brokenwood Mysteries ,[ 38] 800 Words ,[ 39] Murdoch Mysteries [ 40] 19-2 [ 41] Clean Break Striking Out [ 42] [ 43] [ 44]
On August 5, 2019, the Australian–New Zealand mystery seriesMy Life Is Murder [ 45] [ 46] The South Westerlies [ 47] [ 48] A Suitable Boy [ 49]
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