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Another worldwide video spilling administration, Acorn TV, has propelled in South Africa offering clients British and global TV arrangement.
Oak seed TV, valued in dollar at $4.99 (R71.51) every month, is done from North America and has now extended to wind up accessible in South Africa.
It likewise ventured into a further 29 nations including Australia, New Zealand, India, and the Caribbean (Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Antigua, Barbuda, Belize), Scandinavian nations (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland) and South American nations (Venezuela, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guyana).
The subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) at www.acorn.tv joins the crowded field of existing video streamers available in South Africa, including Netflix South Africa, Naspers’ Showmax run by MultiChoice, Amazon Prime Video, TV2GO, and Cell C black.
The streaming service that launched in 2011 in America and Canada, will also be competing for linear British TV channels available in South Africa like BBC First and BBC Brit from BBC Studios Africa supplied to MultiChoice’s DStv satellite pay-TV platform, as well as ITV’s ITV Choice channel also running on DStv.
Acorn TV is run by RLJ Entertainment, owned by AMC Networks. Besides the website, Acorn TV is available as an Acorn TV app on Apple TV, Android, iPhone, iPad, and Roku streaming players.
“Acorn TV is doing phenomenally well in North America, so we’re thrilled to continue to take the Acorn TV experience globally with 30 new countries,” says Matthew Graham, the senior vice-president, and general manager for RLJ Entertainment.
“We are excited for global fans of British and international drama and mystery to discover the wonders of Acorn TV with addictive series featuring stellar acting, beautiful settings, and gripping storylines.”
Acorn TV says it’s adding new programmes weekly and has “a wide assortment of first-rate British and international television”.
This includes the first 7 seasons of the British dramedy Doc Martin with season eight added on 17 December, the Irish detective drama Jack Taylor starring Iain Glen, Benedict Cumberbatch in the British drama The Last Enemy, Daniel Craig in the wartime drama Sword of Honour and the complete series of the original Poldark.
Likewise on the Acorn TV merry go round are the Australian cop dramatization East West 101, the British time frame show The Bletchley Circle, Lynda La Plante’s The Commander or more Suspicion, the miniseries The Secret Agent, the dramatization, Traffik, and documentaries like Britain’s Bloodiest Crown and Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty.
