Acorn TV deal with Comcast/Xfinity brings streaming service to Cable TV
In this week’s edition of Stream On I speak with Acorn TV General Manager Matt Graham. He gives us the details of the big news about the new deal that has Acorn TV now available to everyone who subscribes to Comcast/Xfinity.
For those of you who are not familiar with Acorn TV they offer a massive portfolio of outstanding programming from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In many cases Acorn TV has teamed up to co produce much of the programming with their foreign partners.
It’s the first pay-TV distribution deal for RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn TV, which offers a lineup of mysteries, dramas, and comedies previously unavailable to U.S. audiences. The advertising-free SVOD service is available to Comcast subs for $4.99 monthly.
As you know we are big fan of Acorn TV and we have had the pleasure of interviewing a number of their top stars over the past year. We talk with Graham about many of the network’s outstanding shows including, the BBC comedy “Detectorists”; the new ITV drama “Girlfriends”; and Irish drama “Striking Out.”
Acorn TV also is the exclusive home in the United States to some outstanding Austrian programing. The period drama “A Place to Call Home”, a couple of fun and entertaining dramedy’s “The Heart Guy” plus one my favorites “800 Words.”
For Comcast customers, Acorn TV is accessible in the home on Xfinity on Demand and out of the home via the Xfinity Stream App and portal. Xfinity TV customers with an X1 voice-enabled remote can say “Acorn TV” to pull up the menu or navigate to the service within the Xfinity on Demand menu.
Acorn TV is available on the web (at acorn.tv) and multiple platforms including iOS and Android devices, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast, as well as through Amazon Channels.