Acorn TV Increases Programming by 200% Since Launch

Increasing its content by 200% since its launch in July 2011, Acorn TV, the first streaming service focused on the best of British TV, is now streaming 18 full seasons (up from six) of the best classic and contemporary British mysteries and dramas with different series added each week. Additionally, Acorn TV is now available to Canadian subscribers and a monthly subscription option of $2.99 has been added. Available at acornonline.com/TV, Acorn TV makes The Company’s award-winning British series available to the increasing number of consumers who prefer to stream content. Additionally, Acorn TV frequently features episodes and programs not previously available to North American audiences.

The first episode of each of the 18 different series is available for free, and, for only $2.99/month or $29.99/year, Acorn Premium subscribers get unlimited access to all of the episodes in each selected season. On average, the site features more than 125 hours of programming per week. Programming for Acorn TV is refreshed weekly, with each season available for six weeks. Each week’s content rotates with three new seasons added and three removed. In addition, Premium members receive free shipping on all orders from Acorn’s distinctive merchandise catalog and website, www.AcornOnline.com.

Currently streaming on Acorn TV are full seasons of several of the most successful British drama and mystery series in television history: the iconic Upstairs, Downstairs; the U.S. debut of the second series of Vera starring Brenda Blethyn; Damian Lewis (Homeland) in The Forsyte Saga; the award-winning period detective series Cadfael, Murdoch Mysteries, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Marple; Masterpiece Theatre favorite Poldark; The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes; contemporary detective series Blue Murder and Pie in the Sky; and Theodore H. White’s critically-acclaimed and timeless campaign documentaries, The Making of the President: The 1960s; among six more series. Additionally, Acorn TV offers a month long Foyle’s War Marathon with all 22-episodes of the universally acclaimed WWII detective series, which returns with new episodes in summer 2013.

On October 29, Acorn TV exclusively streams the North American debut of Midsomer Murders, Set 21, which features the first episodes with new DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon).

Acorn Media, a leading independent media company that Time magazine has called the “chief curators of the best Brit TV,” holds exclusive North American distribution rights to many of the most popular and critically acclaimed British television programs, which are available from Acorn Media on lavishly packaged DVDs/Blu-rays. Acorn TV offers U.S. and Canadian fans of British TV the opportunity to stream many of their favorite series, as well as discover programs previously unavailable to U.S. and Canadian audiences. Additionally, the service frequently offers month-long marathons featuring more than 15 episodes of its top series. Upcoming marathons include Midsomer Murders, Pie in the Sky, Rosemary & Thyme, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and Doc Martin.

Acorn TV is accessible on the top-selling streaming player, Roku, as well as computers, iPhones, iPads, Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Tablet, Apple TV and Google TV. It is also available on any portable device with a browser that has the most recent version of Flash.

Sept. 25: The Crimson Petal and the White, New Tricks Season 8, Special Branch Set 1, and Midsomer Murders: Mayhem & Mystery Files
Oct 2: Kidnap & Ransom Complete Series, Vexed Series 1, and Thomas & Sarah
Oct. 16: Waterloo Road Series 1, Brave New World, The Complete Red Green Show, and Bill Moyers: A World of Ideas II-Great Thinkers
Nov. 6: Vera Series 2, Narrow Escapes of WWII, and Cornwall with Caroline Quentin

About Acorn Media Group:

Based in suburban Washington, D.C. and founded by Chairman Peter Edwards, Acorn Media Group has grown from a one-man basement documentary production and distribution operation in the mid-1980s into a leading independent media company operating on three continents. The Acorn Media Group consists of four divisions. With its Acorn DVD label, Acorn Media U.S. is the leading distributor of British television programming to consumers in North America. Its Acacia DVD label offers a line of original health & wellness programming. Appealing to the growing lifelong learning audience, Acorn U.S. also offers acclaimed documentaries on the Athena DVD label. Acorn Direct is a direct-to-consumer division offering DVDs, digital downloads, and other high quality products in North America through its Acorn and Acacia catalogs and e-commerce websites. Acorn Media U.K. and Acorn Media Australia distribute comparable lines of DVD titles to consumers in the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. On April 2, 2012, RLJ Acquisition, Inc. (OTCQB: RLJAU; RLJA; RLJAW) entered into agreements to acquire each of Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB:DISK) and Acorn Media Group, Inc., two highly complementary media businesses to create one of the largest independent distributors of digital and video content globally. The new combined company will be named RLJ Entertainment, Inc. www.acornmedia.com

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