SILVER SPRING, Md.,
May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- After a record 2016, Acorn TV is thrilled to announce more
exclusive first-rate international mysteries, dramas and comedies
throughout 2017. Called "Well-written, beautifully acted
and surprisingly compelling scripted television… an
essential must-have… along with HBO Go and
Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter) and "A perfect
streaming service for the Anglophile in your life" (The
New York Times), Acorn TV continues
to curate the very best in international television and has become
the premier North American streaming service for world-class TV
from Britain and beyond from RLJ
Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE).
Following the exclusive premieres of critically acclaimed Acorn
TV Originals Agatha Christie's
The Witness for the Prosecution with BBC One, Agatha Raisin with Sky, The Level
with ITV, and Close to the Enemy with BBC Two, Acorn
TV has more than 14 exclusive U.S. Premieres coming up in 2017.
Acorn TV Originals include ITV's atmospheric thriller Loch
Ness, the final episodes of hit BBC One detective drama
George Gently, new Kay Mellor BBC One drama Love, Lies
and Records, and Irish thriller Acceptable Risk. Hit new
series include the first-ever TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic comedy Decline and
Fall from BBC One, British drama Delicious, ITV medical
drama Good Karma Hospital, and Aussie medical dramedy The
Heart Guy. Additionally, 2017 features exclusive new seasons of
several of Acorn TV's trademark series, including addictive Aussie
period drama A Place to Call Home, Season 5; smash hit ITV
detective drama Vera, Series 7; "Acorn's superior legal
drama" (TV Guide) Janet
King, Series 3; #1 Australian drama 800 Words, Season
2; award-winning Canadian cop drama 19-2, Season 4; and
Acorn's most popular series, Doc
Martin, Series 8, starring Martin Clunes.
Watch the 2017 Acorn TV trailer here.
Mark Stevens, President of Acorn
Brands at RLJ Entertainment, noted, "With consumers having more
choices than ever before to find content, Acorn TV continues to
curate the very best in television from around the world. Besides
licensing huge hit series like Doc
Martin, 19-2, and A Place to Call Home,
we've already doubled our Original programs over last year. The
first Acorn TV Originals of the year, Striking Out and
Agatha Christie's The Witness for
the Prosecution, have been extremely popular with our
subscribers, and we're excited to show them our upcoming slate
filled with atmospheric crime drama Loch Ness, a first-rate
international thriller in Acceptable Risk, the newest drama
from award-winning British writer Kay
Mellor with Love, Lies & Records, as well as the
final episodes of excellent British detective drama George
Gently."
To read the full press release with show synopses, please visit
our Corporate Press Room.
Acorn TV Press Contact: Chad
Campbell, ccampbell@acorn.tv
About RLJ Entertainment
RLJ Entertainment, Inc.
(NASDAQ: RLJE) is a premium digital channel company serving
distinct audiences primarily through its popular OTT branded
channels, Acorn TV (British TV) and UMC (Urban Movie Channel),
which have rapidly grown through development, acquisition, and
distribution of its exclusive rights to a large library of
international and British dramas, independent feature films and
urban content. RLJE's titles are also distributed in multiple
formats including broadcast and pay television, theatrical and
non-theatrical, DVD, Blu-ray, and a variety of digital distribution
models (including EST, VOD, SVOD and AVOD) in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Additionally, through Acorn Media
Enterprises, its UK development arm, RLJE co-produces and develops
new programs and owns 64% of Agatha Christie Limited. For more
information, please visit RLJEntertainment.com, Acorn.tv, and
UMC.tv.
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