Owners of Samsung TVs made after 2015 will have access to the BritBox app from launch, and the service will also be added YouView set-top boxes by the end of 2019 and to Freeview Play TVs and boxes following its launch later this year.
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Viacom’s Channel 5 and Comedy Central content is joining Britbox
ITV has struck a deal to include “hundreds” of hours of factual and entertainment content from Channel 5 and Comedy Central, both owned by Viacom, in the UK version of Britbox.
BBC and ITV’s BritBox streaming service will launch in UK this year
The service, which offers a mix of original shows and content from the broadcasters’ archives, launched in the US in 2017 before expanding into Canada the following year and now has more than half a million subscribers.
BBC, ITV and AMC to launch new US subscription streaming service
Named BritBox, the service will showcase both British broadcaster’s content, including some shows which have never aired in the States. Drama premieres include Anthony Horowitz’s New Blood, which aired in the UK on BBC One, Silent Witness, plus ITV’s Tutankhamun and Cold Feet.