home of the vast majority of previous Poirot episodes, contractually had first dibs on the shows, provided it met the same commercial terms as for previous episodes. “It’s important to be aware of what everybody’s long game is.” The PBS and Acorn business plans “have been growing more disparate,” she said.
Masterpiece EP Rebecca Eaton was not as sanguine. “For us, ultimately, we are looking to bring our programs to as many households as possible, and we see Masterpiece Theatre as a great outlet for them,” said Miguel Penella, chief executive of RLJ Entertainment. Acorn officials describe Masterpiece as a potentially valuable partner for the programs for which the company owns rights. 1, coinciding with the DVD and Blu-ray release.Īcorn TV is just one of the operations of RLJ Entertainment, whose Acorn Media is primarily in the business of distributing DVDs, Blu-ray discs and downloads of British television properties. The broadcast window for the finale’s broadcast opens Nov. As a result of the rift, Acorn TV premiered the episodes to its streaming subscribers in August and syndicated them directly to local public TV stations, with Masterpiece nowhere in the picture. Nonetheless, its fast growth is causing outsized concern at PBS and Masterpiece, public television’s longstanding home for British drama.īrewing tensions came to a head over rights to the final three episodes in David Suchet’s marathon 70-program portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Acorn TV, the upstart streaming service specializing in British television, is still a tiny operation, with about 115,000 paid subscribers.
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