BritBox surpasses half-million subs in US
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Michelle Clancy
| 19 January 2019

BritBox, the streaming service devoted to bringing British television to American audiences, has surpassed 500,000 subscribers.

The service, launched in March 2017 by BBC Studios and ITV with investment from AMC Networks, is an SVOD network available on Roku, Apple TV, IOs and Android devices and Chromecast.

Since launching, BritBox has exclusively premiered current seasons of Vera, starring actress Brenda Blethyn; Maigret, starring Rowan Atkinson; Hold the Sunset, starring John Cleese; and Bliss, starring Heather Graham. It also has premiered its first original series, Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, reviving the classic franchise.

Many of BritBox’s hit series are available within hours of their UK broadcast with the service’s Now feature, including popular soaps like EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Casualty and Holby City.

“We knew that our special sauce of combining our ‘Now’ feature of near live television, with the best British TV programming would make this a must-have service," said Soumya Sriraman, president of BritBox. "British content is as popular as ever, and we are doubling down by making amazing series accessible while continuing to build our ever-growing community around desirable content.”