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Acorn TV

by RLJ Entertainment

Rated:Guidance Suggested

27,888 customer ratings

Price: Free Download

Sold by:Amazon.com Services LLC

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Works with: Game Controllers,Fire TV Voice Remote

Languages Supported: English

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Latest updates

What's new in version 1.0.3

Performance Updates & under the hood bug fixes.

Product Details

Release Date: 2016

Date first listed on Amazon: April 19, 2016

Developed By: RLJ Entertainment

ASIN: B01EAY1XPW

Customer reviews:
27,888 customer ratings

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Product features

Enjoy Acorn TV’s exclusive premieres and original series
Add shows to your personal watchlist for later viewing
New shows added weekly so there’s always something to watch

Product description

Hailed as a “glorious streaming service…an essential must-have” by The Hollywood Reporter, Acorn TV streams world-class mysteries, dramas, and comedies from Britain and beyond, including a full slate of original and exclusive programming.

• Acorn TV streams 80+ exclusive shows, including top series like A Place to Call Home, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime, Detectorists, and Jack Irish
• Be the first to see the latest seasons your favorite shows. Acorn TV exclusive premieres include Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, George Gently, Vera, Murdoch Mysteries, and more
• Binge Acorn TV Originals including Loch Ness, Striking Out, Agatha Raisin, The Level, and more

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Technical details

Size: 6.1MB

Version: 1.0.3

Developed By: RLJ Entertainment ( Privacy Policy

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Access information about networks
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Read from external storage
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Allows sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions

Minimum Operating System: Android 5.0

Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5

27,888 global ratings

5 star		66%
4 star		12%
3 star		9%
2 star		4%
1 star		9%

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 20, 2021

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UPDATE: Turn on "auto-play next episode" in AcornTV settings and the player won't get stuck anymore. It does, however, randomly switch to screen saver but I think that's intended to avoid playing to an empty room sense streaming requires bandwidth.

ORIGINAL REVIEW: AcornTV streamed beautifully for the first two weeks. That was several months ago and since about 2 weeks after subscribing it freezes constantly and goes to a black screen. To unfreeze it, I have to back out to the episode selection page, select Resume Episode, find the time stamp where it froze, fast forward 10 seconds and then watch and wait for it to freeze again which occurs anywhere from 10 seconds to 15 minutes later. Sometimes I'm booted out of the AcornTV app entirely all the way back to the FireTV home page.

None of the suggestions from AcornTV Customer Service worked.

Other users have been stating in their reviews as long ago as 2016 that the app freezes. It's now December 2021 and the SAME ISSUE is still happening. Evidently, AcornTV is NOT going to fix this so if you want to try AcornTV just know that if you are one of the unlucky ones whose AcornTV app freezes, it isn't going to get better.

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Leon Helfet

Account charge should be detailed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2022

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We like Acorn very much. However, the charge on the credit card is a long number, which is confusing. Amazon needs to add the name 'Acorn' to the charge, so I know what I am paying for each month!

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Catherine Belyea

Very difficult to stream!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2022

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I have not been able to watch any series or movie completely through without constant ERROR messages and having to restart or resume program. Very frustrating!

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Paula Rivera

Series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 1, 2022

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Si bien me gustan las series que tienen, muchas son muy antiguas y faltan series propiamente inglesas actuales. Pocos estrenos mensuales.

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Mrs Oliphant fan

Two ways to navigate Acorn (or likewise Britbox)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2022

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Acorn TV is wonderful, great British shows. If you see poor reviews of the Acorn app, they are probably old reviews. Nowadays this app works great, so I have scrapped my old review and here is my new one. What is a little bit unusual is that there are two completely different ways to access Acorn TV in Amazon Prime:

1. Start off in Amazon Prime using your firestick, and go to the Amazon Prime "channels" and sign up for Acorn TV. You will be using a "channel" to watch Acorn. You will NOT download this app.

2. The alternative method will use this app on the firestick. But first create an Acorn account on your computer or tablet or phone by going to the website (acorn dot tv) and starting a new subscription. In other words don't go yet into Amazon Prime using the firestick. Just use your favorite browser on your favorite device to go directly to the Acorn website. Set up a subscription, then go into Amazon Prime using your firestick. Download and open the app, and log in (first time only). Then start watching.

Depending on the approach you use above, the layout will look a little different. Also if you mark a show as a Favorite using the app, you will have a Favorites list within the Acorn app. If you mark a show as a Favorite in the channel, the show will be part of the overall list of Amazon Prime favorites.

The biggest difference in methods is that using the app also allows you to go to the website directly, outside of Amazon Prime. You can use your computer or other device to log into the website, browse all the programs, select favorites, etc. When later you use your firestick to select the app, all your favorites will be there. (And you can still select or deselect favorites directly in the app.)

Personally I find using the app much easier than using the channel. But whichever you start with, you can switch to the other by canceling the one service and starting the other.

PS - Whichever service you choose, you need to know what the icon looks like.
If you want to select the icon for the Acorn app, the icon will say ACORN TV with "TV" on a red background. If the icon is only black and white, it is the icon for the Acorn "channel".

PPS - Britbox has the same issues, and you can start your service with the app or with the channel.

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Scott L.

Binge-worthy mysteries and dramas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2022

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Probably should have grown up in New Zealand instead of the USA. They have better tv and the people are more interesting. Also like shows from England(dead still), India (good karma hospital), and Australia (mr and Mrs murder, Darby and Joan). Ready to ditch Netflix. This is all I need.

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Peggy

Tried but will cancel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2022

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Tried but too much unnecessary profanity for
My taste. Just some family friendly shows.
More bang for buck with Amazon Prime and Netflix.

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Top reviews from other countries

Got it on free trial for 30 days

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2020

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Got this because it has Foyle's War which we'd only seen a few episodes of, and wanted to get the whole show. Has a free trial for 30 days with Prime so we opted for that. Will decide later if we keep it.
On first glance there is quite a bit here. Some stuff is on other services like Netflix or Britbox - but there some exclusive material here.
If you have bought it through Prime then don't download the Acorn app - its a separate service - you access the channel via the Prime app (we have a Firestick). Took a while to work that out and the help pages for both Acorn and Prime are not particularly helpful!

7 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Needs improvement

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 17, 2020

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You need to clear the cache / data daily in order to get this to work. This is a pain as you also have to re-enter your user ID and password each time you do that... I'm considering cancelling my subscription as a result of the hassle that is involved each time you want to watch something....

10 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

I have had a problem.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 13, 2019

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I like the Acorn and want to continue my 1 year subscription.
N.B. I had ordered and paid the cost (74.99 tax included) for a 1 year subscription to Acorn viewing that was enacted after a 7 day free viewing period. The 1 yr charge was billed to my Visa account on June 22/19. I paid this charge only to be later notified that my 30 day free trial period had ended. I was billed a monthly charge of $8.46 on Aug. 23/19. I notified you to cancel that monthly thing ( I am assuming it was a glitch) I was told it was cancelled and would come into effect in September. I am waiting to see if my Acorn which has been paid for 1 year is cut off then. If it is, I will be very upset.
I think there must be something wrong with the way Amazon and Acorn have set up this subscription request system?

48 people found this helpful

Mr CD Occomore

Can't log in via TV

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 11, 2020

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The app from Amazon on my TV didn't accept my log in details, although it worked on my computer. This is not the first time this has heppened - it occurred when I tried Britbox. So far no comment from Acorn. I cancelled my subscrition the same day as I purchased it. I tried using my Firefox app, again on my TV, but I coulsn't get further than an invitation to subscribe. Useless lot.

8 people found this helpful

John Q Public

Buyer beware

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 10, 2020

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My wife loves British TV so I purchased the "Acorn TV". I jumped through the hoops and upon completion The site did not allow access. Every time I clicked on a show a subscription screen would appear. This happened consistently so I reentered the information once more only to be rejected due to the site claiming that I was already a member. I give this product the lowest rating I can. If the product/service does not live up to the expectations and claims then it is garbage. My final word would be "Avoid".

37 people found this helpful