MagellanTV’s True Crime Now Launches in the U.S.

MagellanTV has launched its linear streaming channel True Crime Now in the U.S. on the streaming apps Local Now and Plex.

True Crime Now features more than 1,000 true-crime documentary films and series, curated by MagellanTV’s team of filmmakers. The content available includes Murder in Paradise, Til Death Do Us Part, Evolution of Evil, Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons, Psychic Investigators, Boogeymen: Monsters Among Us, Nightclub Killer, Crimes That Made History and more.

The channel can be accessed via Local Now and Plex, which are available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xfinity, Vizio, Samsung, Android and iOS devices. It previously launched in Canada on The Roku Channel and in the U.K. on IMDb TV.

“True Crime Now has already received a great reception abroad, and we’re excited to bring it to the U.S.,” said Greg Diefenbach, MagellanTV’s managing director. “The new channel allows our team to curate a dynamic and compelling lineup of true-crime docuseries and features, all hand-picked from MagellanTV’s library. As the genre becomes increasingly popular and important to the documentary landscape, we’re proud to offer this content for free to Plex and Local Now users.”

“We are thrilled to bring MagellanTV’s True Crime Now to our U.S. streaming audience,” said Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Local Now parent company Allen Media Group. “This genre is very popular with viewers, and we are excited to add more true-crime documentaries and series to Local Now’s ever-growing lineup.”