{"id":8129,"date":"2017-08-01T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/crown-media-launching-third-linear-network-svod-service\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:51:22","slug":"crown-media-launching-third-linear-network-svod-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/crown-media-launching-third-linear-network-svod-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Media Preps Third Linear Network, SVOD Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Media Family Networks is launching a third cable network, Hallmark Drama, to sit alongside Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies &amp; Mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>Hallmark Drama is scheduled to launch October 1. In addition to featuring movies and series from Crown Media\u2019s library of original dramatic content, there are plans for new, original programming to be produced exclusively for the network.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Crown Media Family Networks is launching Hallmark Movies Now, the company\u2019s first subscription streaming service. Debuting October 3, the SVOD service will be available on iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon Fire, among other devices. Crown Media\u2019s MVPD partners will have the opportunity to offer Hallmark Movies Now as a supplementary subscription service to their customers. For $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year, subscribers can access between 800 and 1,000 hours of family-friendly content not available on Crown Media\u2019s linear channels, with newly refreshed offerings every week.<\/p>\n<p>Hallmark Movies &amp; Mysteries, meanwhile, has inked a development deal with TV personality and author Al Roker. The mystery movie brings to life Roker\u2019s novel <em>The Midnight Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel<\/em> and will star Holly Robinson Peete (<em>21 Jump Street<\/em>). The movie is set to premiere in 2018. Hallmark Movies &amp; Mysteries also signed a development deal with world-renowned strategist and crisis communications specialist Judy Smith. The new mystery movie <em>The Adjuster<\/em> is loosely based on her real-life experiences and professional work.<\/p>\n<p>Hallmark Channel renewed its hit original series <em>Good Witch<\/em>, based on the<em>\u00a0Good Witch<\/em> movie franchise, for season four. The channel renewed its original lifestyle series <em>Home &amp; Family<\/em> for a sixth season, which will begin September 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Media Family Networks is launching a third cable network, Hallmark Drama, to sit alongside Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies &#038; Mysteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1432,671,1433,1237],"class_list":["post-8129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-crown-media-family-networks","tag-hallmark-channel","tag-hallmark-drama","tag-hallmark-movies-mysteries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crown Media Preps Third Linear Network, SVOD Service - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Crown Media Family Networks is launching a third cable network, Hallmark Drama, to sit alongside Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies &amp; Mysteries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/crown-media-launching-third-linear-network-svod-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crown Media Preps Third Linear Network, SVOD Service - 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