Boo! Samsung TV Plus Adds Halloween Movie Channel

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Five other channels added to platform

Samsung TV Plus Halloween Channel
Samsung TV Plus' Halloween Movies channnel (Image credit: Samsung)

Samsung said its TV Plus platform has added six new free, ad-supported streaming television channels, including one featuring Halloween movies.

The channel, owned and operated by Samsung, will stream films including Bad Moon, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Exorcist III, Wolves and Rosemary’s Baby.

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Samsung also launched two channels from E.W. Scripps, with Ion Mystery and Grit Extra.

The other channels are:

  • Midsomer Murders, showing episodes of the U.K. drama in which export, murder and mysteries are investigated by Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.
  • NHRA TV, with drag-racing action.
  • Local news channels from WeatherNation, providing local information in three additional markets: Charlotte; Portland, Oregon; and St. Louis.

Samsung TV Plus now offers more than 2020 channels via Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. The free service reaches 465 million devices across TV and mobile in 24 countries. ▪️

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.