MotorTrend Gears Up With Distribution on Apple TV App

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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New season of ‘Top Gear America,’ other content available to subscribers

MotorTrend Top Gear
MotorTrend's 'Top Gear America' (Image credit: MotorTrend)

MotorTrend Group said that its automotive programming is now available via the Apple TV app.

Subscribers will be able to watch series and specials including a new season of Top Gear America. Other content from MotorTrend, part of Warner Bros. Discovery, including Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew, Motor Mythbusters and Bitchin’ Rides.

Users of the Apple TV apps will be able to sign up for a seven-day free trial to MotorTrend, which costs $4.99 a month. Through Family Sharing, six relatives can share a MotorTrend subscription, each using their own Apple ID and password.

“The availability of MotorTrend in the Apple TV app is the latest step in our distribution goal of making MotorTrend’s premium streaming video content catalog available to fans on all major platforms. We’re thrilled to now deliver the world’s best automotive entertainment, including the newest episodes of Top Gear America, to customers directly through the Apple TV app,” said Mark Jocson, VP, Digital Partnerships and Distribution.

MotorTrend is already available on smart TVs from Samsung, LG and Sony, and connected devices including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox. ■

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.