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Reelz Plus added to Amazon Prime Video Channels

Streamers can pay $5 per month to watch live broadcasts of "On Patrol: Live" from within the Prime Video app.

Streamers can pay $5 per month to watch live broadcasts of "On Patrol: Live" from within the Prime Video app.

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The Reelz Plus streaming service offers access to Reelz without cable or satellite. (Courtesy logo, Graphic by The Desk)
The Reelz Plus streaming service offers access to Reelz without cable or satellite. (Courtesy logo)

Streamers who watch content through Amazon’s Prime Video can now add a subscription to Reelz plus, the companies announced on Thursday.

A subscription to Reelz Plus will allow Prime Video streamers to watch live broadcasts of “On Patrol: Live,” hosted by Dan Abrams every Friday and Saturday night, as well as other true-crime programs like “Gangsters: America’s Most Evil,” “Behind Closed Doors,” “Jail” and “Murder Made Me Famous.”

Amazon and Reelz already have a long-standing partnership, with MGM’s Half Moon Pictures producing On Patrol: Live since it launched. MGM is owned by Amazon.

“We’re excited to launch the Reelz Plus subscription on Prime Video, bringing even more premium subscriptions and selection to the service, including the hit series On Patrol: Live from MGM,” Ryan Pirozzi, the Head of Prime Video Marketplace, said in a statement. “The success of the show and expansion of our subscription offerings exemplifies our ongoing commitment to deliver compelling content that resonates with our customers’ evolving entertainment needs and preferences, and an unparalleled streaming experience.”

“Expanding our streaming reach to Prime Video is a big step for Reelz and for subscribers who can now join our cable, satellite and growing list of streaming subscribers to watch live policing every Friday and Saturday night as it happens on On Patrol: Live,” said Stan E. Hubbard, the CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting, the owner of Reelz.

Reelz Plus is the first direct-to-consumer streaming app launched by Hubbard to bring its live channel to streamers without a traditional pay TV bundle. The app is available on Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV devices for $5 per month or $50 per year. A subscription purchased through Prime Video Channels costs the same.

In addition to Reelz Plus, a live version of Reelz is also available on Comcast’s streaming service Peacock, and on the low-cost streaming apps Frndly TV and Philo.

Before its shift to true-crime, Reelz previously offered programs and documentaries related to show business and the entertainment industry.

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