Free Streaming Service DistroTV Adds Leading Legal and True Crime Network Law&Crime to Growing Channel Lineup

New Channel Bolsters DistroTV’s Rapidly Growing Lineup of Content

San Bruno, CA (September 22, 2020) DistroTV https://www.distro.tv, the independent free streaming television service catering to multicultural, globally-minded viewers in the US, Canada, and the UK, is adding Law&Crime to its network lineup. Law&Crime is the only network offering coverage of multiple trials daily plus original legal and true crime programs like “Brian Ross Investigates” hosted by former ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent, Brian Ross, “Vanished”, “Buried with Love" and the network's new daily legal wrap show "Law & Crime Daily".

Law&Crime boasts a recent and impressive lineup of high-profile trial coverage, including the recent sentencing hearing of Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the “Golden State Killer,” and the resentencing hearing for Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2002 for the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son.  Also upcoming is the trial of the infamous “doomsday cult family” led by matriarch Lori Daybell and her new husband Chad Daybell who are likely to face a combined trial in rural Idaho for allegedly working together to hide the remains of her children’s bodies from authorities.

“Law&Crime is one of the fastest-growing networks thanks to viewer’s increased interest in following the drama, excitement, and suspense of real-life trials, some decades in the making,” said Navdeep Saini, CEO of DistroTV. “True crime is becoming increasingly important to our content strategy.” 

 

"We've certainly been impressed with the continued growth of the DistroTV platform," said Alex Kopacz, Head of Content Distribution & Licensing at Law & Crime. "With such a robust and engaged audience around the legal and true crime programming genre, we're confident that Law&Crime will provide an exciting new channel option that will help attract new users."

 

With a line-up of free live-streaming content and on-demand channels and hundreds of hours of programming, DistroTV offers a wide selection of news, movies and television series, and entertainment for audiences globally. 

 

About DistroTV

DistroTV, https://www.distro.tv, is a free streaming television service catering to multicultural, globally-minded viewers in the US, Canada, and the UK. Satisfying the growing demand for premium video content in multiple languages, DistroTV delivers a broad range of premium video content from producers in North America and UK, as well as from a range of cultures around the world including India's vibrant Bollywood content, Latin America, Chinese and SE Asian programming. With over 50 live/linear channels plus thousands of Video on Demand (VOD) shows, DistroTV connects with people’s passion points around Entertainment, Lifestyle, Sports, News, Documentaries and International Content in live, linear and video-on-demand formats. With a growing list of curated channels from leading brands as well as producers, DistroTV feeds the growing demand for content from every corner of the world. DistroTV is available on the web as well as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and iOS and Android devices.

DistroTV is the first direct-to-consumer offering from DistroScale, a technology company founded in 2013, known for providing a global clientele of thousands of media properties with the industry’s most comprehensive video platform for web, apps, and streaming. DistroScale is an all-in-one solution providing infrastructure, content delivery, curation, analytics and a full suite of monetization options. Video enabled by DistroScale reaches over 250 million visitors per month. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. More information is available at www.distroscale.com.

About Law&Crime

From the high-profile cases to the most compelling local trials, Law&Crime is the leading network offering daily live trial coverage and expert legal commentary and analysis. Created by TV’s top legal commentator and attorney, Dan Abrams, and backed by A+E Networks, Law&Crime is dedicated to exploring the always intriguing world of the law while also offering original true crime stories and legal programs to a broad, multi-platform audience. Law&Crime is available on most major OTT services including fuboTV, Sling, Philo, Vidgo, Xfinity, XUMO and TV Plus as well as on basic cable packages in most states in the country.