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| Type | Privately owned company |
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| Founded | London, England in 1997 |
| Founder(s) | Acorn Media Group |
| Headquarters | Clapham, London, England |
| Number of locations | 16 Welmar Mews, 154 Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 7DD |
| Area served | United Kingdom |
| Key people | Miguel Penella (CEO-Acorn Media Group) John Lorenz (Vice Chairman-Acorn Media Group) Peter Edwards (Founder and Chairman-Acorn Media Group Paul Holland (Managing Director-Acorn Media UK) Peter Smart (Acquisitions and Marketing Director-Acorn Media UK) |
| Industry | Entertainment Retail |
| Products | DVDs Gifts |
| Parent | Acorn Media Group Inc |
| Website | Acorn Media Group, Acorn Media UK |
Acorn Media UK is a DVD publisher which distributes and sells distinctive home video products with a particular focus on British television.
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Company history
The company was launched in 1997 when Lesley Fromant set up Acorn Media in the UK.
Acorn Media UK is one of the UK's leading independent DVD publishers specialising in TV product produced by a number of the UK's leading independent and major production companies. Not only does it distribute product to all the UK's DVD high street and online retailers it also punblishes its own direct mail catalogues with the best of best of british TV DVDs and a range of gift items.
Titles
Acorn Media UK currently publish
TV dramas including
- New Tricks
- Midsomer Murders
- Foyle's War
- Hope Springs
- Down to Earth
- Kingdom (TV Series starring Stephen Fry)
- Trial and Retribution
- Wild at Heart
- Inspector George Gently
- Waterloo Road
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
- Criminal Justice
- Taggart
- Murderland
Special interest titles
- Julia Bradbury Wainwright' Walks
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Fred Dibnah's Steam collection, Railway collection
- Victorian Farm
- Coal House
- Britain's Best Drives
- Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure
- Antiques Roadshow
- Apollo 11 anniversary DVD
Classic dramas
Period dramas
- A Family at War,
- The House Of Eliott,
- Lord Peter Wimsey,
- Penmerric
- Sutherland's Law
- Rhodes
- Ivanhoe
- The Edwardians
- Lilies.
Acorn sells a number of their titles in individual form as well as box sets or collections of various series. Many of the more popular titles that the company sell are the long running shows, one such example is Midsomer Murders which Acorn released the 13th set of earlier this year.[1] The company is also set to release the next series of shows after they are aired later this year. Acorn Media UK continue to seek new acquisitions and recent titles include George Gently.[2]
Acacia
The Acacia brand was launched by Acorn Media UK in 2006, incorporating healthy lifestyle titles and selling on the Acorn Website as well as in the Acorn Catalogue. The American branch of Acacia sell through its own Acacia catlogue as well. Areas typical to Acacia include Yoga, dance work-outs and instructional weight-loss DVD'. Acacia has been able to develop through specialist TV channels, websites and events[3]. The Acacia brand also incorporates the work of experts in respective fields such as Shiva Rea, Erin O'Brien and Joseph Campbell.
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