New thrill for true crime fans: Action+crime is here!

New thrill for true crime fans: Action+crime is here!

Vienna, Österreich - A new, exciting broadcaster enriched the world of the True Crime television: On June 2, 2025, SPIEGEL TV started the free transmitter "Action+Crime". Exclusively for users of Samsung Smart TVs, the transmitter is available via the "Samsung TV Plus" platform. This development brings exciting content to crime, including reports on rock gangs and criminal clans, directly into the spectator's living room.

"Action+Crime" offers a variety of documentation, including popular formats such as "In interrogation" and "Interview with a killer". This transmitter is a fast channel (Free ad-supported streaming television), which means that viewers do not have to pay subscription fees, but experience advertising blocks in the program. This channel is already the third, SPIEGEL TV operates as part of the advertising -financed model. The already existing transmitters offer current reports and historical documentation.

Exclusive content and accessibility

Access to "Action+Crime" is so far only possible on Samsung Smart TVs, since "Samsung TV Plus" is already pre-installed. However, Funke Digital is working on the technical implementation in order to make the content available on other platforms in the near future. SPIEGEL TV Managing Director Kay Siering is optimistic and describes Fast-Channels as an "exciting playback paths" for the direct consumer business in both German-speaking and international markets.

In Germany, many providers have now established themselves in the area of ​​the fast channel, with a high three-digit number of available channels. With the launch of "Action+Crime", Spiegel TV is expanding its portfolio, which already includes two other fast channels: "Spiegel TV", which has been offering current magazine posts and documentaries since 2019, and "Spiegel TV conflicts", which mainly shows historical documentaries.

The market for true crime content

"Action + Crime" is part of a growing market for true crime content, which also includes the broadcaster Crime + Investigation (CI). This transmitter is unique in German-speaking countries because it only shows non-fictional true crime content. CI belongs to Hearst Networks Germany and presents over 300 TV premieres per year, of which up to 80 percent are in its own.

The well-known documentary formats from CI include "The First 48", "The Gypsy Rose Blanchard" case and "Secrets of Playboy". In addition to broadcast formats, CI also offers a streaming channel that provides new documentary on demand every month. Both “Action+Crime” and CI thus play a central role in the diverse landscape of the True Crime television, which fascinates viewers and covers a wide range of criminal topics.

whether as part of the Lineup of Spiegel TV or as an independent offer as with crime + investment, the hunger for exciting formats remains unbroken. Spectators can rely on the fact that they are offered a vivid and captivating program that illuminates the psychological aspects of crimes and offers various perspectives on the topic.

For True crime fans, the selection is now as extensive than ever. It remains to be seen how "Action+Crime" will assert itself in the competition, but the basics are laid. The broadcaster is ready to tell exciting stories and captivate the audience with high -quality content.

Further information can be found on [vienna.at] (https://www.vienna.at/neuer-true-crue-crime-actioncrime-free-free nervous kit MEEDIA.de and crimeandinvesteration.de.