XiveTV Documentaries is a streaming service focusing on long-form documentary movies and TV shows.
The service was started in 2015 by Greg Diefenbach and Thomas Lucas, the two guys who also founded MagellanTV in 2018. Both MagellanTV and XiveTV are essentially the same service.
XiveTV Documentaries streams it’s own originally produced content as well as films licensed from a number of media organizations including ITV, Sky Vision, Cine Flix and Digital Rights Group. There are over 2000 hours of content to watch on XiveTV Documentaries.
XiveTV seems to only be available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video while it’s sister service, MagellanTV has a wider reach with apps for all devices, a website and streaming on internet TV services like YouTubeTV.
In this article, we’ll take a look at how to start a free trial of XiveTV Documentaries and what’s available on the service to watch.
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How To Start A XiveTV Free Trial
XiveTV Documentaries seems to only be available on the Amazon Prime Video platform.
Prime Video is Amazon’s video streaming service and is one of the perks of having an Amazon Prime account.
With Prime Video you can stream thousands of movies and TV shows, watch live TV and add any of over 100 premium channels, most of which have a 7-day free trial.
XiveTV Documentaries is one of the channels you can add with a 7-day free trial. Other channels you can add include: History Vault, PBS Living, and AMC+.
So, to get started with a XiveTV free trial, you will need to have an Amazon Prime account or just a standalone Prime Video account.
Both Prime and Prime Video offer 30-day free trials to get started. You can find out more on the Prime and Prime Video trial pages.
If you don’t have a Prime account, you can always follow the instructions below to start both a Prime account and a XiveTV Documentaries free trials together.
Here’s how to start your XiveTV 7-day free trial on Amazon Prime Video channels.
- Go to the XiveTV Documentaries channel page in Prime Video
- Click on the “More details” button on the channel banner.
- On the next page, click on the “Start your free trial” button.
- Confirm your payment details.
- After confirming your details, click on the “Start your free trial” button to start watching.
Amazon does not charge you when you start a free trial and you can cancel at any time. You can still watch XiveTV Documentaries for the remainder of the free trial after cancelling.
If you’re a fan of documentaries and wish to keep XiveTV, it will cost you $4.99/month which isn’t bad for access to over 2000 hours of ad-free entertainment.
What’s On XiveTV Documentaries?
XiveTV has over 2000 hours of programming to keep you busy as a documentary lover. They have originals and licensed content from other media companies.
You’ll be able to preview all the content that you have access to before you sign up on Amazon Prime Video channels.
Some titles available on XiveTV Documentaries include:
These are just a few titles that I found interesting with a quick browse and there are many, many more.
Should You Keep XiveTV After The Free Trial?
XiveTV Documentaries is essentially the same service as MagellanTV. They have the same content and while there is no MagellanTV on Prime Video Channels, there is XiveTV.
So you could actually check out MagellanTV and use that instead if you don’t want to go through Amazon Prime Video.
Is XiveTV worth it though?
You’re probably not going to watch everything on XiveTV Documentaries in the next 7 days. There will still be thousands of hours of programming left for you to enjoy. For $4.99/month, XiveTV is worth the try if you’re a lover of documentary programming.
You will be able to watch everything inside the Prime Video app so this is a plus since there is no other XiveTV app. You’ll get the same docs with the MagellanTV app for your devices but that’s technically a different service.
You can try the service for yourself and decide if it’s for you or not.
