Business
BBC Worldwide names Baker as executive producer
Anaïs Baker joins from NBCUniversal International Formats
BBC Worldwide
TVBEverywhere
BritBox launches in Canada
ITV and BBC Worldwide SVoD platform includes best of British content
Content
Planet Earth II, Sherlock among BBC Worldwide’s most popular global shows
Local versions of Strictly Come Dancing also popular
Business
BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios to merge
Will bring the BBC 'into line with the rest of the industry'
TVBEverywhere
BritBox to offer near-simulcasts over Christmas
Christmas slate will offer more than 100 holiday-themed specials and events
Business
BBC ‘wants control of UKTV’
Corporation's commercial arm is mulling a £500 million for the broadcaster
Business
BBC Worldwide backs Peep Show writers’ Indie
Corporation takes 20 per cent stake in Various Artists
TVBEverywhere
Britbox signs first third-party programming deal
SVoD platform signs deal with Fremantle Media
Business
BBC Worldwide to launch official Strictly podcast
Weekly podcast will be funded by advertising
TVBEverywhere
Amazon boosts UK kids’ library
BBC Worldwide and Amazon Prime Video have signed a multi-year licensing deal which gives Amazon subscription streaming rights to shows from the BBC’s children’s...
Business
Discovery Networks, BBC Worldwide sign content agreement
Discovery will broadcast a number of the BBC's flagship series including Planet Earth II and Top Gear
Business
Media companies appeal to G7 over online piracy
Letter is signed by Sky, BBC, BT, Walt Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox and more
Business
Strictly Come Dancing live event cancelled
BBC Worldwide has taken the decision to cancel its live Strictly Come Dancing show due to poor ticket sales. The event, called Strictly Come...
Business
Hincks and Fincham launch Expectation
Company will work across multiple genres covering scripted and non-scripted programming.
Business
A+E poaches BBC Worldwide exec
A+E Networks UK has appointed BBC Worldwide’s Riccardo Donato as director of distribution and digital partnerships. Donato will focus on linear and non-linear business...
Production & Post
MarkLogic aids BBC Store creation
MarkLogic has been selected by the BBC to provide the database platform at the heart of the BBC Store. The operational and transactional Enterprise...
News
Business
BBC Worldwide and Cuba Pictures expand partnership
BBC Worldwide has taken a ten per cent stake in Cuba Pictures parent company Original Talent. The investment cements a long-term commitment between the...
News
Business
BBC Worldwide and Spiegel agree partnership
Spiegel have secured a deal with BBC Worldwide to air a range of factual programming
News
Business
BBC First set to launch exclusively on OSN
OSN will be the exclusive home to BBC First in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from 1 February, 2016
Production & Post
BBC Worldwide and Lightspeed GMI awarded MRS
BBC Worldwide and Lightspeed GMI have been awarded the MRS award for advertising & media research. Their audience research project, which collected the award...
Production & Post
BBC Worldwide picks Vindicia payment tech for VoD Store
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has chosen Vindicia’s CashBox solution to manage ecommerce on BBC Store
News
Business
BBC Earth grows with new original commissions
BBC Worldwide today announced new programming for global factual brand BBC Earth, with two more series green lit for the global channel
News
Business
BBC Worldwide to launch in India withTata Sky
BBC Worldwide has signed a VoD deal with the direct-to-home provider (DTH), Tata Sky
News
Production & Post
BBC Worldwide selects EBS system for VoD and DTO platforms
BBC Worldwide has expanded its contract with EBS to include non-linear EPG data services.
News
Business
Scripps continues European expansion with TVN deal
Scripps Networks Interactive has entered into an agreement to acquire a 52.7 per cent interest in Poland’s multi-platform media company, TVN.
Business
Production & Post
BBC Worldwide chooses ZOO system for subs
BBC Worldwide has selected ZOO Digital to provide a new subtitling and captioning solution for its global operations.
News
Business
BBC Worldwide and Red Planet in first look deal
The commercial arm of the BBC will provide investment, co-production expertise and global market support in return for the first-look on Red Planet’s new...
News
Business
GfK’s industry-first research on SVOD revealed
Global research specialist GfK has revealed findings from its latest research on SVOD services usage
News
Business
BBC Store gets shot of Adrenalin with SeaChange
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, will launch its BBC Store in 2015. SeaChange International has announced, the new venture will be...
Business
Females in the Broadcast Industry hosts first IBC event
Sponsored by Ross Video, the event is designed to bring together the industry's women and associations to create a thought-provoking panel discussion
News
Business
ITV’s de Graaff moves to BBC Worldwide
Tobi de Graaff has been appointed executive vice president for Western Europe at BBC Worldwide
News
Business
Panda Awards nominations revealed
Nominations for the bi-annual international wildlife TV and film awards have been announced.
NAB
The virtual NAB
4K hype apart, the main theme of NAB2014 was virtualisation and the seemingly inexorable move to IP connectivity