Bilibili, iQiyi & Tencent among buyers of BBCS factual series ‘Planet Earth III’

Planet Earth III

A slew of international broadcasters have struck pre-sale deals with BBC Studios for Planet Earth III, the latest instalment of the acclaimed David Attenborough-fronted natural history series.

The eight-part series is produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and co-produced by BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions in partnership with The Open University.

It has sold to Nine in Australia, VRT in Belgium, Czech TV in the Czech Republic, DR in Denmark, Mediaset in Italy, TVNZ in New Zealand, Movistar Plus+ in Spain and SVT in Sweden.

In Japan, the show is a co-production in association with NHK, while in China, the show has been acquired by Shanghai Media Group for their linear channel and by streaming platforms including Bilibili, iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku and China Mobile’s Migu Video.

Planet Earth III will also be available on the BBC Nordic channel and on the BBC Earth channel in: Asia, Canada, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, MENA, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain and Turkey.

It will also be on Sony BBC Earth in India, BBC Earth SVOD in Taiwan and BBC Player in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

The series showcases the planet’s last great wild places and features the astonishing strategies that animals have evolved to survive there. It also reveals the new challenges that wildlife faces in our modern, crowded world.

Nick Percy, president, global markets, BBC Studios said: “The Planet Earth series has a whole accolade of awards behind it including four Emmy’s, a BAFTA and Oscar winning composer, Hans Zimmer. At BBC Studios, we strive to deliver phenomenal television, and this latest instalment of Planet Earth III is just that. I am delighted to see, from the pre-sales of the series, that it is taking the international markets by storm.”

Executive producer for the series is Mike Gunton, while series producer is Matt Brandon. The commissioning editor is Jack Bootle, senior head of commissioning, specialist factual.