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BBC First in Benelux among deals for BBC crime drama ‘Granite Harbour’

BBC First in the Benelux and TV2 in Denmark and Hungary have picked up Granite…

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Sky NZ expands BBC Studios deal to take BBC First

Sky in New Zealand has struck a deal that will see BBC Studios (BBCS)’s BBC…

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Sky drama ‘This England’ sells into 88 territories, incl Oz, Spain & Nordics

BBC First in Australia, Movistar+ in Spain and Viaplay are among buyers in almost 90…

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BBC First Australia holds court for Canal+’s ‘Marie Antoinette’

BBC First in Australia has acquired upcoming French-British historical drama Marie Antoinette, following a deal…

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Asia Pacific’s Catchplay+ strikes deal for BBC First in Indonesia & Taiwan

Asia Pacific-focused OTT firm Catchplay+ has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will…

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BBC Studios preps BBC First in Canada with Blue Ant, replacing HIFI channel

BBC Studios (BBCS) is to launch its scripted and factual network BBC First in Canada…

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ITV & BBC Studios streamer BritBox to launch in Australia

ITV and BBC Studios UK-content streamer BritBox is to launch in Australia later this year….

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Scripted deals: BBC First, RTL add ITVSGE drama; W9 acquires ‘The Hunting’; ‘Project Blue Book’ sales

BBC First, M-Net, RTL among ITVSGE deals BBC First, M-Net in Africa and Germany’s RTL…

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BBC First to launch in Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia

BBC Studios’ premium drama channel, BBC First, is due to launch in Croatia, Slovenia, and…

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BBC First to launch in Poland

BBC Studios’ premium British drama channel, BBC First, is due to launch in Poland in…

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BBC First extends Dutch distribution

BBC Worldwide is upping the distribution of BBC First in the Netherlands after agreeing a…

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BBC First among nets hearing A Word

BBC First in the Benelux region is among five buyers of Keshet International’s British drama…

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BBCWW streams channels on TVB SVOD platform

BBC Worldwide has launched five channels on myTVSuper, the SVOD service operated by Hong Kong’s…

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BBC SVOD drama First in Hong Kong

The premium BBC First drama service has launched as an SVOD proposition in Hong Kong….

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BBC launches first TV Everywhere service

BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Player, a branded TV Everywhere service in partnership with Singaporean…

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BBC First, CBC hear The A Word

BBC First is Australia and CBC in Canada are the latest buyers of Keshet International-sold…

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BBC Worldwide launches Asia SVOD service

BBC Worldwide is launching a multi-genre SVOD platform in Singapore this year, with plans to…

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BBC launching drama channel in Middle East

BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with OSN and will roll out its drama channel…

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Vivendi relaunches Watchever with SVOD ‘channels’

Watchever is being relaunched with a raft of international content companies launching channel-type offerings on…

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Buyers briefing: Jon Farrar, BBC Worldwide

Name: Jon Farrar Title: Senior VP, global programming and acquisitions Jon Farrar oversees the programming…

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Triple channel launch for Worldwide in Africa

BBC Worldwide is launching its three fledgling channel brands in Africa for the first time…

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Channel 5 onboard first BBC Earth original

The UK’s Channel 5 and BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned an extreme weather series that will…

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BBC First to launch in Belgium next month

BBC Worldwide’s new premium drama channel, BBC First, is set to launch in its second…

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Buyer’s briefing: BBC Worldwide Channels

Julie Swanston is VP, commissioning for BBC Worldwide Channels. She will commission a minimum of…

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BBC’s drama channel launching in Europe

BBC Worldwide is launching its drama channel BBC First in Europe for the first time,…

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BBC Earth set for Indian launch

The commercial arm of the BBC is gearing up to launch premium international channel brand…

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Broadcasters get Banished

BBC Worldwide has sold drama series Banished to various broadcasters. Deals have been closed with…

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A+E poaches BBC Worldwide’s Hill

A+E Networks has poached BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill to become its chief creative officer, international….

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BBC hires commissioner for int’l Earth channel

BBC Worldwide has recruited Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its international factual channel BBC…

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BBC Worldwide appoints branding boss

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has hired Sarah Holt as…

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