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BBC Studios
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UKTV split confirmed: Discovery takes lifestyle, BBC takes entertainment
BBC Studios and Discovery have completed the deal to split up the channels in their…
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Ofcom greenlights BBC/Discovery deal for UKTV
British regulator Ofcom will not conduct a formal investigation into the BBC’s deal with Discovery…
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TBI Weekly: Making sense of the tug of war for BritBox (Column)
The reported friction between the BBC and ITV over windowing shows for their joint SVOD…
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ITVS GE builds out APAC team with Discovery, BBC Studios execs
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has expanded its Asia Pacific sales team, hiring top…
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BBC Studios appoints director of digital content
BBC Studios has promoted Anna Cronin to director of digital content. The producer-distributor has assigned…
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BBC Studios hires Naomi Carter from Tinopolis
BBC Studios Productions has appointed Naomi Carter to the newly created role of director of…
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BBC Studios, Lionsgate hire former DreamWorks exec to head US partnership
BBC Studios and Lionsgate have appointed former Fox and DreamWorks exec Dan McDermott as the…
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ITV orders Duchy of Cornwall series from BBC Studios
ITV has commissioned Inside The Duchy from BBC Studios, a new series including exclusive interviews…
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‘Dancing with the Stars’ waltzes to Myanmar
BBC Studios has sold the Dancing with the Stars format to Forever Group in Myanmar. A leading…
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BBC Studios, ZDF strike strategic content partnership
BBC Studios and Germany’s ZDF have struck a strategic partnership to develop and co-produce a…
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BBC Studios, Cosmote SVOD deal signals post-Discovery licensing plans
BBC Studios has struck a premium factual SVOD deal with Greek telco OTE’s pay-TV service…
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TBI Weekly: MIPTV at critical juncture to safeguard its future
MIPTV reached a major turning point this week, with the future of the spring market…
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Good Omens: Adapting the unadaptable
The creative team behind BBC Studios and Amazon Studios’ Good Omens tells Manori Ravindran how…
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Viacom’s Pluto TV inks content deal with BBC Studios
Viacom-owned AVOD service Pluto TV has struck a deal with BBC Studios to place a…
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BBC Studios appoints Lisa Opie as MD of UK production
BBC Studios has appointed Lisa Opie, its former factual production MD, as managing director of…
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BBC Studios eyes Dutch relocation for channels ahead of ‘no-deal’ Brexit
BBC Studios is looking to migrate a chunk of its broadcast licenses to the Netherlands…
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BBC, Discovery to build “Marvel library” of factual content with SVOD
Discovery boss David Zaslav has likened the business’s whopping nine-figure deal for BBC content to…
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BBC, Discovery confirm UKTV channels break-up, SVOD plans
The BBC and Discovery have confirmed plans for a break-up of UKTV channels, and unveiled…
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BBC Studios backs Dhanny Joshi’s Big Deal Films
BBC Studios has struck a first-look deal with London-based prodco Big Deal Films. The pact…
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BBC’s ‘MotherFatherSon’ strikes global sales
BBC Studios has struck a raft of global sales for Richard Gere-fronted drama MotherFatherSon ahead…
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BBC Studios’ Keelan exits amid Content Partnerships rejig
BBC Studios’ scripted portfolio director Liam Keelan is exiting the business as the distributor once…
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Les Misérables nabs raft of global sales ahead of Series Mania
Ahead of its national premiere at Series Mania 2019, BBC Studios has struck a raft…
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BBC box sets head to Sky, Now TV
Sky and BBC Studios have struck a deal to bring a list of BBC comedy…
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China’s BesTV to host BBC Earth branded space
BBC Studios is to launch a BBC Earth branded space on BestTV in China, which…
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For My Next Trick: BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock
TBI has marked International Women’s Day (8 March) all week with its ‘For My Next…
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FRAPA’s Jan Salling boards BBC Studios
FRAPA head Jan Salling has joined BBC Studios to run production out of the Nordics. …
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Endemol Shine, BBC pull out of MIPTV as Reed Midem eyes floorplan change
Endemol Shine Group and BBC Studios have pulled out of next month’s MIPTV market, leaving…
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TBI Weekly: Windowing battle brews for the BBC
Senior producers and BBC Studios execs have spoken out about the public broadcaster’s plans to…
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BBC Studios strikes global sales for Hello Halo titles Fashion’s Dirty Secrets, MisFITS Like Us
BBC Studios is taking Hello Halo titles Fashion’s Dirty Secrets and MisFITS Like Us to…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios takes Great Britons format to Peru
BBC Studios has struck its first format deal in Peru for British format Great Britons,…