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BBC Worldwide
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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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Furchester Hotel opens on CBeebies nets
Preschool series The Furchester Hotel is heading to CBeebies channels in Africa, Australia and Poland….
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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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BBC First launching with Sony in Japan
BBC Worldwide’s new channel brand BBC First is launching as a programming block on Sony…
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Clarkson ‘planning car show comeback’
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson (above middle) is plotting a replacement petrolhead series after…
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BBC Worldwide appoints Saul Venit replacement
BBC Worldwide has named Jonathan Mills director of business and legal affairs, filling the role…
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Debut deal for BBCWW’s Banished
UK-based BBC Worldwide has secured its first sale of character-led period drama Banished. Pay platform…
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Reality star becomes Dengineer for CBBC
UK kids channel CBBC has commissioned The Dengineers, a new live-action makeover show in which…
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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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Alastair Fothergill on The Hunt
Alastair Fothergill embodies blue-chip documentary more than any other filmmaker and with his latest series,…
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Bake Off hits Australia
Bake Off will launch in Australia after Foxtel ordered a local version of the hit…
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Official: BBC drops Top Gear’s Clarkson
The BBC will not renew the contract of controversial Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, throwing…
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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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Viacom poaches BBCWW exec for Asian sales
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited June Yeoh from BBC Worldwide to run programme sales…
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Scripps to ‘meet BBC Trust chair over UKTV’
Scripps Networks Interactive will meet directly with the chair of the BBC Trust in an…
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Franchise building
The current batch of home renovation formats mirror the pared-down approach to home ownership in…
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Italy special replaces Top Gear in the US
BBC Worldwide will provide US Top Gear fans with a two-part special in lieu of…
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BBC Worldwide says Top Gear impact ‘minimal’
BBC Worldwide said today that it will offer international Top Gear broadcasters alternative, original content from…
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BBC pulls Top Gear after Clarkson suspension
UK public broadcaster the BBC has decided to pull the remaining episodes of flagship motoring…
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Tranter to exit BBC Worldwide Productions
Jane Tranter is to leave LA-based BBC Worldwide Productions and return to the UK indie…
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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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Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
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Worldwide strikes worldwide SVOD deals
BBC Worldwide has struck a raft of deals with digital platforms around the world, shopping…
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BBC declares first War and Peace deal
BBC Worldwide has concluded its first presale for the upcoming big-budget adaptation of War and…
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German net joins BBC’s Hunt
Germany’s NDR Naturfilm has become a coproduction partner on the BBC’s new Alastair Fothergill natural…
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BBC Worldwide notches sales as Showcase opens
BBC Worldwide has announced a raft of sales as its Showcase event gets underway in…
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FremantleMedia hires Shine exec Brown
Endemol Shine Group’s Georgia Brown is headed to FremantleMedia, where she has been hired as…
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CCTV identifies CBeebies’ Waybuloo
Chinese children’s channel CCTV-14 has acquired CBeebies live-action/puppet hybrid Waybuloo. The deal hands the state-owned…
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ProSieben MAXX bags BBCWW Beckham doc
Male-skewed German free-to-air channel ProSieben MAXX has bagged 420 hours of BBC Worldwide programming, including…
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News brief: UKTV buys Crusoe, Pinocchio
British multichannel operator UKTV has bought three scripted series from UK-based distributor Power. Scripps Networks…