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BBC Worldwide
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Discovery free to ‘reinvent’ natural history post-BBC deal
Discovery International Networks’ content boss, Luis Silberwasser, has told TBI the expiry of a natural…
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Three Korean content deals for BBC Worldwide
A trio of South Korean broadcast platforms have acquired programming packages from the BBC’s commercial…
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Honourable Woman gets HBO presale
Upcoming Maggie Gyllenhaal drama The Honourable Woman has scored its first presale and will broadcast…
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Turner poaches BBC Worldwide’s McDonough
Turner Broadcasting System has poached BBC Worldwide’s Ian McDonough to lead its new Northern Europe…
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Heaney’s TCB Rights adds Italy, Germany reps
Paul Heaney’s distributor TCB Rights has added sales agents for Italy and Germany. Veteran Mediaset…
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ITV buys into Cirkus SVOD service
ITV has acquired a stake in Cirkus, the ‘best of British’ subscription VOD service operator….
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David Beckham, BBC team for Brazil doc
Football icon David Beckham has partnered with BBC Worldwide and UK terrestrial channel BBC One…
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Raft of executive changes at BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has created a new role for a chief of its high growth markets…
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Horror Channel buys classic Doctor Who
The UK Horror Channel has acquired several seasons of classic Doctor Who series. The digital…
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Orphan Black joins Amazon family
Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service has become the exclusive subscription streaming home of BBC America…
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BBC lobbying for licence fee hike
The BBC will push for an inflation-based increase in its annual licence fee, according to…
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BBC Worldwide appoints Africa boss
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK pubcaster, has hired Joel Churcher as vice…
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RTE controller quits for BBC Worldwide commissioning role
George Dixon has quit Irish public broadcaster RTE to take a commissioning role at BBC…
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BBC Worldwide’s Brit orders motoring series
The BBC’s new international channel brand Brit has commissioned its first series Mud, Sweat &…
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Scripps hires BBC Worldwide exec for EMEA role
Scripps Networks International has hired BBC Worldwide content exec Gareth Williams as VP, commissioning for…
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Britain and Poland team for war drama copro
The BBC is teaming with its polish pubcaster equivalent TVP for a second drama coproduction….
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BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France,…
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Amazon resurrects Ripper Street
Amazon’s UK streaming service is resurrecting Ripper Street, the period crime drama that UK public…
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BBC cuts Chinese VOD deal
BBC Worldwide has licensed a raft of drama and factual programming to Chinese streaming and…
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BBC’s Musketeers swashbuckles into new territories
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired BBC drama swashbuckler Musketeers. The show launched this…
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News brief: Orphan Black finds German home
BBC America drama Orphan Black has sold to German digital channel ZDFNeo. The net has…
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BBCWW completes Miami sales team with TVF hire
Jessica Bennetts has left her role as head of sales for UK-based distributor TVF International…
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MTV poaches BBC Worldwide exec Hakami
MTV has recruited Elli Hakami as executive VP of current series and programming. She joins…
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Spanish sci-fi is BBC Worldwide’s debut Euro copro
BBC Worldwide is working on an English-language science fiction drama with Atresmedia, marking the first…
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Dancing with the Stars secures new Lat Am commission
The much-travelled Dancing with the Stars is heading to Costa Rica after format distributor BBC…
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Third global BBC Worldwide channel brand named BBC Brit
BBC Worldwide’s third thematic channel brand, a male-skewed factual entertainment network, will be known as…
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BBC Worldwide launch kids SVOD service in South Korea
BBC Worldwide has inked a deal with South Korean KT Corporation to launch a CBeebies…
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BBC Worldwide presells drama miniseries
BBC Worldwide has presold two of its drama miniseries around the world. Ecosse Films-produced Fleming:…
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DRG raids BBC, Shine and brings in Noel Hedges
DRG announced this morning that it has recruited commercial executives from BBC Worldwide and Shine…
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Ex-BBCWW, Fox Sports exec is ITV Studios’ Choice hire
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has appointed a former BBC Worldwide and Fox Sports commercial executive…