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BBC Worldwide
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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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Misselbrook to lead sales at Miramax Australia
US studio Miramax is promoting EMEA sales director Tom Misselbrook to lead its television distribution…
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German pubcaster joins blue-chip BBC series
German pubcaster WDR will coproduce BBC natural history series Ocean. WDR is already a coproducer…
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BBC and Endemol Shine strike Brazil pact
Endemol Shine will make BBC formats in Brazil after striking a deal with BBC Worldwide,…
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Pre-market sales for Planet Earth II
BBC Worldwide has lined up a series of deals for Planet Earth II ahead of…
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BBC drives car shows to Cannes
BBC Worldwide will launch two new car shows at MIPCOM, with Motorheads and Million Dollar…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: The rights fight
Getting the right rights at the right price. That’s the challenge for distributors in a…
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BBCWW ups stake in War and Peace prodco
BBC Worldwide now owns 49% of Lookout Point after buying up more of the War…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: Market growth?
Having drilled into the kids and scripted businesses in depth in previous surveys, TBI has…
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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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Baker moving to the UK for EasyTrack
Rights management business EasyTrack is setting up in the UK, with former Foxtel acquisitions boss…
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Sharma, Bates upped in regional Viacom rejig
Paras Sharma and Simon Bates have gained promotions in a restructuring at Viacom International Media…
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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
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Love Nature hires ex-Viacom, BBCWW exec
Wildlife-focused on-demand service Love Nature has hired Anthony Jewitt as its first director of partnerships….
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BBC starts putting shows out to tender
The BBC is putting some of its key series out to tender as part of…
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Channel 4 snatches Bake Off from BBC
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…
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A+E ups Amanda Hill
A+E Networks has promoted Amanda Hill 14 months after she joined the US cable channel…
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Brexit strategies
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is one of the most seismic…
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BBCWW hires for Germany, France
BBC Worldwide has recruited a new sales exec to cover French and German speaking territories….
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BBC Films boss exits for Coogan’s Baby Cow
Christine Langan has been confirmed as the new boss of Baby Cow, the UK indie…
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BBC to stream Shakespeare globally
The BBC will live-stream a Bollywood-flavoured version of Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream later…
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Dutch net first to taste Bake-Off companion
Dutch pubcaster NPO has become the first broadcaster outside the UK to order a remake…
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BBCWW looks to AI for local genre demand data
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with artificial intelligence start-up Thoughtly to explore how machine learning…
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BBCWW raids Seven West for commercial chief
The BBC’s commercial arm in Australasia has hired the founder of Seven West Media’s live…
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BBCWW backs Alex Graham, Michael Jackson firm
BBC Worldwide has bought a minority stake in Two Cities Television, a new drama indie…
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Nelonen to open Finnish Office
Finnish broadcasters Nelonen and Elisa Entertainment has ordered a local version of Ricky Gervais’ fly-on-the-wall…
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BBC Worldwide invests in Glover, Raphael indie
BBC Worldwide has taken a stake in the new UK-based indie founded by former Channel…
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Cohen, BBCWW make down payments on House
Former Channel 4 drama chief Tessa Ross and ex-Working Title Television UK boss Juliette Howell…
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Barcroft adds execs after Channel 4 investment
UK-based digital content business Barcroft Media has hired execs from News UK and Bloomberg for…
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UKTV touts viewing share
UKTV has issued half-year viewing and market share results, claiming it is outperforming the wider…