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BBC Worldwide
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BBC sells Shakespeare to Europe
Several European outlets have acquired the rights to Shakespeare Live! From the RSC, a two-hour…
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Worldwide buys into literary agency, prodco
BBC Worldwide has bought 10% of Original Talent, the parent company of literary agency Curtis…
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Netflix buys Top Gear, rights picture unclear
Netflix has confirmed it is taking international rights to the BBC’s new-look Top Gear, though…
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10 MIPTV takeaways: #4 eclectic talent on the Croisette
The list of famous faces in Cannes last week reads like a mad hatter’s tea…
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Jane Tranter’s prodco staffs up
Fledgling producer Bad Wolf has hired Miles Ketley as its chief operating officer and brought…
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Former Shine finance chief heads to BBCWW
BBC Worldwide has hired former Shine CFO Tom Fussell as its new finance chief. He…
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BBCWW poaches Scripps channel boss
The US division of BBC Worldwide has hired Sergei Kuharsky as strategy and business development…
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BBC ups stake as Normal leaves Coogan prodco
Henry Normal is leaving Baby Cow, the UK prodco he cofounded with British actor and…
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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BBC drama firsts for India
Indian digital services Hungama and Vuclip have bought drama packages from BBC Worldwide, which will…
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Show of the week: The Collection
The Collection is on-trend, with big-ticket period dramas such as Versailles, War and Peace and…
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Eccho brings in ex-Endemol Shine sales exec
Eccho Rights has brought in former Endemol Shine International sales director Dorit Schilling and a…
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BBC buys into South Africa’s Rapid Blue
BBC Worldwide has bought into Rapid Blue, the South Africa-based production company that makes regional…
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Former ABC kids chief resurfaces at Corus
Deidre Brennan has resurfaced at Corus Entertainment, and will be vice president of kids content…
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Amazon snags Doctor Who rights
Amazon has bagged exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who, the iconic UK sci-fi series….
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Televisa bags Top Gear, Doctor Who for SVOD
Televisa has snagged a raft of BBC programming for its recently-launched SVOD service Blim. The…
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BBCWW driving The Getaway Car into Cannes
BBC Worldwide will launch its primetime driving-entertainment format The Getaway Car in Cannes next month….
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CBeebies to make MENA debut through beIN
BBC pre-school channel CBeebies is due to launch in the Middle East and North Africa…
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UKTV launches Espresso space docs
UK multichannel operator UKTV has bought a trio of space-themed factual programmes from compatriot distributor…
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BBCWW, Zig Zag bag new W originals
BBC Worldwide will distribute an unscripted series that is one of two new originals for…
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New Oz CEO for StudioCanal as Slaviero exits
The Australasian arm of StudioCanal is getting a new CEO after the exit of incumbent…
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Under the bonnet of the new Top Gear
Top Gear is the biggest factual TV show in the world, and one of the…
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BBC Worldwide, Spiegel strike partnership
BBC Worldwide and Spiegel have inked a deal that will see the commercial arm of…
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Showcase: LeBlanc ‘gives Top Gear global boost’
New Top Gear frontman Chris Evans has told TBI that bringing Friends star Matt LeBlanc…
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Showcase: BBCWW on dramatic crime spree
Broadcasters around the world have acquired premium crime drama programming from UK-based BBC Worldwide this…
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Showcase: huge Asian VOD deal for BBCWW
BBC Worldwide has inked a 600-hour deal with SK Broadband’s video-on-demand service. The commercial arm…
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Euro nets buy Planet Earth follow-up
Scandinavian pubcasters SVT and DR and Italy’s Mediaset have bought Planet Earth II as the…
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BBC Worldwide strikes digital Mango deal
BBC Worldwide has inked a programming deal with China’s Mango TV, building on a strategy…
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BBC Worldwide creates Nordic base
BBC Worldwide is setting up a Nordic-specific production operation based in Denmark and has brought…
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BBC assembles team for Top Gear reboot
The BBC has announced the full team for its much-anticipated new Top Gear series. Describing…