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Tim Davie
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Exclusive: BBC Studios reveals impact of Discovery deal on catch-up rights
BBC Studios has revealed it will still be able to offer first window catch-up rights…
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BBC Studios signs ‘Hey Duggee’ licencing deal for China
BBC Studios has struck a licencing deal with China’s PPW Sports and Entertainment for animated…
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Darren Childs to step down as UKTV CEO
UKTV boss Darren Childs is to step down from his role as CEO of the…
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BBC Studios’ Tim Davie bows out of Premier League top job
BBC Studios boss Tim Davie has bowed out of the top Premier League job. According…
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Tim Davie: BBC’s distribution is going through “radical change”
BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie said that the company’s distribution business is going through a…
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BBC Studios takes 100% control of Lookout Point
BBC Studios has increased its stake in indie scripted studio Lookout Point to 100%, in…
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A newly unified BBC Studios looks to China
BBC Studios, which has officially merged its production and commercial arms today, is looking for…
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Worldwide ambitions open the Showcase – BBC content event
BBC Worldwide’s annual four-day programming sales event in Liverpool, England, is a regular trip for…
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BBC merges Studios and Worldwide
UK pubcaster the BBC is merging its production arm, BBC Studios, and commercial division BBC…
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BBCWW upbeat despite returns dipping
The BBC’s commercial arm reported a year-on-year increase in sales and profits, but cash returns…
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BBCWW buys into debuting Hincks, Fincham prodco
Expectation, the indie Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks created last year, has secured financial backing…
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Virgin Media boss Mockridge to chair RTS
Pay TV veteran Tom Mockridge will chair the Royal Television Society board of trustees, replacing…
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Hall hails Worldwide, warns it must deliver more
Tony Hall claimed BBC Worldwide recorded a “very strong” performance through the year as the…
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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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Profit down at BBC Worldwide post-AMC deal
Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…
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New World Order
Following confirmation of the game-changing Shine Group-Endemol merger and the emergence of an increasingly more…
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BBC Store not due this year, says BBCWW boss
BBC Worldwide CEO Tim Davie said that the corporation’s download-to-own BBC Store, which was approved…
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BBC Worldwide posts revenue drop as UK, US decline
BBC Worldwide’s overall revenue was down in 2013/2014, although headline profit inched up. The commercial…
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TBI’s 2013 in review – part three
In the third part of a review of 2013, we look at the ever changing…
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Doctor Who simulcast breaks broadcast records
The fiftieth anniversary episode of Doctor Who has entered the Guinness Book of World Records…
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BBC Worldwide confirms international channel changes
The BBC’s commercial arm has confirmed its new premium content channel brand will be known…
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Doctor Who special to simulcast globally
The upcoming fiftieth anniversary episode of British sci-fi series Doctor Who will launch with a…
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BBC Worldwide delivers ‘steady’ performance as programme sales top £300m
BBC Worldwide’s programme sales revenues topped £300 million (US$453 million) for the first time in…
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BBC Worldwide channels under threat
BBC Worldwide’s linear channels portfolio is under scrutiny as new CEO Tim Davie looks to…
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BBC crisis claims more scalps as Patten begins search for new DG
Following the resignation of BBC director-general George Entwistle on Saturday, head of news Helen Boaden…