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Top Gear
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BBC to rest ‘Top Gear’ for “the foreseeable future” following Freddie Flintoff car crash
BBC motoring show Top Gear is to be rested “for the foreseeable future” following the…
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BBCS’s ‘Top Gear’ motors across Nordics with remake deal
BBC Studios’ long-running motoring show Top Gear is being remade across the Nordics as part…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios Showcase unveils line-up
Drama Republic’s Pure (pictured) and 72 Films’ global history series Icons are among the programmes headlining next year’s…
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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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BBC Worldwide nets launch on Polish OTT service
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned OTT TV service Ipla has added three BBC Worldwide channels to its programming…
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Discovery Lat Am scores BBC Worldwide deal
Discovery Networks Latin America / US Hispanic (DLA / USH) has entered into a first-look…
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Top Gear America returning on US cable
Just under a year after History ended its US version of Top Gear, BBC America…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: entertainment and formats in the spotlight
Formats are taking centre stage at BBC Worldwide Showcase this year. Tracy Forsyth and Sumi…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: show and tell in Liverpool
With Showcase less than a week away, BBC Worldwide’s president of global markets, Paul Dempsey,…
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BBCWW unveils Showcase line-up
BBC Worldwide will launch a new dramas from Jimmy McGovern, the new Top of the…
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BBC’s Top Gear gets new home in China
Top Gear has a new home in China after BBC Worldwide struck a deal for…
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Amazon claims Grand Tour smashes ratings record
New Jeremy Clarkson vehicle The Grand Tour has become Amazon Prime Video’s biggest premiere launch,…
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Amazon undercuts Netflix with Grand Tour offers
Amazon has slashed its Prime subscription rate in tandem with the launch of it £160…
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Amazon preps global launch for The Grand Tour
Amazon’s Top Gear rival The Grand Tour will hit 200 countries later this year, but…
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Starz Play Arabia raises funding to expand service
Starz Play Arabia has raised a “multi-million dollar” funding round, which it plans to use…
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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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Fox invests $6.5m in Clarkson’s digital venture
21st Century Fox has invested US$6.5 million in DriveTribe, a new digital venture from the…
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Top Gear host’s show heads for US cable
A motoring show from one of the presenters of the Top Gear reboot has been…
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BBCWW series for Brazilian SVOD service
Brazilian SVOD service Looke has scored a 200-hour programming deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial…
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RTL’s Nitro buys new Top Gear
RTL has acquired the Top Gear reboot for its digital channel RTL Nitro. The deal…
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History scraps Top Gear USA
Cable channel History has cancelled its US version of British petrolhead series Top Gear after…
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In-demand charts: Poland (May 29-June 4, 2016)
Our latest fortnightly feature in association with Parrot Analytics reveals the most in-demand* shows from…
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BBC Studios names Taylor replacement
BBC Studios has appointed the BBC’s controller of rights, legal and business affairs to become…
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Fremantle buys into Top Gear alum’s new prodco
FremantleMedia has made another indie investment, this time backing Wild Blue Media, a start up…
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Top Gear and Amazon rival rev up
Amazon has given a name to its high-profile motoring series, while the BBC has announced…
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Motoring up
With petrolhead show Top Gear making headlines, TBI gets to grips with the new show and…
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BBC Studios exodus continues with unscripted exits
The lead BBC exec at motoring series Top Gear is the latest senior staffer to…
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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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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….