Feb 14 2018
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, announced today the launch of BritBox in Canada. The subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service will bring Canadians the very finest and largest collection of British TV available in the market today. Five by Five, produced by and starring Golden Globe® […]
Nov 29 2017
The BBC is today announcing it will merge BBC Studios and BBC Worldwide to form a single commercial organisation, to be called BBC Studios. At a time of an increasingly competitive and global market for production and distribution, this new organisational structure will bring the BBC into line with the rest of the industry, integrating […]
Sep 13 2017
Premium factual channel BBC Earth is set to launch for the first time in Greece on OTE Group’s Pay-TV service COSMOTE TV. The channel will be available to COSMOTE TV subscribers from 1 October 2017 with all landmark programming subtitled into local language. Later in the year BBC Earth will air the exclusive territory premiere […]
Sep 12 2017
BBC Worldwide Asia today announced a deal that will, for the first time, see international news and current affairs television brand, BBC World News, premium factual brand BBC Earth and award winning pre-school channel, CBeebies available in Laos. The channels, broadcast on Laosat DTH will available in the country’s 17 provinces including Vientiane. “The pay […]
Aug 21 2017
From Rowan Atkinson’s Maigret and the Teletubbies, to Doctor Who and The Great British Bake-Off, Malaysians are enamoured with British actors and TV programmes. In a poll recently conducted by BBC Worldwide* on the viewing habits and attitudes towards British programmes of those living in seven Asian territories, Malaysians were the most avid fans of […]
Jul 19 2017
Today the BBC has published its Annual Report for 2016/17. The report shows that despite increased competition and changes in technology the BBC continues to reach 95% of the UK adults each week. It was an outstanding year on air with programmes such as The Night Manager, Planet Earth II, Taboo, Happy Valley, My Life, […]
Apr 7 2017
Swedish public service broadcaster SVT has taken a far-reaching package of programming from BBC Worldwide including dramas, documentaries and children’s shows. The deal includes: Top of the Lake: China Girl, the next instalment of Jane Campion’s hit series; psychological rollercoaster Paula; and returning scripted shows Scott & Bailey and The Durrells. The package also covers […]
Mar 29 2017
Cignal TV, a subscription-based direct-to-home satellite television service provider, will be launching BBC Earth in HD for the first time in the Philippines. BBC Earth and BBC World News will launch on 1 April 2017 to the provider’s 1.6 million viewers. This move follows BBC’s launch of the BBC Player in Malaysia, as the Beeb […]
Mar 23 2017
The BBC has today announced its appointments to the new Board. The five non-executive directors are Simon Burke, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Ian Hargreaves, Tom Ilube and Nicholas Serota. Sir David Clementi, Chairman of the BBC, said: “I’m delighted to have been able to put together such a talented board with a broad range of skills and […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Player in Malaysia, the second country to receive the service following its successful launch in Singapore last year. The multi-genre SVOD service is available exclusively to subscribers of Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) award-winning IPTV service, HyppTV, through an authenticated multi-genre Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service. Hypp TV viewers […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Player in Malaysia, the second country to receive the service following its successful launch in Singapore last year. The multi-genre SVOD service is available exclusively to subscribers of Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) award-winning IPTV service, HyppTV, through an authenticated multi-genre Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service. Hypp TV viewers […]
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
ITVX launch month delivers 55% increase in ITV’s streaming viewing and 65% increase in online users
New Broadcast 2040+ researchBBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Mar 29 2018
BBC Worldwide Expands Branded Services Footprint Across Middle East and North Africa
BBC Worldwide today announced that its global factual brand BBC Earth will launch as a linear channel across MENA through the beIN DTH service on 5 April 2018. The agreement will also see BBC Earth extend its distribution in Turkey, launching on the region’s largest pay-tv operator Digiturk, on the same day. Pre-school brand CBeebies […]
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By Expat • BBC, Middle East & North Africa, Turkey • Tags: BBC Earth, BBC Worldwide, CBeebies, Digiturk