Mar 29 2018
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 […]
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 […]
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 1 2017
Mumbai, March 01, 2017 The much-awaited Sony BBC Earth has been launched in India. It will go live on March 6, 2017 at 20:00 hrs. Sony BBC Earth is a premium factual entertainment channel brought to you by MSM Worldwide Factual Media – a joint venture between Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and BBC Worldwide. […]
Jan 12 2017
BBC Worldwide, is reportedly withdrawing its Latin American-versioned pay-TV channels including BBC Entertainment, CBeebies and BBC Earth. The channels go dark in April. The news does not affect BBC World News. “This decision is driven by the growing demand in the market for our shows and will allow us to deliver our Premium content to […]
Jul 22 2015
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of new premium factual channel, BBC Earth, in Asia. BBC Earth will inspire audiences by sharing the incredible wonders of our universe. The channel will showcase the work of the world’s foremost factual film makers as it takes audiences on a journey of discovery. From the smallest creature under […]
Apr 15 2015
BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Earth in Europe as a linear TV channel in a number of European countries this week, including Romania and Turkey. The factual science and nature channel is now accessible for the first time to Romanian audiences via Telekom, RCS/RDS DIGI and Digital Cable Systems, and will be available in the […]
Jan 13 2015
BBC Worldwide today announced new channel launches for BBC Brit and BBC Earth. The two consumer brands will launch as linear channels in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland from April 2015. Building on the global strength of BBC factual entertainment and premium natural history and science programming, the new channels will be home to […]
Jan 13 2015
BBC Worldwide today announced new channel launches for BBC Brit and BBC Earth. The two consumer brands will launch as linear channels in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland from April 2015. Building on the global strength of BBC factual entertainment and premium natural history and science programming, the new channels will be home to […]
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Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
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ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Dec 20 2018
BBC preparing to move overseas
The BBC is in talks with Irish and Dutch authorities to obtain licenses allowing it to continue broadcasting across the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to two people familiar with the matter. The U.K. licenses that the taxpayer-funded British Broadcasting Corp. uses to beam hit shows including nature documentary “Blue […]
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By Expat • BBC • Tags: BBC Earth, BBC World News, Brexit, Ofcom