New York, NY – BBC Worldwide America today announced the launch of BBC Autos (BBC.com/Autos), an entertaining, insightful daily read examining the passionate side of automobiles – touching on design, technology, community and culture. BBC Autos will complement and build upon the vast automotive content produced by BBC News, BBC Sport and Top Gear. Whether you want to…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide Latin America has confirmed leading digital technology experts Ronaldo Lemos, Director of the Center for Technology and Society at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas School in Rio de Janeiro, and Fabio Coelho, Director of Google Brazil, to take part in this year’s digital sessions at BBC Worldwide Showcase Latin America. …
Read MoreNew York, NY — BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, today announced the promotion of Parul Patel to Vice President, Factual Co-Productions and Sales, effective immediately. Parul will continue to oversee co-production and sales activity with broadcast partners across key factual programming genres, including natural history, news and current affairs, lifestyle and general…
Read MoreNew York, NY — BBC Future presents the first-ever exhibit of their paleo future columnist, Matt Novak, “The Future That Never Was.” The exhibit, presented in partnership with Atlas Obscura‘s third annual Obscura Day, will showcase Novak’s unparalleled private collection of ephemera, vintage advertisements and miscellaneous retro-future objects that capture the ghosts of future visions past. From…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Future, the latest BBC.com section. Informative and entertaining, BBC Future presents readers with an inspiring, forward-thinking and global array of content – going beyond reporting to delve deep into the personal and societal implications of topical developments in science, technology, health and environment. Launching with…
Read MoreNew York, NY — Devin Johnson has been promoted to VP Publicity for BBC America and Consumer Products with immediate effect. Johnson, who joined the channel as a publicist in 2007 was most recently Director Publicity, BBC America and Global Brands. In his new role he will oversee the publicity team and all campaigns and…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, today announced the appointment of Jemma Adkins to the role of SVP, Fiction, Sales and Distribution for BBC Worldwide, Americas. Adkins will report to Americas EVP Sales & Co-Productions, Matt Forde, and will be based in the New York office. In her new role,…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide Americas announced today that Claudia Milne has been appointed Editor of BBC.com/news’ North America edition, which attracts 21 million* unique users per month. Milne will be responsible for leading a team of online journalists out of the Washington DC bureau, day-to-day editorial direction, and all online content originating from…
Read MoreNew York, NY — BBC Worldwide has launched an on-demand video and text news service for owners of Samsung Smart TVs. The web-based service for connected TV combines rich video clips and text from BBC News Online, curated round the clock by BBC editorial teams, to sit alongside the BBC’s international news services. Users can…
Read MoreNew York, NY — BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has today launched the BBC News app for Android mobile devices for audiences all around the world. The app is available at Android Market. The free app has already proved hugely popular on the iPhone and iPad with over 3m downloads outside of the UK…
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