Buenos Aires, Argentina – BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, today announced its first local format commission in Chile of the BBC series Make My Body Younger for Chilean broadcaster MEGA TV. BBC Worldwide will co-produce 13 one-hour episodes of the series with its production partner, GP Media, as well as Calypso TV. Gareth Williams, SVP of Content…
Read MoreNew Orleans, LA – BBC Worldwide Americas, the U.S. commercial arm of the BBC, today announced the sale of over 200 hours of programming to PBS stations across the country. The deal follows BBC Worldwide’s successful BBC Showcase Syndication event, hosted annually in New Orleans. Celebrating its third year, BBC Showcase Syndication played host to…
Read MoreNew York, NY – My Damn Channel and BBC Worldwide Productions are unveiling a first look at the highly-anticipated new comedy series Gigi: Almost American starting today at: www.MyDamnChannel.com/Gigi. The 10-episode series will premiere on March 23, with new episodes airing weekly on Wednesdays. The series is a co-production between BBC Worldwide Productions and My Damn Channel….
Read MoreNew York, NY – HISTORY today announced that the U.S. version of Top Gear, was given the Green Light for season 2. The critically-acclaimed and popular series attracted the youngest viewers of any series on HISTORY ever. Overall nearly 60 million tuned in to Season 1. Season 2 of Top Gear on HISTORY, based on the award-winning BBC series,…
Read MoreMiami, FL – BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, announced today from NATPE a deal with Mexican free to air broadcaster TV Azteca. Featuring a range of titles from the natural history and science genres, the deal sees TV Azteca acquire the acclaimed WalkingWith Dinosaurs series and sister series Walking With Monsters, the ground-breaking Planet Earth series, and Life in…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide crashes onto the shores of Miami Beach with a wave of fantastic new programming and a massive catalog of over 50,000 hours just in time for NATPE 2011. Along with the quality content audiences have come to expect from the BBC, BBC Worldwide will also offer buyers at NATPE…
Read MoreNew York, NY – HISTORY® continues its phenomenal ratings success as the network premieres Top Gear to nearly two million viewers as well as 1.1 million Adults 18-49 and 25-54, this past Sunday evening. This is the network’s seventh series debut above 1.0 million in key demos Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 in 2010. As…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – TLC is set to premiere the new limited series Bama Belles, a docu-series following a group of down-home Alabama girlfriends as they juggle their careers, home lives and relationships. The series will air as three one-hour episodes over three consecutive weeks and debuts on December 5 at 10PM only on TLC….
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide Sales and Distribution and WGBH today announced co-productions of two star-studded dramas: the beloved classic, Emma, and the sequel to BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated drama Cranford,Cranford 2. Both programs will make their U.S. premiere in early 2010 on WGBH’s MASTERPIECE CLASSIC on PBS. Commented Susanna Pollack, SVP, Sales & Distribution and Children’s,…
Read MoreNorth Hollywood, CA – BBC Worldwide announced today the series pickup of NBC’s Great American Road Trip by NBC. The series will debut on July 1 from 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. EST, and continue for eight weeks. Developed by the BBC Worldwide teams in Los Angeles, New York and London, the show will be…
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