BBC Studios Announces New Creative Partnership with R/GA
NEW YORK – March 06, 2024 – R/GA is pleased to announce that, following a competitive pitch process, BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC Group, has appointed the agency as its chosen creative partner to concept and launch a new BBC brand campaign focused on the U.S market. As part of this new…
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Patton Oswalt Named Host of The 1% Club with Series Premiere on Prime Video and Exclusive Broadcast Debut on FOX
CULVER CITY, California—March 4, 2024—Prime Video today announced that Emmy and Grammy-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt (The Goldbergs, A.P. Bio, Ratatouille) has been named the host of The 1% Club. The series based on the hit international format, produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions and Magnum Media, will premiere on Prime…
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BBC Studios takes full ownership of BritBox International in historic deal
As the world’s biggest distributor of British programmes, the UK’s most awarded production house and the home of the widest-read English language news website, BBC.com, BBC Studios has a proven track record of creating and taking the best British content to audiences around the world. This historic deal brings greater scale and opportunity for both…
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Legendary Naturalist Sir David Attenborough to Present All-News Landmark Natural History Series, Mammals
NEW YORK – February 23, 2024 – Announced today, renowned naturalist and three-time Emmy® Award-winner Sir David Attenborough (Seven Worlds, One Planet, Blue Planet II) is set to present the next major natural history series, Mammals, premiering on BBC AMERICA and AMC+ this summer. Mammals are the most successful animal group on earth. Found on every continent and in every ocean, they’ve evolved to master…
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BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions Announces Strategic Appointments of Rachel Bendavid and Angie Stephenson To Leadership Team
BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions today announces the appointments of two highly experienced creative executives to its North American scripted business. Rachel Bendavid and Angie Stephenson have jointly been named Executive Vice Presidents, Scripted Programming for BBC Studios Productions, both reporting into Valerie Bruce, the Head and General Manager of BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions. …
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TUBI LANDS EXCLUSIVE U.S. AND CANADIAN RIGHTS TO SOUTH AFRICAN LIMITED SERIES “DEVIL’S PEAK”
SAN FRANCISCO, January 12, 2024 – Tubi (www.tubi.tv), Fox Corporation’s ad-supported video-on-demand service, announced today that it has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to the enthralling South African limited series, DEVIL’S PEAK. The five-episode crime thriller is based on the best-selling 2004 novel by Deon Meyer and is produced by Lookout Point and Expanded Media Productions…
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TEN ALL-NEW EPISODES OF BLUEY COMING TO DISNEY+ ON JANUARY 12, 2024
BURBANK, Calif. (December 14, 2023) – HOORAY! Ten all-new episodes of the hit series Bluey will launch January 12, 2024 in the U.S. and around the world on Disney+. The year’s #1 most-watched series for preschoolers and kids in the U.S. — which has also topped Nielsen streaming charts for overall viewing** — Bluey features…
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The Best of the BBC Has a New Home at BBC.com
New York – December 6, 2023 – BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, today launched an all-new BBC.com. The new digital destination was designed to make it easier for global audiences outside of the UK to discover and navigate the best of the BBC’s global journalism and storytelling. Available first in North America,…
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BRITBOX SURPASSES 3.4 MILLION SUBS WITH ACQUISITION OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA BLUE LIGHTS
The International home of premium British entertainment, BritBox International, today announced that the service, which is co-owned by BBC Studios and ITV, has surpassed 3.4 million subscribers globally. The streaming service which operates in eight territories – U.S., Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland – has seen an increase of 15% in…
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BBC Studios Launches BBC Podcasts Premium on Apple Podcasts in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean
November 28, 2023 – BBC Studios – creator, producer and distributor of distinct British content globally – today launched BBC Podcasts Premium, its exclusive Apple subscription podcast service for listeners in 166 new countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean (full list here). BBC Podcasts Premium offers early access and…
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