BBC.com Launches New Features Page, Culture

Posted by on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC.com launches its latest feature section – Culture – to inspire readers to indulge in cultural, design and style trends. Benefitting from its global reach, the BBC has a long tradition of covering film, music and art. Complete with compelling columns, clips from BBC World News programs, exclusive BBC archive treasures, info…

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BBC Home Entertainment Summer Highlights

Posted by on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 in

New York, NY – MAY DOCTOR WHO: SERIES SEVEN, PART TWO Street Date: May 28, 2013 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada) Blu-ray Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada) Length: Approx. 360 mins + bonus material / 2-disc set The Doctor (Eleventh Doctor – Matt Smith) kicks off the second half of series seven…

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The Great Gatsby: Midnight In Manhattan – Home Entertainment

Posted by on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 in

Street Date: May 7, 2013 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $14.98 ($18.74 in Canada) Length: Approx. 49 mins + bonus material / single disc New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment announces the North American premiere of the documentary The Great Gatsby: Midnight In Manhattan, on DVD on May 7, 2013. The novel The Great Gatsby has only increased in popularity…

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New Series Life Below Zero Explores the Incredible Lives of Six Alaskans

Posted by on Thursday, April 18th, 2013 in

Washington D.C. — Isolated. Dark. Cold. Combating minus 60-degree days. Your only neighbors are bears, wolves and foxes. For many, living in these conditions would be a nightmare, but for some residents of the remote corners of Alaska, it’s a preferred way of life. The new weekly series Life Below Zero, premiering Sunday, May 19,…

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PETER PANZERFAUST is on the Move

Posted by on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in

Los Angeles, CA – A heartfelt story of friendship and heart-pounding adventure, the Image Comics/Shadowline comic book series, PETER PANZERFAUST, has captured readers’ imaginations. With multiple sell-outs of issues, fans are eagerly anticipating the next stage for the World War II escapade inspired by the classic J.M. Barrie creation Peter Pan. Now the fantastic independent…

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BBC Delivers Record-breaking U.S. Online Audiences

Posted by on Sunday, April 14th, 2013 in

New York, NY – The global news events of the last two months have had a marked impact on traffic to the BBC in the U.S. According to the latest comScore data for March, BBC sites delivered record-breaking U.S. audiences, demonstrating American users are increasingly making the BBC part of their everyday news habit. comScore…

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BBC AMERICA To Co-produce Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Posted by on Monday, April 8th, 2013 in

New York, NY – Announced today, BBC AMERICA is co-producing for Supernatural Saturday a new drama series, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Based on the bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke and adapted by Peter Harness (Wallander, Is Anybody There?), Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (7 x 60) is set during the Napoleonic Wars in an England where magic once existed and is about to…

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Celebrate Earth Day 2013 With BBC Home Entertainment

Posted by on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 in

New York – Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate our planet. For over a decade now BBC Home Entertainment has worked to bridge that gap between the wide world and the individual by bringing groundbreaking natural history entertainment into the home. With a collection of award-winning like Planet Earth, Life, Frozen Planet and the recent Africa, we’ve done more than…

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The Geeks Come Out At Night – For BBC AMERICA

Posted by on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s new Supernatural Saturday line-up trended #1 in social and recorded one of the channel’s all-time highest rated nights. Over 2 million fans tuned in to Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John on Saturday, March 30. Following Doctor Who,  BBC AMERICA’s original drama premiere, Orphan Black, scored over 1 million viewers, with new original comedy…

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BBC Home Entertainment Announces Spies Of Warsaw On Blu-ray/UV And DVD April 16

Posted by on Monday, April 1st, 2013 in

Street Date: April 16, 2013 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $19.98 ($24.98 in Canada) Blu-ray + Ultraviolet $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 180 mins + bonus features / single disc New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment brings the thrilling drama Spies of Warsaw to Blu-ray (with Ultraviolet copy) and DVD on April 16, 2013. The BBC AMERICA miniseries, based…

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