Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – BBC Worldwide Latin America announced today at their 9th annual BBC Worldwide Showcase Latin America, a content deal with TV Azteca for the popular character-led dramas, Sherlock and Robin Hood. This marks the first sales deal for drama titles with the free-to-air Mexican broadcaster. Helen Jurado, VP Sales & Distribution, BBC Worldwide Latin America,…
Read MoreStreet Date: September 11, 2012 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 each ($30.98 each in Canada) Length: approx. 90 minutes + bonus features/ single disc New York, NY – They’re back, darlings. BBC Home Entertainment is absolutely thrilled to bring Absolutely Fabulous: 20thAnniversary Specials to DVD on September 11, 2012. International comedy sensations Jennifer Saunders (French & Saunders) and Joanna Lumley…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who returns after a record-breaking season with five blockbuster episodes on September 1 as part of Supernatural Saturday. Join the Doctor, his companions Amy and Rory (aka the Ponds) and numerous friends on their latest escapades through space and time where they puzzle an unexpected invasion of Earth, save a…
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 MoreStreet Date: October 30, 2012 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $49.98 Blu-Ray Suggested Retail Price: $59.98 Length: Approx. 450 minutes + bonus features/ 3-disc set New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment invites you to join New York’s Finest when COPPER shoots its way to Blu-ray and DVD on October 30, 2012. Wall Street Journal calls this gripping drama “powerful,”…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s first original scripted series COPPER, which premiered on Sunday, August 19, has become the channel’s highest-rated series premiere ever. COPPER delivered 1.8 million* viewers in total audience. In its 10:00pm premiere, COPPER attracted 1.1 million** total viewers and delivered over half a million in A25-54. Perry Simon, General Manager, Channels, BBC Worldwide…
Read MoreStreet Date: August 21, 2012 Suggested Retail Price: $19.96 ($24.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 180 minutes + bonus feature / single disc New York, NY – Discover the jaw-dropping prehistoric world of the most terrifying reptiles with the North American premiere of Planet Dinosaur on August 21, 2012 from BBC Home Entertainment. The mysteries of the dinosaurs continue…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide America’s 9th annual BBC Worldwide Showcase Latin America will feature a spectacular line-up of new shows in addition to its revered catalog of over 50,000 hours of first-class content. This year’s event will also include appearances by special guests, Kayne Raymond, star of the exotic competition show, No Kitchen Required, and world-travelling farmer, Jimmy Doherty…
Read MoreNew York, NY – DOCTOR WHO: SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE SPECIAL EDITION Street Date: August 14, 2012 Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 97 minutes + bonus features/ single disc The Time Lords have banished the newly regenerated Doctor (Third Doctor – Jon Pertwee) to Earth. But he isn’t the only alien to have arrived,…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – BBC AMERICA today announced it is co-producing BBC One’s The Musketeers, a new drama inspired by the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas and written by Adrian Hodges (My Week with Marilyn, Survivors, Primeval). The Musketeers is a fresh and contemporary take on the beloved story and characters created by Dumas. It tells the story of a band of…
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