BBC – creator, producer and distributor of distinct British content globally – today announced a new deal with Amazon Music that will make BBC podcasts available on the streaming service for the first time outside the UK. Beginning today, subscribers to Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited services can exclusively access a curated suite of over…
Read MoreBBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial content studio and media & streaming business, today announced key leadership changes at BritBox International. Effective April 1, 2024, Robert Schildhouse is appointed to the expanded role of President of BritBox North America, and General Manager of BritBox International based in New York. Kerry Ball will continue in her role…
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY – March 13 – AMC Networks and BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC Group, today announced the launch of BBC News as a new 24-hour live news channel on a variety of leading CTV/FAST platforms. Initial launch partners are Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Xumo Play, VIZIO WatchFree+, Sling Freestream…
Read MoreNEW YORK – March 12, 2024 – BBC AMERICA and BBC Studios Natural History Unit today revealed an extended first-look at the upcoming series Mammals, presented by renowned naturalist and three-time Emmy® Award-winner Sir David Attenborough (Seven Worlds, One Planet, Blue Planet II) and set to premiere on BBC AMERICA and AMC+ this summer. Overlaying…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreSAN 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…
Read MoreNew 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,…
Read MoreNovember 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…
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY— NOVEMBER 7, 2023 — The BBC today announces the launch of Influential with Katty Kay, a weekly program featuring in-depth conversations with some of the most powerful and change-making people in the worlds of culture, business, and science. With insightful, unexpected conversations and a laid-back style, Kay goes on location – from…
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